Y'HOSHUA 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 Torah of Y'hovah sets an infinitely high standard:

Be holy. Lev 20:26  Rather, you people are to be holy for me; because I, Adonai, am holy; and I have set you apart from the other peoples, so that you can belong to me.

Be loving. 1Pe 4:8  More than anything, keep loving each other actively; because love covers many sins.

Be perfect. Mat 5:48  “Therefore, be perfect, as your Father in the heavens is perfect. Footnote: Gen_17:1, Psa_119:1, 1Jn_2:5, Heb_6:1.

This is because the Torah reflects the very character of Y'hovah. In light of this, we may wonder if the Torah can ever be fulfilled.

How could the righteous demands of the Torah be met in our lives?

The answer to this question is that Y'hoshua the Messiah came "to fulfill or complete" the Torah. Consider how comprehensive Y'hoshua's fulfillment of the Torah was. He fulfilled the Torah in His life, becoming our example. As Y'hoshua lived, He showed us what life would be like if someone always met YHVH's heavenly standards.

We can obey His mitzvot and TORAH only by the power of His Ruach Hakodesh!

Further, He fulfilled the Torah in His death by becoming our substitutionary sacrifice. The Torah included a penalty for violation: that penalty was death. As stated,

"The soul who sins shall die" (Eze_18:4)

and

"For the wages of sin are death" (Rom_6:23).

Therefore, Y'hoshua lovingly died in our place to pay the penalty we owed. As it is written,

"But Y'hovah demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Mashiach died for us" (Rom_5:8).

Additionally, He wants to fulfill the Torah in our lives now by being our life. He is our Rabbi, follow Him.

As it is written: "Messiah who is our life" (Col_3:4).

Rabbi Y'hoshua wants to live in and through His Talmidim (disciples) as we put our emunah (faith) in Him each day.

This is echoed in the verse: "It is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of Elohim" (Gal_2:20).

Yes, Y'hoshua fulfills the Torah comprehensively, offering us hope, transformation, and a living example of how the Torah can be fulfilled in every aspect of life by the power of His Ruach.

By Rabbi HaTzair M. Francisco Arbas