18 I can guarantee this truth: Until the earth and the heavens disappear, neither a period nor a comma will disappear from Moses' Teachings before everything has come true. Matt 5:18 (GW)
On this Resurrection Day I ponder this verse. Jesus said that He did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill the law. The law was fulfilled the day He gave His life for ours on the cross, when Jesus said, "It is finished" and drew His last breath. Freedom came on the third day, when Jesus overcame death and rose from the grave. Eternal life is ours through Jesus.
Jesus freed us from the law by fulfilling the law. It is like paying off a debt. If you owe someone money, you always feel that pressure and never truly feel free. When you pay the debt off, you are free to use that money for whatever you choose. Under the law, strict rules had to be followed in order to be clean and righteous. No one was free. Once Jesus fulfilled the debt God's children no longer had to toil under the pressure of ritual and sacrifice. We were made clean by Jesus' blood.
Praise God for His everlasting love, grace, and mercy.
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