Ok how do these 2 coincide with each other? Jesus is supposed to have fulfilled the (OT?) law by sacrificing himself to himself so he could redeem us whilst bringing himself back to life. Thus making the OT rules obsolete. But then you've got the above verse which sounds more like it's not letting it go until more is done.
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. (Matt. 5.17-18)
Jesus' "heaven and earth" is a political metaphor referring to kingdoms, governments and their relative societal/cultural matrices, and is related to his prediction of the Temple's destruction in a generation. The verse is stating that the Old Covenant will remain contractually binding until the dissolution of the Jewish powers that be. Putting it another way: Although Jesus' atonement makes the New Covenant effectual, its
inauguration awaits the upheaval of Jerusalem and its Temple in a generation, which event will vindicate Jesus as prophet and covenant broker.
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"Hey! Don't piss off the god of love!" - Dende
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