Page 122 - Laying Down the Law

Matthew 3:13-15
Then Yahshua came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.
And John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and are
You coming to me?" But Yahshua answered and said to him, "Permit it to be so
now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he
allowed Him.

Luke 24:44
Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was
still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in
the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning
Me."

The Son of God not only fulfilled prophecies of the Messiah, but He satisfied all
the righteous requirements of the Law.

Hebrews 4:15
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses,
but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

Yahshua did what the Father sent Him to do. He fulfilled the Law. The Law could
not pass away until all was fulfilled. The Law ended as the Son of God hung on the
cross. It ended much as it began, with darkness, and terror, and the rocks being split.

Exodus 19:16-19
Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were
thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound
of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp
trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God,
and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was completely
in smoke, because Yahweh descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like
the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

Matthew 27:50-54
And Yahshua cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. Then,
behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth
quaked, and the rocks were split..., So when the centurion and those with him,
who were guarding Yahshua, saw the earthquake and the things that had
happened, they feared greatly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God!"

The ministry of the Law was terrifying to the soul of man from its beginning
until the very end. The Law was a minister of condemnation and death. Its beginning