<p>11:13&nbsp;<em>For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John-</em>&nbsp;The sentence begins with &ldquo;For&hellip;&rdquo;. This is an explanation of the cut-off point between the time of the Kingdom, and the period of the law and prophets. It was as if their work was being done up until John. The&nbsp;<em>law</em>&nbsp;prophesied until John in the sense that in the Messiah whom John proclaimed, the law&rsquo;s prophecies were fulfilled. Note that the law just as much as the prophets is to be seen as prophesying. And yet other changeover points or boundaries are suggested within the New Testament. The law would &lsquo;pass&rsquo; when all was fulfilled, which seems to hint at the &lsquo;finishing&rsquo; of all when the Lord cried &ldquo;It is finished!&rdquo; on the cross. The law would not pass&nbsp;<em>until</em>&nbsp;this point (Mt. 5:18, using the same word as in 11:13 &ldquo;until&rdquo;). The Lord&rsquo;s death was clearly a major ending point for the old system. And yet Heb. 8:13 speaks of the old system as decaying and becoming old, and being about to vanish away- surely in the destruction of the temple in AD70. There are other hints in the NT that the old system somehow operated with some level of acceptance from God until AD70. Why the different potential changeover points? Presumably because the hope and intention was that John would successfully prepare the way, and the Messianic reign would be ushered in by Israel&rsquo;s acceptance of their Messiah. And yet they killed Him. That point in itself was the theological changeover moment. But still not all Israel accepted the apostolic preaching of repentance for the crucifixion. And so in practice, the changeover point came when the temple was destroyed and any serious obedience to the old covenant was thereby rendered impossible. In all this we see God&rsquo;s amazing grace and desire continually to work with people, factoring in the possibility of their repentance.</p>