McBell
Admiral Obvious
i see.2c3 to cause God Law to be obeyed as it should be and 2b2 are the to connation most commonly associated with the text due to the surrounding text refering to the specificity of Law of Moses and the length of time it will be applied to the end. Good night for now mesetemia i am sure we will cross paths again.
Now have you anything from Scripture where Jesus says that his fulfillment was not the end of it?
Or perhaps a verse where Jesus states that man is to continue after his fulfillment?
The Peoples New Testament said:To fulfil.
To complete its purpose.
He was the end of the law.
It was a "schoolmaster to bring us to Christ" (Gal_3:24), but "after faith is come we are no longer under the schoolmaster."
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible said:Mat 5:17 -
Think not that I am come to destroy the law -
Do not imagine that I am come to violate the law καταλυσαι, from κατα, and λυω, I loose, violate, or dissolve - I am not come to make the law of none effect - to dissolve the connection which subsists between its several parts, or the obligation men are under to have their lives regulated by its moral precepts; nor am I come to dissolve the connecting reference it has to the good things promised. But I am come, πληρωσαι, to complete - to perfect its connection and reference, to accomplish every thing shadowed forth in the Mosaic ritual, to fill up its great design; and to give grace to all my followers, πληρωσαι, to fill up, or complete, every moral duty.
In a word, Christ completed the law:1st. In itself, it was only the shadow, the typical representation, of good things to come; and he added to it that which was necessary to make it perfect, His Own Sacrifice, without which it could neither satisfy God, nor sanctify men.It is worthy of observation, that the word גמר gamar, among the rabbins, signifies not only to fulfill, but also to teach; and, consequently, we may infer that our Lord intimated, that the law and the prophets were still to be taught or inculcated by him and his disciples; and this he and they have done in the most pointed manner.
2dly. He completed it in himself by submitting to its types with an exact obedience, and verifying them by his death upon the cross.
3dly. He completes this law, and the sayings of his prophets, in his members, by giving them grace to love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and their neighbor as themselves; for this is all the law and the prophets.
See the Gospels and epistles; and see especially this sermon on the mount, the Epistle of James, and the Epistle to the Hebrews. And this meaning of the word gives the clear sense of the apostles words, Col_1:25. Whereof I am made a minister, πληρωσαι τον λογον του Θεου, to fulfill the word of God, i.e. to teach the doctrine of God.
Albert Barne's Notes on the Bible said:But to fulfill -
To complete the design; to fill up what was predicted; to accomplish what was intended in them. The word fulfill also means sometimes to teach or to inculcate, Col_1:25. The law of Moses contained many sacrifices and rites which were designed to shadow forth the Messiah. See the notes at Heb. 9. These were fulfilled when he came and offered himself a sacrifice to God,
A sacrifice of nobler name.The prophets contained many predictions respecting his coming and death. These were all to be fulfilled and fully accomplished by his life and his sufferings.
And richer blood than they.
Mat 5:18
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.
and what does verse 17 say?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.
Mat 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.