“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Torah or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to complete. Yes indeed! I tell you that until heaven and earth pass away, not so much as a yud or a stroke will pass from the Torah – not until everything that must happen has happened.” (Matthew 5:17-18)
So, according to Yeshua himself, the Torah is in full effect, and not even a tiny dot will be removed until both heaven and earth are destroyed. When will heaven and earth be destroyed? We see in Revelation that it will happen after the Messiah returns and judges the earth. THEN there will be a “new heaven and new earth”.
“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.” (Revelation 21:1)
So, until HE returns and fulfills all things, the Torah is still active and relevant for us today. Many christian teachers have been falsely teaching that “Jesus came to end the Law”, or that the “Law was fulfilled in Jesus so we dont have to do it anymore”, but these are false teachings. We need to trust the Word of God, not the words of men. If we claim to follow Yeshua (Jesus), then we need to obey what He told us, and listen closely to His words. Yeshua taught obedience to the whole Torah as long as both heaven and earth remain.
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