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From: davidbu@tekigm2.men.tek.com (David Buxton)
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Subject: To Fulfill the Law
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Date: 15 Nov 89 08:58:03 GMT
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The Prophecy:

     "The Lord . . . . will magnify the law, and make it honorable."  (Isa.
     42:21)

Prophecy fulfilled:

     "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the  Prophets;  I
     have  not  come  to  abolish them but to fulfill them.  I tell you the
     truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter,  not
     the  least  stroke  of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law
     until everything is accomplished.  Anyone who breaks one of the  least
     of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called
     least in the kingdom of heaven,  but  whoever  practices  and  teaches
     these  commands  will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.  For I
     tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of  the  Phari-
     sees  and  the  teachers  of the law, you will certainly not enter the
     kingdom of heaven."  (Matt. 5:17-20)

Jesus did indeed sweep away the man made laws and codifications such as the
Mishna  and  magnified  and  made honorable the Law of God which has always
been God's law of Love in both the OT and the NT.