Grace and Truth

Grace and Truth

When John wrote, "For the Torah was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ" (Joh 1:17), he didn't mean that no grace or truth had been shown to people prior to Christ's first advent. Nor did John mean that the Torah is the antithesis of grace and truth. In fact, when John wrote that about grace and truth having come through Jesus Christ, he was actually quoting a portion of the Torah: "“YHWH, YHWH, a God ... full of grace and truth" (Exo 34:6 - וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד וֶאֱמֶֽת; See also Joh 1:14). The dyad "grace and truth" appear throughout the Torah and the rest of the Hebrew portion of our Bible. And grace and truth are practiced aplenty by God and His ancient saints. However, grace and truth find their fullest embodiment in Jesus Christ. 
-Michael Millier