“Do not think that I
came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to
fulfill.”
Jesus came to pull us under
his saving grace. God forgave us all our sins; past, present and future. He
holds us in his arms and is unwilling to let us go. He loves us, and he doesn’t
see our sin anymore when he sees us.
But God
had that plan from the beginning.
I
remember first hearing that God used to want sacrifices to him, and now he
doesn’t and I wondered why God changed his mind. I didn’t understand why God
wrote such a long Old Testament that contained so much if it wasn’t important
anymore.
But
right here we see that God didn’t come to say, “Okay, you know all that I said
before? Just kidding! Forget everything you knew, ‘cause now I’m here, and I’m
all that matters.” That would be self-contradicting, and would have no
credibility.
In Luke
24:13-32, we see a scene where Jesus comes and talks to two men while walking
on the road and opens Moses and the Prophets to them, and shows how the Messiah
had fulfilled all of those things. Everything in the Old Testament POINTS TO
JESUS.
I took
a Bible College class on the Chronicles, the Samuels, and the Kings. The Bible
College teacher would point to a story or a practice and then have us flip to
the New Testament and see it fulfilled. It’s all one book! Not only that, but
hundreds of prophecies connect the NT with the OT.
Today I
will remember that the Lord doesn’t change, and I will rely on his love and
promises to me when doubt comes upon me.
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