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XLIII. HE CONCLUDES THAT THE LAW HAD AN END IN CHRIST, WHO WAS BORN OF THE VIRGIN

Christ is the end of doing the Torah in the letter, the literal, no longer a physical circumcision but a spiritual one, no longer a physical sabbath but a spiritual. Justin Martyr explains how even the Jews tried to alter scriptures that had to do with the prophecies of Christ. The letter of the law was given to the people because of the hardness of their heart, walking in the letter will not bring holiness or righteousness. We are to follow the spiritual and eternal decrees.