EPIGNOSIS OF GRACE
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS
MATTHEW 5:17-18
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. (KJV)
In our studies so far, we have understood the use of the terms the Old Testament and Moses. We said that Moses can mean the person Moses or his writings. The law of Moses does not always mean the 613 laws Moses gave the Israelites. The law of Moses can also mean the writings of Moses.
We also said that some of the laws Moses gave the Israelites were a a mode of communicating the message of Christ to them. This means that the use of the law of Moses must always be understood in the right context.
Another use of words is the phrase “the law and the prophets”. Most times when we say that we are not under the law of Moses, which is in reference to the old covenant of fault finding and condemnation or the various laws Moses gave the Israelites, people quote our opening text saying that Jesus did nor come to abolish the law but to fulfil it.
This they imply Jesus came to affirm its obedience. Therefore, the laws of Moses such as the laws concerning the sabbath and dressing must be obeyed because Jesus did not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.
In Luke 24:44,
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me”. (KJV)
The law of Moses was referring to the writings of Moses. In our opening text, we have the phrase the law or the prophets. The same phrase was used in
Acts 13:15,
“And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on”. (KJV).
The usage of the law and the prophet will be the writings of Moses and the writings of the prophets. In their writings, we have the promise, prophecies, typologies, symbols and various modes of communication about Christ's sufferings and glorifications. Therefore, the saying of Jesus that he did not come to abolish the law or the prophets but to fulfil them will be referring to the writings of Moses and the prophets about himself.
The fulfilment of the law and the prophets will be about his death and resurrection. All that Jesus went through from his death and resurrection is the fulfilment of the law and the prophets.
On the cross, Jesus said in
John 19:30,
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost”. (KJV).
The phrase, it is finished means it is fulfilled. This means that what the law and the prophets said has come to pass. Jesus then fulfilled everything the prophets wrote about him without setting anything aside. The law and the prophets have been fulfilled.
Jesus did not come to abolish what Moses and the prophets wrote about him but to bring them to pass.
CONFESSION: It is finished. Jesus has fulfilled the law and the prophets.
Additional Studies:
Matthew 5:17-19,
John 1:45,
Acts 28:23-24
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS
MATTHEW 5:17-18
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. (KJV)
In our studies so far, we have understood the use of the terms the Old Testament and Moses. We said that Moses can mean the person Moses or his writings. The law of Moses does not always mean the 613 laws Moses gave the Israelites. The law of Moses can also mean the writings of Moses.
We also said that some of the laws Moses gave the Israelites were a a mode of communicating the message of Christ to them. This means that the use of the law of Moses must always be understood in the right context.
Another use of words is the phrase “the law and the prophets”. Most times when we say that we are not under the law of Moses, which is in reference to the old covenant of fault finding and condemnation or the various laws Moses gave the Israelites, people quote our opening text saying that Jesus did nor come to abolish the law but to fulfil it.
This they imply Jesus came to affirm its obedience. Therefore, the laws of Moses such as the laws concerning the sabbath and dressing must be obeyed because Jesus did not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.
In Luke 24:44,
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me”. (KJV)
The law of Moses was referring to the writings of Moses. In our opening text, we have the phrase the law or the prophets. The same phrase was used in
Acts 13:15,
“And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on”. (KJV).
The usage of the law and the prophet will be the writings of Moses and the writings of the prophets. In their writings, we have the promise, prophecies, typologies, symbols and various modes of communication about Christ's sufferings and glorifications. Therefore, the saying of Jesus that he did not come to abolish the law or the prophets but to fulfil them will be referring to the writings of Moses and the prophets about himself.
The fulfilment of the law and the prophets will be about his death and resurrection. All that Jesus went through from his death and resurrection is the fulfilment of the law and the prophets.
On the cross, Jesus said in
John 19:30,
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost”. (KJV).
The phrase, it is finished means it is fulfilled. This means that what the law and the prophets said has come to pass. Jesus then fulfilled everything the prophets wrote about him without setting anything aside. The law and the prophets have been fulfilled.
Jesus did not come to abolish what Moses and the prophets wrote about him but to bring them to pass.
CONFESSION: It is finished. Jesus has fulfilled the law and the prophets.
Additional Studies:
Matthew 5:17-19,
John 1:45,
Acts 28:23-24
EPIGNOSIS OF GRACE
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS
MATTHEW 5:17-18
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. (KJV)
In our studies so far, we have understood the use of the terms the Old Testament and Moses. We said that Moses can mean the person Moses or his writings. The law of Moses does not always mean the 613 laws Moses gave the Israelites. The law of Moses can also mean the writings of Moses.
We also said that some of the laws Moses gave the Israelites were a a mode of communicating the message of Christ to them. This means that the use of the law of Moses must always be understood in the right context.
Another use of words is the phrase “the law and the prophets”. Most times when we say that we are not under the law of Moses, which is in reference to the old covenant of fault finding and condemnation or the various laws Moses gave the Israelites, people quote our opening text saying that Jesus did nor come to abolish the law but to fulfil it.
This they imply Jesus came to affirm its obedience. Therefore, the laws of Moses such as the laws concerning the sabbath and dressing must be obeyed because Jesus did not come to abolish them but to fulfil them.
In Luke 24:44,
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me”. (KJV)
The law of Moses was referring to the writings of Moses. In our opening text, we have the phrase the law or the prophets. The same phrase was used in
Acts 13:15,
“And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on”. (KJV).
The usage of the law and the prophet will be the writings of Moses and the writings of the prophets. In their writings, we have the promise, prophecies, typologies, symbols and various modes of communication about Christ's sufferings and glorifications. Therefore, the saying of Jesus that he did not come to abolish the law or the prophets but to fulfil them will be referring to the writings of Moses and the prophets about himself.
The fulfilment of the law and the prophets will be about his death and resurrection. All that Jesus went through from his death and resurrection is the fulfilment of the law and the prophets.
On the cross, Jesus said in
John 19:30,
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost”. (KJV).
The phrase, it is finished means it is fulfilled. This means that what the law and the prophets said has come to pass. Jesus then fulfilled everything the prophets wrote about him without setting anything aside. The law and the prophets have been fulfilled.
Jesus did not come to abolish what Moses and the prophets wrote about him but to bring them to pass.
CONFESSION: It is finished. Jesus has fulfilled the law and the prophets.
Additional Studies:
Matthew 5:17-19,
John 1:45,
Acts 28:23-24
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