Why I break the law

[Neubill]

You mention several things in this thread about Jesus giving new laws to replace old ones, new contracts replacing old contracts, people living according to a strict list of do’s and don’ts instead of faith in Him alone, and while some were looking for a book to throw at you, I found one: The Septuagint.

Originally Posted by Baron1710

He said he didn't come to abolish it but fulfill it. He fulfilled it. Fulfilled means to complete.

In English. Not in Semitic thought.

Pleroo is the word from Matthew 5:17 the English language translators translated into fulfill. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures is the Septuagint (LXX) and it translates the Hebrew word Malei nearly every time with the word Pleroo.
Malei means affirm or confirm.

Jesus came to affirm/confirm the Law, not make it complete as though YHVH had given something that was incomplete. Again, King David declared the Law to be perfect.

Jesus came to affirm/confirm the Law at the very least, especially in light of the two verses that follow.
In verse 18,

The Master states that not the smallest letter or stroke of a pen shall pass from Torah until all has been affirmed, and that hasn't happened yet, especially in light of a few Old Testament prophecies remaining unfilled.

In verse 19,

The Master exhorts His Disciples to be great in the Kingdom of Heaven by keeping the commandments and teaching others to do the same. He also states that the one who annuls the commandments and teaches others to do the same shall be least in the Kingdom. And you want to be known as a breaker of the Law?

A note: I have a Bible that was printed in Israel, with Hebrew on one side and NKJV on the other. What’s interesting is that they don’t use the word Malei for the Matthew 5:17 passage, but the word Qum. Qum means to do, to put into action.

Not only did Jesus not come to do away with Torah, but at the very least, Jesus came to affirm Torah. At best, He came to do Torah.

Shalom shalom, Baron.