Law Covenant Nailed to Jesus’ Torture Stake

18. (a) To whom were the benefits of the ransom sacrifice to be presented first, and why? (b) What did Jesus become?

¹⁸ The benefits of this ransom sacrifice would be presented first in behalf of the Jewish nation, of which Jesus had become a member by his miraculous birth through the virgin Mary. This was vitally necessary, for the Jews were under a double condemnation to death. How so? First, they were the offspring of the sinner Adam, and second, they had, because of their imperfection, become accursed by failing to live up to the Law covenant with God. However, Jesus became a curse for them. By being impaled upon a torture stake till dead, he was able to lift the curse from “the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” In 33 C.E., the Law covenant was nailed to Jesus’ torture stake, and the Jewish sheepfold under that temporary Law covenant was shut down, abolished.​—Matthew 15:24; Galatians 3:10-13; Colossians 2:14.

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The Mosaic Law covenant made at Mount Sinai came to an end when it was nailed to the torture stake with Jesus