But it must be remembered that historically a certain alteration has entered the law - the law acts as a pedagogue to Christ and the only legitimate obedience to the law is faith in Christ. This is the restoration of the kerygmatic significance of the law - but this is not the only significance of the law. In Christ we receive the law back, no longer wrapped in a curse, as the guide for a redeemed life. The law has been restored to power by Christ and this must be understood from the ascension. Christ's satisfaction of the law is the kernel of his fulfillment of the Old Testament, but from the fact of the ascension we see that Christ's power of reconciliation and redemption lives through all things.
All reality is emptied of every demonic depth and burden.
It is made clear that the world and all reality does not have its own essence, its own character of being, in opposition to God. All things have their meaning outside themselves, in Christ. All things are set up as signs of the coming kingdom, signs that are filled with the saving power of Christ. All things are made into signs of the coming kingdom and this includes the Old Testament. The fact that God himself fulfills the Old Testament means that he has made it completely into a sign of his kingdom, for all nations and for all times.