How Did Jesus Come To Abolish Law

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Jesus never actually denies the laws of Moses, he just adds to them. This is why the New Testment of the Bible was added after the life of Christ. In source 38, he specifically states, "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fufill them." The law he speaks of is Moses's Old Testament law, by which Jews lived their live. This shows that Jesus did not regard Judaism as wrong in any way, he just believed that he was the chosen one, or the Messiah, that Jewish prophets had preached would come eventually. This means that his teachings would add to the laws that Moses originally received from God and make them perfect for the people of the Earth. The main thing that he adds to the laws