Christ was under the Law until He was crucified. It was only at the time of the crucifixion that the veil in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. That brought an end to the Law of Moses and all of its requirements. Christ fulfilled the Law but firstly He was strictly under the Law, and He also correctly interpreted the Law.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree... But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the Law, To redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.(Gal 3:13; 4:4,5)
“Christ was under the Law until He was crucified.”
until he was baptized by John and received the Holy Ghost
The law and the prophets were until John
not until Jesus died but until John began baptizing )
since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.”
Luke 16:16
“For
all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.”
Matthew 11:13
When John the baptizer baptized Jesus and this happened
“Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying,
the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.”
Luke 3:21-22
arhats the end of the law for the person who is led by Gods spirit
“But if ye be
led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
Galatians 5:18
When Jesus got baptized and received Gods spirit it’s not a random event it’s foretold like for one example of many Isaiah 61
And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, And
recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
…And he began to say unto them,
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.”
Luke 4:17-19, 21
The ot is full of information about Jesus who would receive Gods spirit like another example what did it mean was happening ?
“Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect,
in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles…..
he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged,
till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.”
Isaiah 42:1, 3-4 KJV
“
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation:
for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
My righteousness is near;
my salvation is gone forth, and
mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.”
Isaiah 51:4-5 KJV
jesus was born under the law and lived perfectly under the law until
his baptism that was the end of Jesus being under any law ,
it’s when God began to speak
his true everlasting word for life and salvation
Johns ministry is the intersecting point of the Old Testament law and the gospel Jesus wasnt under any written law he was being led by Gods spirit within him not the law of Moses which is this
“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.”
Galatians 3:19 KJV
The law is a mediation between God and man by Moses and the angel God set over the people , Jesus received the Holy Ghost and followed the spirit
“But if ye be
led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.”
all the time of Jesus life we don’t hear about was the time he lived under the law when he was baptized he received Gods spirit and the law becomes irrelevant to you if you have gods spirit leading you those under the law never had the spirit Jesus did and Christian’s do hats what removes the need for the law of Moses ordained of angels that is not our mediation
Christ and what he said and did is our mediation with God
Jesus is the one who spoke Gods true law of life Moses law ended for him the day he got baptized Jesus words are this
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
moses words in the law are this
“Now we know that
what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for
by the law is the knowledge of sin.”
Romans 3:19-20 KJV
The gospel Jesus preached however is the knowledge of righteousness and life in Christ
it’s Gods long promised truth
“Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king.
To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”
John 18:37
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