All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments
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You shall love your neighbor as yourself

16.And behold, a man came up to him[Jesus Christ], saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” 17.And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” 18.He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 19.Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 20.The young man said to him, “All these I have kept. What do I still lack?” 21.Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22.When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions - Matthew 19:16-22


When Christ said "You shall love your neighbor as yourself", the man did not understand that our lovable neighbor is Jesus Christ himself, and he went back sorrowfully without inheriting the eternal life.

If we could take these commandments with direct meaning, and trying to love our neighbor, definitely we will fail, because none of us have a capacity to please our neighbor, and some point of time they will complain about us, but if we could understand the real meaning of the commandment, that Jesus Christ is our neighbor and start loving him, he will lead us into eternal life.  



How my neighbor will be equal to God? 


28.Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He[Jesus Christ] had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” 29.Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30.And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. 31.And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.32.So the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one God, and there is no other but He. 33.And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34.Now when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” But after that no one dared question Him - Mark 12:28-34


And again Christ said, loving neighbor is equal to loving God himself, what does it mean? how come "loving neighbor" will be equivalent to the first and great commandment of loving God himself? for example, there will be a difference a mother taking care of her own child and treating other kids, she cannot love all the kids in the world as her own child, then how its possible that we can love God and the Neighbor in the same way? it can happen only if God himself come into this world as our neighbor, that is our Lord Jesus Christ, so when you obey his commandments, you are loving God himself.


How these commandments became prophecy?


35.Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36.“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37.Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ 38.This is the first and great commandment. 39.And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40.On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” - Matthew 22:35-40


The stranger who dwells among you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him[Jesus Christ] as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God - Leviticus 19:34


Why these Laws are called prophecy? first of all, we cannot find a lovable neighbor in this world, and even if we find someone, we cannot keep them with us all the time, so if this commandments has to become reality in our life, God himself has to come as our neighbor, that is our Lord Jesus Christ, that was the reason these laws also called Prophecy of Jesus Christ.


17.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. 18.For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19.Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven - Matthew 5:17-19



Honor your father and mother

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you - Exodus 20:12

How these two commandments "love your God" and "love your neighbor" are pointing to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, in the same way the commandment "Honor your Father and Mother" also pointing to our Heavenly Father and our Lord Jesus Christ who bore us in the Cross, other wise this commandment will not be applicable to Moses himself, because when he receive this commandment he was well aged, and both his earthly Father and Mother would have passed away by that time.