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Matt 5:17 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.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

One meaning of fulfil it to fully preach. If we be followers of Christ, why don’t we fully preach God’s word.. Instead we destroy or throw down his word. I just looked outside and the earth and sky are still there. So, if heaven and earth are still with us, so too is the law. And it will be fulfilled or be performed. Verse 18 is the scariest verse in the bible to me. Because, the wages of sin (transgressing the law) is death. The only question is who’s death will pay for the sin. Will it be our death or that of Christ Jesus that pays for our sins? If payed by Jesus, then my death is swallowed up.

Were you aware that Christ did not fulfil/completed all of what the prophets say. For example, where is the following fulfilled?

Zech 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

I can find no time where all the nations came up to Jerusalem to worship God and to keep the Feast. This is speaking to a time yet to come. If everyone will be required to keep the feast of tabernacles in the future, why not start now?


Matt 7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Since the Golden Rule equates to the law and prophets, each law that we neglect is neglecting the Golden Rule.

The Golden Rule is found in Lev 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. Christ Jesus teaches the law.

Water purification is my business. I notice those type things.

This past Sabbath, I attended the graduation of my grand nephew. Friday my son and I replaced the tie rods on the van to make it safe to drive to the graduation. We ended up working on it late and I wasn’t able to fill it up with gas before the Sabbath began. In short we ran out of gas on the way. As I was costing off an exit, I could see that the traffic ahead was stopped due to a wreck. I walked to the gas station to buy some gas. While I was gone, my wife called my niece for assistance. Her twin sister’s husband was dispatched to our rescue. He arrived just in time to give me a ride back down the exit to the van. In the mean time another nephew had got off at the exit to avoid the traffic jam and stopped to help. We all got back on the interstate just as the traffic from the wreck was clearing. No lost time, due to running out of gas.

Had I not ran out of gas I would have missed the graduation. I was headed to the school that my grand nephew attended. But the graduation was being held at a college 20 miles closer than the school. The Nephew who stopped to help gave us the correct destination.

After the graduation, I struck up a conversation about God’s law with my niece’s husband. I just sent him the following. Please pray that as we correspond, God will quicken his soul to the truth of God’s unchanging word.


I had a great time of fellowship at Blake’s graduation. I have laid out some of my thoughts below. I hope the highlight show up on your end.

Acts 21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

It is clear from this scripture that Paul and all believing Jews kept the Law including the offerings after Christ died. So what about the believing Gentiles? Were they only to up hold the four items listed in verse 25?

Eph 6:6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

Here the believing Gentiles at Ephesus are admonished to keep a commandment that is outside of the four “commandments” of Acts 21:25. Those four items deal with pagan temple rites. Thus a Gentile had to make a break with his pagan past in order to fellowship with believers. During this fellowship he would learn more about Christ who is God and his commandments/laws. In other words the babes in Christ should grow in obedience to Christ. Look what was said when those four items were first given:

Act 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.
21 "For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath."

So after the Gentile breaks off fellowship with the pagan temples he is going to have Moses’ writings preached to him.


On a side note, I also mentioned that Thanksgiving was a type of sacrifice. In support, look at the first time the word “sacrifice” is used in the bible:

Gen 31:54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Finally I would like to make a point about Paul’s writing. Peter tells us that if we don’t understand Paul’s letters correctly it will lead to our destruction.

2 Peter 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

As we go forward, I suggest that we just start with an overview of how the law is viewed in the Old Testament. Was it viewed as a blessing or cursing? Then starting in Matthew look at every mention of law, commandment, ordinances and etc. to firm up our understanding. Then, when we get to the writings of Paul, we will be better equipped to understand what is passed away, nailed to the cross, changed by the death of the testator, dead, and the new or better covenant/testament.

thanks for your kind remarks.

Job was from Uz(consultation). The area settled by Shem's(name)grandson Uz. located close to the lands of the Philistines and Ashkelon.

Matt 9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

I still have a large garden. My plan is to be able to hit my neighbor with a bowl of soup not buckshot in difficult times.

Alon,

Check mate. Seeing that you also believe that the text has been tampered with, how can you use it to prove any thing.

Jimmie