“Don’t think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.” -Matthew 5:17
You may have been taught by the Modern church that Yahu’sha came to exchange Law for Grace. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The problem is the word “fulfill” is interpreted in such a way as to mean that the Law has been brought to an end.
First, the Greek word for “to end” or “to finish” is TELOS and that is NOT the word being used in Matthew 5:17
The word for “fulfill” in Matthew 5:17 is PLEROO and it does NOT mean “to end” or “to finish”.
Rather, it means “to fill up” or “to bring something to its fullest intent”.
Practically the opposite meaning of TELOS.
Yahu’sha came to take the Law, which are full of shadows and types, and express them to their fullest intent and purpose. Just a few verses later, Yahu’sha goes on to say, to teach;
“whoever disobeys the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven”.
The implication of the words of Yahu’sha, the Torah made flesh, the Messiah of Israel, is crystal clear. It is heretical to even consider that Elohim’s Torah has now somehow been done away with.
Any believer, Gentile or not, if they have been grafted into the commonwealth of Y’srael through his or her faith in Messiah have an obligation to make sure that how they conduct their worship and live their lives is in harmony with Elohim’s ordained principles. And there is only one place to go to in order to learn Elohim’s principles.
You have to look to the Torah to learn His principles. You’re not going find Elohim’s foundational principles in the New Testament. The purpose of the New Testament is to prove that Yahu’sha is the Messiah by showing how He fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies through His life.
The New Testament operates under the assumption that those who read it already have a solid understanding of Elohim’s foundational teachings that are introduced and established in the Torah. Why would it be necessary for Yahu’sha to repeat what every Hebrew is already properly schooled in from an early age?
“The WORD became flesh and lived with us and we saw his glory, the glory of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth.” -John 1:14
When John penned His epistle, there was no New Testament in existence! When John testifies that Yahu’sha is the Word made flesh, the written Word he is referring to is the TORAH.”