Jesus became the end of the Torah because He is the Living Torah.

Rom 10:4
 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

Jesus then continues, "I came to fulfill the Law" (Matt. 5:17). In other words,
"I came to fill the Law full; to bring to full fruition all that the Law pointed
to pictorially and custodially." "I came to fulfill the Law, by being the
dynamic directive of God, the living Torah, in the lives of His People." To
"fulfill" means more than just to fulfill the promises and the prophecies
historically. It carries with it the theological meaning of completing,
actualizing, consummating the Law by becoming its full intended content.

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