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ColdSilverMoon · #8 (**permalink**) 06-22-2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Hippo

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Originally Posted by ColdSilverMoon

I understand it to mean Christ Himself is the fulfillment of the law. By living the absolutely perfect life in complete accordance with every aspect of the law, He fulfilled it to perfection. So, the Law was fulfilled, or is fulfilled, in Christ. Every type or shadow in the Old Testament was perfectly brought to ultimate fruition in Him. The "until heavens and earth pass away" bit is to emphasize the eternal infallbility of the Law...

So you believe that the moral law is no longer in force following the death of Jesus?

Of course I don't believe that! For one thing, Jesus is resurrected and is no longer dead. In Romans Paul says that Christ is no longer dead but "the life that He lives He lives to God." (Romans 6:10). So Christ is still the living, ultimate fulfillment of the Law. And as Paul continues in verse 11, "Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." So the moral law is most definitely in force, as it always will be.

Also, as He says in Matthew 5:17, He did not come to destory the Law and Prophets, but to fulfill them. Part of fulfilling them means illuminating the full moral ramifications of the Law.