The Jews accused both Jesus and His disciples of contradicting the mosaic laws on numerous occasions. There are those today that claim Christians still need to keep the dietary laws, the sabbath, keeping the feast days and others. Paul dealt with some of this in book of Galatians. There are some today that go so far as to claim that the New Testament doesn't teach that the law should not be observed, or that the King James Bible is mis-translated. They typically will reference passages in the Old Testament, ignoring the clear teachings of Jesus.
So what does the Bible say regarding the mosaic law for a Christian?
Jesus speaking in Matthew 5
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
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.
Paul was originally a Pharisee and knew the law very well.
Galatians 3
21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
Hebrews 7
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
There are many more, but I want to get to the point of this post - if you have believed on the name of Jesus and someone tells you that Jesus and/or Paul were contradicting the law, or that the Bible doesn't really teach that we are no longer under the law, then keep reading. If they reject the doctrine of the New Testament that we are no longer under the law, then lets look in the Old Testament to see where this time was foretold to come. Surely the Old Testament would speak to this. Surely this change would be foretold, as did the coming of the messiah was foretold.
In Genesis 49, Jacob is old, his eyesight failing and is calling for his sons to his side so that he can bless them.
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
The name Shiloh here is referencing a person. However, all other mentions of Shiloh in the Bible, it is the name of a place. It is a location where the tabernacle was setup. Oh no, here come the skeptics again to tell us of yet another error in the Bible! What they are missing is that Jacob is telling his people of a coming messiah, and He would come from the tribe of Judah. He is also telling us that something was going to change when Shiloh came. Not destroyed, but changed. Later, the tabernacle was setup at a place called Shiloh in Joshua 18, which was later replaced with the temple starting in I Chronicles 28. There again, there was a change - from the tabernacle to a permanent temple. In John 2, when Jesus had just finished running off the money-changers from the temple and the jews asked Him for a sign of why He did these things, he replied
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
Here, Jesus makes a connection with Himself and the temple. However, he was actually referring to His body. The final words of Jesus as he hung on the cross, 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.
So now we come back to Jacob and his prophecy of one unto whom the gathering of the people would be - Shiloh. He had finally come and brought the change that was foretold by Jacob. So when someone tells you that the mosaic laws still apply, tell them Shiloh has come and there has been a change!
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