Jethro Bodine
Member
It seems it's what a person 'hears' when they hear 'law', or 'law of Moses' that determines their understanding, right or wrong, of it's place in New Covenant life.
But either way, we should be thinking 'fulfilled' when we hear 'law of Moses'. And depending on what aspect of the law you're thinking of, that can mean it 'passed away', or continues to be literally fulfilled by God's people.
'Passed away' does not mean abolished (Christ PLAINLY said he did not come to abolish the law). 'Passed away' means no longer having to literally fulfill some aspect of the law of Moses, like, for example, The Day of Atonement which the author of Hebrews says Christ's work fulfilled one time, for all time, for all people (who believe), so that there is no longer any outstanding literal duty or obligation in regard to the fulfillment of that commanded observance.
And then there is the moral components of the law of Moses. They also are fulfilled by our faith in Christ, but are fulfilled in the same literal way as was required of the people of God during the time of the first covenant. The literal obligation to 'love your neighbor as yourself' and all the different ways the law of Moses spells out how you do that (and then some) continue as obligations of the New Covenant saint. So, like the ceremonial observances, the moral requirements are also fulfilled by our faith in Christ--just literally.
Every time you hear 'law', or 'law of Moses', think fulfilled. Not abolished, but fulfilled. Some are fulfilled literally by us through our faith, some are not fulfilled literally by us, but still fulfilled through our faith.
But either way, we should be thinking 'fulfilled' when we hear 'law of Moses'. And depending on what aspect of the law you're thinking of, that can mean it 'passed away', or continues to be literally fulfilled by God's people.
'Passed away' does not mean abolished (Christ PLAINLY said he did not come to abolish the law). 'Passed away' means no longer having to literally fulfill some aspect of the law of Moses, like, for example, The Day of Atonement which the author of Hebrews says Christ's work fulfilled one time, for all time, for all people (who believe), so that there is no longer any outstanding literal duty or obligation in regard to the fulfillment of that commanded observance.
And then there is the moral components of the law of Moses. They also are fulfilled by our faith in Christ, but are fulfilled in the same literal way as was required of the people of God during the time of the first covenant. The literal obligation to 'love your neighbor as yourself' and all the different ways the law of Moses spells out how you do that (and then some) continue as obligations of the New Covenant saint. So, like the ceremonial observances, the moral requirements are also fulfilled by our faith in Christ--just literally.
Every time you hear 'law', or 'law of Moses', think fulfilled. Not abolished, but fulfilled. Some are fulfilled literally by us through our faith, some are not fulfilled literally by us, but still fulfilled through our faith.