Primary Scripture
Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Plain explanation
YAHUSHA came to bring the law to its full meaning, not to cancel His Father's commandments.
Common assumption
YAHUSHA fulfilled the law, so it is abolished.
Scripture-defined meaning
Matthew 5:17 says YAHUSHA did not come to destroy the law or the prophets. Fulfil must be defined as bringing the Father's Word to its full intent and confirmed meaning, not abolishing what He expressly said He did not destroy.
Confirming witnesses
- Immediate explanation: Matthew 5:18-19
YAHUSHA immediately says not one jot or tittle passes and warns against breaking or teaching away even the least commandment. - Lexical usage: Matthew 3:15
The same Gospel uses fulfil for carrying out all righteousness; fulfilling righteousness cannot mean abolishing righteousness. - Prophetic purpose: Isaiah 42:21
The prophetic purpose of Messiah is to magnify the law and make it honorable, not diminish it. - Apostolic confirmation: Romans 3:31
Paul confirms that faith establishes the law rather than making it void.
Takeaway
Fulfil cannot be made to mean abolish without contradicting YAHUSHA's own sentence.
Context reflection
Where has the word fulfil been used to make YAHUSHA say the opposite of what He said?