Jesus fulfilled the Law and the Prophets. Which ones and in what sense?

To answer the question of which laws and which prophets did He fulfill, the answer is all of them.

He was sinless and didn't break one single commandment. And, as you showed by referencing Luke 24:44, everything written about Him in the law of Moses, the prophets and the Psalms was fulfilled. And you gave some good examples of how He fulfilled what was written about Him.

tonychanyt said:

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Jesus didn't come to destroy the writings of the Law or the Prophets. He fulfilled them—but which ones, and in what sense?

The ceremonial laws pointed forward to Jesus as their ultimate fulfillment. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice for sin (He 10:1).

Jesus is the eternal high priest who intercedes for us (He 7:28).

Jesus is the new temple where God meets his people (J 2:19). Rome destroyed the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE.

Jesus perfectly obeyed God’s moral law, living a sinless life (He 4:15). He also updated that true obedience was not just external but came from the heart (Mt 5:28).

Jesus declared all foods clean (Mk 7:19) and made people clean from the inside out.

Christians are not under the Mosaic Law but follow Christ's teachings, which uphold God's moral principles through faith and the Spirit.

Now, concerning the prophets, the ultimate prophecy was the coming of the Messiah.

✔ Born of a virgin – Isaiah 7:14 → Matthew 1:22-23
✔ Born in Bethlehem – Micah 5:2 → Matthew 2:5-6
✔ Descendant of David – 2 Samuel 7:12-13 → Matthew 1:1
✔ Betrayed for 30 pieces of silver – Zechariah 11:12-13 → Matthew 26:15
✔ Crucified with criminals – Isaiah 53:12 → Luke 22:37
✔ His hands and feet pierced – Psalm 22:16 → John 20:25-27
✔ No bones broken – Psalm 34:20 → John 19:33
✔ Rise from the dead – Psalm 16:10 → Mt 28:6

Lk 24:


One can write a book on this topic but the above is a summary

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He, The Living Law made flesh, condemned sin in the flesh, Romans 8:3

Not a single "quote" or "red letter Word" of God in the O.T. can be separated from Jesus.

The Word, the law, the prophetic were all spoken by The Living Word who personified every jot and tittle

Greetings Tony! I hope you are keeping warm up there in the cold.

Jesus Christ is the (A) fulfillment of the law, (B) the embodiment of the law, and the (C) completion of the law.

I'll contribute to (C), that being the completion of the law. Romans 8:3 says...

(Rom 8:3 NKJV) 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God [did] by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,

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So, what the "law could not do" means that the law was part of God's stratagem to do something. But it was never intended to be the only tool. So what the law could not do, God sent His Son to do. So what was His Son sent to do that the law could not? He was sent to "condemn sin". But didn't the law condemn sin?

Justice, through the law, rightly conquers the sinner and puts the sinner under the foot of God. But the power and effects of sin have not been conquered by justice, only the sinner has been put under the foot of God the Son through the law. The power of sin and its effects goes unchecked, for sin brings death and justice ensures death; sin brings alienation and justice seals that alienation; justice in some ways even works in accordance with the outcomes to which sin aspires (1Cor 15:56), i.e., the condemnation and penalty placed upon mankind. As the Scriptures say, "the strength of sin is the law" (1Cor 15:56).

God’s decree to give the written law was “because of transgressions” (Gal 3:19). These transgressions ran rampant, causing alienation and bringing death (Rom 5:14) and were left unchecked because “sin is the transgression of the law” (1John 3:4) but “where no law is, [there is] no transgression” (Rom 5:14 KJV), and “sin is not imputed when there is no law” (Rom 5:13).

The salvo of God’s laws to declare the battle lines and to put all things under His feet, starts with the law that confines and defines transgression, through the “knowledge of sin” (Rom 3:20, Rom 7:7); it spotlights sin, so in the light the “offense might abound”(Rom 5:20); therefore being a “tutor” (Gal 3:24), a guide toward the object of this world’s purposeful end, which is the Son of God.

The law therefore condemns the sinner so that “all the world may become guilty before God” (Rom 3:19, Gal 3:11). This is a step in the reconciliation between God and mankind. But where the law was strong accounting for the sinner, the law is weak in accounting for sin. But within God's stratagem, where the law is weak to account for the power of sin, God sent “His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin” (Rom 8:3), and by the decree of the Incarnation, through His blood and resurrection, He conquered sin in the flesh (Rom 8:3) where the law could not (Rom 8:3).

In this sense, Christ is the completion of the law. The final nail in the stratagem to "destroy the works of the devil" (1John 3:8). In which John says is one reason why the "Son of God was manifested".

Peace and love to you, brother