Are we still under the law George?
"Think not that I am come to destroy the Law and the
Prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. Verily
I say unto you, until heaven and earth pass, not one jot
or one tittle shall pass from the law until all be
fulfilled". [Matthew 5:17-18]
So if heaven and earth is supposed to be understood
literally as they physical heaven and earth, we are still
under the law. However, if heaven and earth is figurative
and refers to the old covenant, then it would be
consistent to say that this passage in Matthew is
referring to Christ ending one age and instituting
another. We are now in the new age, the eternal age, the
Kingdom of Christ, the age of the new covenant, and are no
longer under the law, but grace.
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