Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Alma 34:13

The law of Moses before the coming of Christ and then not after is still a confusing point to me. I know He fulfilled the law, and it all pointed to His coming, but what Him fulfilling the law actually means I don’t understand. I can’t think of another context to compare it to that helps, either.


So, I paused here, and have done more research. The problem comes from thinking about it with the wrong definition of fulfill. Thisarticle, helped clarify more than anything else I found. The Law of Moses was leading to a higher law, where we are changed to not desire sin. No hatred, not murder, no lust, no adultery. By giving us the higher law, the requirements of the lower remain, that is why they haven’t passed away, but the higher law encompasses them. They have become part of something larger and greater. As we keep Christ’s higher law, we naturally keep the lower law because those sins can’t exist within the higher law. I really hope this makes sense to myself later. Whew!

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