Jesus

 I did not come to destroy but to fulfill: 

Jesus wanted to make it clear that He had authority apart from the Law of Moses, but not in contradiction to it. Jesus added nothing to the law except one thing that no man had ever added to the law: perfect obedience. This is certainly one way Jesus came to fulfill the law.

i. Even though He often challenged man’s interpretations of the law (especially Sabbath regulations), Jesus never broke the law of God.

ii. “A greater than the Old Testament, than Moses and the prophets, is here. But the Greater is full of reverence for the institutions and sacred books of His people. He is not come to disannul either the law or the prophets.” (Bruce)

iii. “Jesus fulfills the Law and the Prophets and they point to him, and he is their fulfillment.” (Carson)

·      Jesus fulfilled the doctrinal teachings of the Law and the Prophets in that He brought full revelation.

·      Jesus fulfilled the predictive prophecy of the Law and the Prophets in that He is the Promised One, showing the reality behind the shadows.

·      Jesus fulfilled the moral and legal demands of the Law and the Prophets in that He fully obeyed them and He reinterpreted them in their truth.

·      Jesus fulfilled the penalty of the Law and the Prophets for us by His death on the cross, taking the penalty we deserved.