He says in Luke:-‘The law and the prophets were until John,’ etc., and then adds:-‘It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.’ Now he does not mean that he will not fulfill any of the law or the prophets ‘till heaven and earth pass ’ and thus ‘ all be fulfilled’ at one time, after the heavens and earth have passed away, for he says, ‘ I am come to fulfill.’ Hence, whatever he fulfilled of the law and the prophets, he did ‘ not destroy ’ neither did it ‘ fail.’ And if he fulfilled a part at his first advent, and then completes the fulfillment at his second advent, none of it fails, and none of it is destroyed. Let us take particular notice of our Saviour’s language in this passage:-‘I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.’ If, then, he fulfills any portion of the law, of course he does not destroy it. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.’ ARSH May 10, 1864, page 185.11 ‘Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. We will first notice the passage found in Matthew 5:17, 18 - ARSH May 10, 1864, page 185.10 Strictly speaking, we should say that the Lord Jesus has ‘fulfilled,’ or will ‘fulfill the Old Testament law rather than to say he abrogated it. Preble.-“The Lord Jesus Christ fulifilled the law. ARSH May 10, 1864, page 185.8 BOTH SIDES OF THE SABBATH QUESTION ARSH May 10, 1864, page 185.7Īnd long to be thine own. ARSH May 10, 1864, page 185.5ĭim not the lustrous day. “My sheep hear my voice and I know them, and they follow me.”- John 10:27. ARSH May 10, 1864, page 185.1Īddress Elder JAMES WHITE, Battle Creek, Michigan. One Dollar to the poor, and to those who subscribe one year on trial. The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association. BATTLE CREEK, MICH., THIRD-DAY, MAY 10, 1864. “Here is the Patience of the Saint Here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the Faith of Jesus.”
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