Did Jesus really abolish the law?

Not really, only when we clearly read in the Bible a change in the Law are we as Christians to perform the latter.

Additionally, be aware and try to understand that Hebrew ritual laws are far different than the 10 Commandments.

Furthermore, it is important to realize that ritual laws were incumbent upon the Hebrew people, the gentile is excluded from the latter since they are not Jewish.

Far too many preachers get the above all twisted and think the gentile is under the ritual laws of the Hebrew people, if the latter was true we would be Jewish!

Review Acts 11:26 "and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians", the latter has great meaning as you will note below:

Christians" is first applied to the members of the community at Antioch because the Gentile members of the community enable it to stand out clearly from Judaism.

Ah' now you know!

God bless'

The correct term would be "fullfilled," not abolished. The answer is in the pudding. Sacrifice ended with the death of Jesus. The Jews claim it ended with the destruction of the temple at Jerusalem, but since the temple was not the only place where sacrificial offerings were made, then the question has to be asked, why weren't they offered after the temple was destroyed (about 70 CE (AD))?

And, as far as "The Law" was concerned, what constitutes the law? Each and every commandment, or was their something else behind all those very specific and socially-oriented rules? And, were they commandments, or were they rules of practice, instead.

The point is that none of this is clearly defined. In addition, Jesus reiterated most of the ten commandments, but resoundingly condemned some of the practices (and rules) that came out of them.

So, it becomes a matter of interpretation, and since no current "traditional" Christian denomination claims to have a prophet of God leading them, it is left for man to decide. And man is unable to get their collective act together, so you still end up with thousands of different opinions as they are spread across the Christian landscape.

He meant what he said. Jesus came to fulfill the law. Once the requirements of a covenant are satisfied it is no longer binding. Now Jesus was talking about the requirements of the Covenant of Moses. The "Ten Commandments" are not actually part of that law. They were given to the Jews before they rejected being a royal priest hood.

The covenant of Noah is still in effect and so are the Ten Commandments. The exact meaning of the Sabbath day for the Christian is subject to debate. But even that one is still binding to one extent or another. While it is said in the New Testament "Let no one judge you concerning New Moons and Sabbaths", that does not mean a Christian is not to have a Sabbath.

Matthew 22:37-40 answers your question well:

Matthew 22:37-40

New King James Version (NKJV)

37 Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

Below is your definitive answer.

Matthew 5:17

New King James Version (NKJV)

Christ Fulfills the Law

17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

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Matthew 5:17 in my KJV reads -

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. "

The big question here is WHICH law are we talking about ???

The TEN Commandments ?

The Mosaic law ? OR a smaller section of the Mosaic law ???

Colossians 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

What is this verse saying ???

What is this "handwriting of ordinances" ???

There are many who believe that here we are talking about the Sacrificial system that God set up for the forgiveness of the peoples sins as there is no salvation without the shedding of Blood.

Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

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Yes, he fulfilled the law. And when He died we have a New Covenant which was changed by God. Jesus gave the commandments to Christians to Love our God with all our heart, body and soul and to love one another as we love ourselves. Those are very big commandments but He writes the laws on the hearts of his servants.

No read James 2:8-10

Well, if he did, then that means the 10 commandments and the prohibitions against homosexuality don't count any more either. So we can take them out of courthouses now, right Christians?

If he did, good for him. Someone needed to abolish it. Anyone who ever thought those laws in Leviticus came from some loving creator is stupid.

Maybe. Too bad he doesn't count.