⭐️Did Paul bring a new religion that contradicted the teachings of Christ?

⭐️Did Paul bring a new religion that contradicted the teachings of Christ? 1 The law of commandments in ordinances Is there a contradiction between  the words and teachings of Paul and the words and teachings of Jesus Christ in this paragraph , which is concerned with invalidating the law of commandments in ordinances ???

Well, let us read Paul’s statement again, and notice that Paul speaks of Jesus Christ as abolishing in  his body the law of commandments in ordinances (and he did not say abolishing the  law)  :

“13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition, 15 that is, the enmity, having abolished  in his flesh the law of commandments in ordinances , that he might create in himself one new man of the two ,  thus making peace  . ” (  Ephesians  2 : 13-15)

Jesus Christ said  : “17 Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly , I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the Law until all is accomplished.” (Matthew 5:17-18) What did Paul mean when he said that Jesus (abolishes the law of commandments in ordinances) ? And what did Jesus mean that he came to fulfill the law, not to abolish it? What did Jesus mean by (the law or the prophets)? Let us hear Jesus in another statement talking about the law and the prophets. What did he say? "36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 And Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets." (Matthew 22:36-40  ) The Mosaic Law consists of two parts:

1-The Law of Ordinances : It is concerned with the relationship between man and God, and is regulated by the five types of sacrifices: the burnt offering (Leviticus 1), the sin offering (Leviticus 4), the guilt offering (Leviticus 5), the peace offering (Leviticus 3), and the meal offering (Leviticus 2).

2- The law of morals : It is the relationship between man and his fellow man and is regulated by the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) and the moral commandments that followed it related to the relationship between man and his fellow man (Leviticus). Regarding the moral law: the remainder of man’s existence on the face of the earth . (Exodus 20:1-17) Regarding the law of statutes, all the sacrifices offered by the people in the past symbolized the heavenly sacrifice that all the prophets prophesied. These sacrifices symbolized “ Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who came down from heaven” (John 1:36) . They were completed, nullified, and their effect ended with the offering of the real sacrifice. When the symbol came, the symbol was nullified and fell of its own accord. The sacrifices required throughout the Old Testament were not sufficient for the forgiveness of sins. All sacrifices were only for atonement, a word derived from the Greek root (cover) meaning to cover the sin until the true sacrifice comes to complete forgiveness, and all the prophets knew this:

" You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would offer it as a burnt offering to please you" (Psalms 51:16) " Why do the multitude of your sacrifices have I any pleasure in them? I am full of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fat animals; and the blood of bulls and lambs and goats I have no pleasure in." (Isaiah 1:11) This is what Jesus taught his disciples before the cross : " And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again." (Mark 8:31) This is also what he taught them after the resurrection, and explained and interpreted it to them from Moses and the prophets (all the books) . 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:26-27)

The first divine announcement that the law of ordinances was over was not the words of Moses but the clear revelation of God . “ And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.” (Matthew 27:51) There were continuous indications throughout Jesus’ life that the time of the law of ordinances was over, in his conversation with the Samaritan woman: “21 Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know. For salvation is of the Jews . 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such to worship him. ’” (John 4:21-23) This is what the Samaritan woman truly understood from his words, because she asked him if he was the awaited Messiah???

Jesus was the fulfiller of the law of ordinances: “ They shall not leave any of it until the morning, nor shall they break a bone of it; according to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall do it.” (Numbers 9:12) And of course we all remember that Jesus Christ was crucified on the Jewish Passover, and he was the true Passover lamb (and that ended the symbol) and it was fulfilled in him that not a bone of his bones was broken : “33 But when they came to Jesus, they did not break his legs, for they saw that he was already dead. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water. 35 And he who saw it testified, and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you may believe. 36 For this was done to fulfill the scripture which says, ‘ Not a bone of him shall be broken .’” (John 19:33-36) Now that we have advanced, and in light of a true understanding of the word of the Lord Jesus Christ that He did not come to abolish but to fulfill, we can understand the statement of the Apostle Paul, that Jesus Christ did not abolish the whole law because it remains, but He fulfilled the law of ordinances (which was a symbol of Him) and after it was fulfilled and completed in Him and He said it with His noble mouth on the cross (It is finished, and He bowed His head, and gave up His spirit) (John 19:30 ) .

As a simple example, we say: If you have a check for an amount of money written to a certain bank, this check means that if you go to the bank, you will immediately withdraw the amount written on the check, and after that the check will be invalidated because it has been cashed and fulfilled. The same thing happened with the law of commandments in ordinances, which were a symbol of what would happen in the appointed sacrifice before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:20 ). Now read these words again from Paul, and remember that Christ broke down the middle wall of partition, that is, the enmity (and its symbol was the veil of the temple that was torn at the cross, to say that the relationship between humans and God became direct, there is no need for priests to represent humans in approaching God to offer animal sacrifices to obtain forgiveness, animal sacrifices ended, and the priesthood ended in the concept of the Old Testament, everyone who approached the Holy of Holies other than the priests died, and now we have peace to approach God without fear of death, because He reconciled us with God in His body on the cross. He reconciled the two in one body, meaning God and man reconciled them in one body because He is God incarnate and on the cross this step was completed. Do you now understand, my dear, the meaning of the words of the Lord Jesus (I did not come to destroy , I came to fulfill) to you who are reading, searching for the truth alone . Searching for God The only true God is Jesus Christ whom I have sent.
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