The revelation of the Law on Mount Sinai prepared the Israelites for the Revelation of Jesus Christ. The word of God, who is Jesus, became flesh and fulfilled the Revelation of the old Law.
Jesus taught his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill...
Whoever obeys and teaches these commandments will be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:17,19
Jesus taught people to return to the way of their hearts, to love God and everyone else with their whole hearts.
He gave us the Holy Spirit to help us live the Law of God to its fullest.
The purpose of Jesus’ life and work was to fulfill both the Law (the books of Moses) and the Prophets (other Old Testament books). He did not destroy the Old Testament. But that does not mean that Christians have to keep circumcision and all the other old laws.
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