What is Paul trying to really say in Romans 10:4?
Torah aims is the Messiah, who offers righteousness to everyone who trusts. In Romans ch. 10, Paul is discussing the salvation message and how it is related to Gods commandments. He is telling us that coming to faith in the Messiah is indeed the resultant end or telos, the consummation at which the Torah reaches. He is not telling us that Yeshua terminated the Law, as Romans 10:4 is so commonly misinterpreted. The purpose of the Torah, and indeed all of Scripture, is that it must point to our need for a Savior. As we see that as human beings we are incapable of keeping Gods commandments perfectly, and we see that we fall short of His high standard, we must be convicted of our sin, cry out in repentance before God, and receive the forgiveness that He offers. The Torah is to always show us the need for a Redeemer, and the fact that we need salvation.
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