The Law of Moses was Temporary

Matthew 5:17–18 NKJV

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Many times, people have a wrong concept of what these verses mean. Just how can Jesus “fulfill” the Law? If we think of the Law as a contract that was established between God and the Israelites, then we can understand it. Jesus came to fulfill the “Contract (Law)”. After it has been fulfilled, then that Contract (Law) is no longer enforceable.

Jeremiah 31:31–33 NKJV

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah—not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

This prophecy states that a new covenant will begin. This new covenant is not like the “Law of Moses” that we know so well (i.e. the ten commandments and more). The Old Covenant was engraved on stone. The New Covenant will be engraved on the hearts of God’s children. See Acts 2:37.

Acts 2:37 NKJV

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”

Here is the first record of the “New Covenant” being engraved on the hearts of the believers.