Are the Ten Commandments included in the abolished Law?

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Laodicea

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Hi Loveme1! :)

So do you believe that the Law and all its commandments has not been abolished, is that what you are saying? Did you read the piece I posted, or did you just reply to the topic? It is ironic that the bit you highlighted from Matthew 5 actually doesn't specifically speak of the Ten Commandments, but is actually speaking of the Law in general. And then in v17 Jesus said that He was not come to destroy the Law or the prophets but to fulfill them. And then in v18 Jesus says that nothing of the Law will change in any way until it is fulfilled!

So in fact Jesus was saying that there would be a time that the Law would be fulfilled and therefore it would become kind of redundant and pass away. Jesus' own sacrifice brought that about, but as we live in righteousness and agape with each other we too are fulfilling the Law. But in the piece I wrote all the evidence that the Law has been abolished is clearly laid out. Have a read.

Kind regards,

Andre de Kock
Matthew 5:17-18
(17) Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
(18) For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

The term in 5:18 'till all be fulfilled' is not referring to the law being fulfilled but, time. Jesus said He did not come to destroy the law but to keep the law. That means everything Jesus said and did was in accordance with the law. If Jesus is saying that the law would be ended after He fulfilled it then He contradicted Himself because He did come to destroy the law.

Verse 18 begins by speaking about heaven and earth passing, this is the context of this verse, so with that context 'till all be fulfilled' is talking about time. Jesus in verse 18 is giving further confirmation to what He said in verse 17 that He did not come to destroy the law.

If you still want to think it is referring to Jesus fulfilling the law then the feast of Pentecost which was part of the law was not fulfilled till after Jesus went to heaven, the same goes with the other feasts. So Pentecost was not done away with by the death of Christ. We do not sacrifice anymore because Jesus is our sacrifice. In the OT they had to come to the priest with a lamb when they sinned, now we come to Christ our high priest and Jesus is the lamb.