YEHOSHUA FULFILLING THE TORAH!

Do not think that I came to destroy the Torah or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. (Mat_5:17)

The standard of the law of YeHoVaH is infinitely high and lofty: "be holy, be loving, be perfect." This is because the Torah reflects the very character of Yehovah. In light of this we may wonder if there is any way that the Torah can be fulfilled. How could the righteous demands of the Torah ever be met in our lives? The answer to this vital question is contained in the truth that Yehoshua came to "to fulfill" the Torah.

Consider how comprehensive was Yehoshua' fulfillment of the Torah. He fulfilled the Torah in His life, becoming our example. As Yehoshua lived, He showed us what life would look like if one could always, in every way, live up to the heavenly standards of YHVH. Yehoshua' testimony was "I always do those things that please Him" (Joh_8:29).

Further, He fulfilled the Torah in His death, becoming our substitutionary sacrifice. The Torah included a penalty for violation, and that penalty was death. "The soul who sins shall die" (Eze_18:4). "For the wages of sin is death" (Rom_6:23). Yehoshua lovingly died in our place to pay that penalty which we owed. "But Yehovah demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Messiah died for us" (Rom_5:8).

Additionally, He wants to fulfill the Torah now in our daily experience, by being our life. "Messiah who is our life" (Col_3:4). Yehoshua wants to live in and through the lives of His Talmidim (disciples), as we daily put our faith in Him. "It is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of Elohim" (Gal_2:20).

Yes, Yehoshua fulfills the Torah comprehensively!