Here is Abinadi talking to Noah’s wicked priests about the Law of Moses.
29 And now I say unto you that it was expedient that there should be a law given to the children of Israel, yea, even a very strict law; for they were a stiffnecked people, quick to do iniquity, and slow to remember the Lord their God;
30 Therefore there was a law given them, yea, a law of performances and of ordinances, a law which they were to observe strictly from day to day, to keep them in remembrance of God and their duty towards him.
31 But behold, I say unto you, that all these things were types of things to come. (Mosiah 13:29-31)
I think what Abinadi says here is that the gift of the Law of Moses itself was a type of Christ.
A law given to Israel | A Messiah given to Israel and all who would believe |
A law of performances and ordinances | Christ’s example consists of all the things we must do. We have to become like Him. |
Which they were to observe strictly from day to day | Israel observed Christ keeping the law from day to day during His life, and we are to observe Christ’s higher law just as strictly from day to day. We can also read the gospels and observe what He did. |
To keep them in remembrance of their God and their duty toward him | Christ instituted the sacrament to remind us of His sacrifice and our duty, and we are to remember Him always. |
Just because we don’t live the Law of Moses doesn’t mean the higher law Christ gave isn’t as much a type of Christ as the Law of Moses. The higher law can also be thought of as a type of Christ too. 1) It was given, 2) it is a law of ordinances, though not so many, 3) it is strict, especially if you see the Beattitudes as part of it, 4) it keeps us remembering Christ and God and our duty.
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