Originally posted by Soyeong
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The phrase "to fulfill the law" was a rabbinic term that means to explain or interpret law. In a synagogue, a rabbi take his place on the Moses Seat where he would read from one of the scrolls and then interpret it or clarify its meaning, thereby fulfilling the law. When Jesus said he came to fulfill the law, he was not referring to a once and for all event, but rather that he came to explain or interpret the law, which is precisely what he spent the rest of Matthew 5 doing.
Someone who is righteous is someone who practices righteousness, so when we are declared by faith by God to be righteous, that means we are declared to be someone who practices righteousness.
How do we practice righteousness? It just so happens that God gave holy, righteous, and good instructions to Moses for how to do that.
As Ephesians 2:11-22 makes clear... Everything that applied to God's chosen people then applies to God's chosen people today.
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