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MATTHEW 5:17

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

In biblical symbolism, this verse describes the relationship between the lower and higher movements of consciousness, the Law as the structure of the lower nature, and Christ as the Life that brings it to completion.

“I am not come to destroy the law…”

The “law” represents the order of the lower planes:
- the discipline of the qualities
- the moral structure that restrains the desire‑nature
- the karmic framework that shapes the personality

The Law is not negated by the higher Self; it is the scaffolding that prepares the soul for spiritual consciousness.

Christ, the inner Life, does not abolish this structure.

He transmutes it.

“…or the prophets”

The “prophets” symbolize the intuitive glimpses that arise before the full awakening:
- the dawning of higher consciousness
- the recognition of Truth‑reality
- the inner Elijah‑movement that announces the coming of the Christ‑principle

These early illuminations are not discarded; they are completed when the higher Self fully manifests.

“I am come… to fulfil”

To “fulfil” is to bring the lower consciousness to its intended end:
- the Law becomes Love
- duty becomes spontaneous harmony
- discipline becomes inner freedom
- the divided mind becomes unified in the Spirit

The bible defines a Jew as a person who is one within.

The Christ‑principle does not oppose the Law, it raises it into its true meaning.

The lower is not destroyed but rather is absorbed, transfigured, and carried upward into the Life of the higher Self.

The Esoteric Message.....
The Christ‑principle does not abolish the structures of the lower nature but completes them, lifting the soul from discipline and prophecy into the full realization of the inner Life where Law, Love, and Truth become one.

 

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BIBLE VERSES

MATTHEW 5:17

MATTHEW 5:20

MATTHEW 17:11