98. XI. The Lord came into the world that He might fulfil all things of the Word, and thereby become Divine Truth, or the Word, even in ultimates.

The Lord came into the World that He might fulfil all things of the Word. This may be seen in THE DOCTRINE CONCERNING THE LORD 8-11. That He thus became Divine Truth, or the Word, even in ultimates, is meant by the following passage in John:

The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14.

To be made flesh is to become the Word in ultimates; and what the Lord was, as the Word in ultimates, He showed to His disciples when He was transfigured, Matthew 17:2; Mark 9:2-9; and Luke 9:28-36. It is there said that Moses and Elias appeared in glory; and by Moses and Elias is meant the Word, as may be seen above No. 48. The Lord as the Word in ultimates is also described by John in the Revelation 1:13-16, where all the details in the description of Him signify the ultimates of Divine Truth, or of the Word. Before this the Lord was indeed the Word, but in first principles; for it is said:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This was in the beginning with God. John 1:1-2.

When, however, the Word was made flesh, then the Lord became the Word in ultimates also; and from this fact He is called the First and the Last, in Revelation 1:8, 11, 17; 2:8; 21:6; 22:12-13.

8. The Statement That the Lord Fulfilled All of the Law Means That He Fulfilled All of the Word

Many people today believe that, when it is said of the Lord that He fulfilled the Law, it means that He fulfilled all the commandments of the Decalogue, and that in so doing He became righteousness and at the same time justified people in the world by that belief.

Nevertheless, that is not the meaning. Rather the meaning is that He fulfilled everything written about Him in the Law and the Prophets, that is, throughout Holy Scripture, because it has Him alone as its subject, as we said in the previous section.

The reason many people have believed otherwise is that they have not searched the scriptures and seen what is meant by the Law there.

In a strict sense the Law there means the ten commandments of the Decalogue. In a broader sense it means everything written by Moses in his five books. And in the broadest sense it means the whole of the Word.

That the Law in a strict sense means the Ten Commandments of the Decalogue is something people know.