EP 15 | Fulfilling the Law

Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 5:17-21.

This is another problematic teaching from Jesus.

And there is still a lot of debate about what it was Jesus meant by this passage.

We know that the word abolish means to end or do away with. So we know that Jesus is saying that he did not come to put an end to or do away with the law of the prophets.

But what does he mean by the word fulfill?  If you look up the definition of the word fulfill, it means to bring to completion or reality, achieve or realize something desired, promised, or predicted.

So we could argue that Jesus completed the law of the prophets as promised or prophesied?