<p>10:4 <i>For Christ is the end of the law regarding righteousness to everyone that believes</i>- This could be simply saying that for the believer in imputed righteousness, the law is finished as a source of righteousness. We have been given all righteousness in Him, and so the Law is over as a source of righteousness; and this is why Christ ended the Law in His death. But <i>telos</i>, &quot;end&quot;, suggests that Christ was the end point of the Law, and the believer in imputed righteousness believes this. If the Law were perfectly obeyed, it would lead to a man who died on the cross with a perfect character- the Lord Jesus. In this sense the Law was not simply a series of types pointing forward to Him; if it were fully obeyed, it would lead to who Jesus was in character and action.</p><p>The idea that the Lord Jesus ended the Law of Moses on the cross needs some reflection. That statement only pushes the question back one stage further- how exactly did He &lsquo;end&rsquo; the Law there? How did a man dying on a cross actually end the Law? The Lord Jesus, supremely in His death, was &ldquo;the end of the law&rdquo; (Rom. 10:4). But the Greek <i>telos</i> &ldquo;end&rdquo; is elsewhere translated &ldquo;the goal&rdquo; (1 Tim. 1:5 NIV). The character and person of the Lord Jesus at the end was the goal of the Mosaic law; those 613 commandments, if perfectly obeyed, were intended to give rise to a personality like that of the Lord Jesus. When He reached the climax of His personal development and spirituality, in the moment of His death, the Law was &ldquo;fulfilled&rdquo;. He taught that He &ldquo;came&rdquo; in order to die; and yet He also &ldquo;came&rdquo; in order to &ldquo;fulfil&rdquo; the Law (Mt. 5:17).</p>