Question for protestants

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Protestants...a humble question of Typology... Hi, I suppose I am considered a Protestant, but have not personally protested anything and can only speak for myself.

I understand the history of Israel as a "dinner theater" to teach us of God. Within Israel, the prophet often lived a similar "dinner theater" to teach Israel.

As such, Israel did not receive grace through the sacrifices of animals, only the promise of grace as the animals were shadows of Christ. They could not obtain righteousness through the law, but the law painted pictures of Christ as a promise of righteousness through Christ.

So fulfillment of the law, in my mind, means the Christ looks like the pictures painted in the law.

Take a simple law: the law of blasphemy. Jesus fulfills it without breaking it, nor doing away with it. To blaspheme means to make Gods name common. In the end there will be no need for one to teach another, "for all will know Him:. Christ makes the name of God common, not by degrading the name of God, but by making all Holy.

The Nazarite had long hair (which is a disgrace on men) just as Christ bore our disgrace. He didn't drink wine as Christ vowed at the last supper. He didn't touch a dead body, as Christ was buried in an unused grave.

The leper shaved his head as a symbol of lost authority as the Father departed from Christ on the cross. He covered his upper lip (which is done when you pray and do not receive an answer) as Christ's petition to have the cup removed was ignored. The leprosy itself represented sin as Christ was made to be sin for us. And when he was completely covered and white with leprosy, he was declared clean, as Christ was white when he rose from the dead. Then the leper went through the same ritual as though he were being consecrated as a priest, just as Christ was made High priest.

In this way Christ fulfills all the law, without doing away with it, and without being personally culpable for it.