Christ Fulfills the Law and Prophets

Tuesday, October 27th, 2026

"17 Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill."
(Matthew 5:17; CSB)

It's important when reading through your Bible that you do not only read the stuff that you like, but read through the entirety of it. The entire thing is packed with truth and wisdom, and it all points to Jesus.

In Jesus' Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), He says the verse quoted above, that He didn't come to abolish the Law or the Prophets but to fulfill it.

In the one sense, we understand this in light of the fact that Christ lived the perfect life that we cannot. By being obedient to the law, Christ was able to be the perfect sacrifice on the cross for us, taking on the wrath of God against sin so that we didn't have to. The wrath of God is against sin, and we are sinners, meaning that we deserve the wrath of God. But Christ, who did not sin, was made, "to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21b; CSB).

But there's an additional understanding that we can add (not use to take away from) to this. We can also look through the Old Testament and see the various things that Christ is "the new and better" embodiment of.

Consider this: The Scriptures talk about Adam's sin being attributed to everyone because all are his descendants. But Christ, who is perfect, He is called the second Adam, because through His life, death, and resurrection, He has made believers righteous (Romans 5:14-19).

So I encourage you that as you read through the Scriptures day by day (as you should be), when you go through the Old Testament, note the figures that are fulfilled and bettered in Christ.

Have a listen to this song as encouragement of this (we will sing this at prayer meeting next week):

Christ the True and Better

Blessings on your week,
Pastor Nic