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 Jesus summarized his relationship to the Old Testament with this surprising statement in the Sermon on the Mount:

"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them" (Matt. 5:17). https://video.nostr.build/7de9e177b8f8e9d5872cb46da713b7669897a1c2808f4fa999e5141451599278.mp4 
 Jesus was a circumcised jew who came to fulfill the old testament.

Matthew 5:17-18, Jesus declared, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” Jesus’ mission to fulfill the Law. https://image.nostr.build/266c194629f5313575c9f409f59c1ca4379560ce0063f556e3c41089afbb971d.jpg