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The Ten Commandments – a ministry of death and condemnation

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Before we start let's get the meaning of these two words Abolish  means to put an end to a system, practice, or institution. It’s about completely doing away with something . Fulfil , on the other hand, means to complete or accomplish something. It’s about meeting a requirement, demand, obligation, or expectation . In other words, to abolish is to  erase/ delete , while to fulfil is to  achieve  or  realize  an objective or promise Read this: 2 Cor 3:7-9 But if the ministration of death , written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance, which glory was to be done away:   The ministration of death is an expression Paul used to point to the Jewish religious system, this was fulfilled by Jesus’ death and could no longer grant life to those who practiced it. Paul names the commandments “the ministration of con...