Daily Rhema: FULFILLING ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS – UNDERSTANDING THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS

Matthew 5:17-18 (KJV)
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 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.

What is the Law and the Prophets?

Many Christians don’t really understand what this means because, sadly, Satan has deceived us in the Church into thinking
that the Old Testament is no longer important. True, the New Testament is extremely important, but let’s remember it came out of the Old Testament ( 2Tim. 3:16- 17)!

When we talk about the Law and the Prophets, they are two sections of the Old Testament.

The Jews call the Law the ‘Torah’ and it runs from Genesis to Deuteronomy. They are the writings of Moses. The Prophets span from Joshua to Malachi: Joshua to 2Chronicles are historical records; Isaiah to Ezekiel are called the Major Prophets, while Daniel to Malachi are called the Minor Prophets.

The ceremonial aspects of the Old Testament have been done away with as far as practice is concerned, but the instructions inside the Old Testament stories and ceremonies are prophetic symbolisms and types and shadows that have present-day application! We do a great disservice to ourselves when we don’t know them. That is what the Law and the Prophets are!

In Christ, all the symbolic prophetic meanings of the Law and the Prophets will be fulfilled. Now, since we are in Christ, they are therefore to be fulfilled in the Church, the body of Christ! As Christians, we must come to this vital understanding. It is for this reason that all the saints need to read the Old Testament regularly and consistently (Col. 2:16-17).

All of the Old Testament can be divided into three or four groups.
The first one are the animal sacrifices. The patriarchs like Abraham, Enoch, Job etc. all sacrificed animals. God signaled it to them from the Garden of Eden: the time of Cain and Abel. Those animal sacrifices were a type, symbols of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who was to come and die for mankind. So when the blood of these animals was shed, that blood was used by God as a legal basis to cover their sins temporarily, so that they could have a covenant relationship with God.

Secondly, God also instituted three feasts: Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles to be observed by Israel every year. All the males would go to Jerusalem with an animal to participate in the feast of Passover. Fifty days later was another feast, the feast of Pentecost. At the end of the agricultural year when they bring in all the harvests, the fruits of the land, they would celebrate the feast of Tabernacles.

Thirdly, are the Prophets: a historical account of what God did in and for His people Israel over the years. God had all of it recorded deliberately by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, from Adam right through to Moses, when He formalized and gave them the Law, and then unto Malachi. All of these are the Prophets.

The fourth aspect is the Law. These are the Ten Commandments, the civil, hygienic and dietary laws. So we have the animal sacrifices, the Feasts and the Prophets and the Ten Commandments and the civil, hygienic and dietary laws. These are the four major areas of the Law.

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