How did the Israelites differ from other cultures of western Asia and Egypt in their religious traditions? What is the fundamental set of laws that governs the Jewish people? What relationship with God do the laws represent?

The Israelites differed from other cultures in Western Asia and Egypt in that their religion could be accessed by anyone, not just priests. Their religion-Judaism influenced Christianity and Islam. That is what affects today's world. Also, they were not focused on agriculture but on grazing animals.

Jesus does not say no part of the law will ever pass away; he says no part of it shall pass away until it is fulfilled. He says he came to do this very thing, to fulfill it. So, with his coming, the law has been fulfilled and has passed away. We now live under the law of Christ, not beneath the law of Moses.

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