Jesus' Coming Fulfilled the Jewish Law (TMF:321)

Monday, January 18, 2016
Peace to Live By: Jesus' Coming Fulfilled the Jewish Law (TMF:321) - Daniel Litton
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       But why not just believe in the Old Testament? Where does Jesus Christ come into the picture? Well, God in the Old Testament through his Spirit predicted through different writers that the Messiah was coming to the earth. Jesus himself said, ““Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished” (Matthew 5:17-18, ESV). He was saying that he was fulfilling the Old Testament, not saying it was abolished and inaccurate. Jesus, as Messiah, was the answer to everyone’s sin problem, which separates people from God. The Jewish God demands a payment for sins from people. Jesus came to the earth and died on a Roman cross as a substitutionary death for every human of all time. He rose from the dead, and every human who accepts his sacrifice on his or her behalf is forgiven by God for all sins. The person becomes God’s own, and is no longer in danger of his wrath. So the Jewish God predicted Jesus would come—and came he did.