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Originally Posted by Matthew 5:16-18
16"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
17"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.
18"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
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Jesus spoke on many occasions about how his presense fulfilled the prophecies. Clearly, he thought of himself as Messiah.
He taught in the Temple. Clearly, he was a practicing Jew.
Paul, in his letters, encouraged Jews to keep the practices of their religion, including circumsision, and held that gentiles had no such obligation. He taught that all could embrace the Way [of Christ] and find salvation.
As to periodicity, Mark is reliably dated to ad 60 - 65, Matthew and Luke to the mid-70's and John to the early 90's. The various texts of these books are remarkably consistent. They also present facts later sustained through archaeology. They are very close to the events they report and can be considered reliable in their reporting.