No, actually it is the scriptures that tell us that “Christ is the end of the law”.
Col 2:13-17….
”And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.” (ESV)
It was the written detailed law that governed every aspect of their lives….and they had no choice in that, being born into a chosen nation whose laws were binding on all, with no choice to disobey for any reason.
If you talk to Orthodox Jews today, they are still horribly shackled to the law that has them performing like seals before they walk out of their front door in the morning. It’s a slavery to something Paul called weak and ineffective (Hebrews 7:18-19) because the Law made no one perfect…it just reinforced the reality of their inability to keep it, reminding them daily of their need for atonement in order to have their sins forgiven….but the animal sacrifices were not the permanent solution…..Christ’s sacrifice was.
All of the those things were covered by Christ in his teachings…..’the law of love’, which all Christians, regardless of their nationality or former mode of worship, were now under a new covenant with only two laws governing all that they did…to ”love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength”….and to “love our neighbor as ourselves”.
One cannot carry on any sinful conduct without disobeying one or both of those laws, now governed by a Bible trained conscience. There is no need of a written law anymore, and we have a choice regarding all the principles embodies in those two laws, especially those that have no direct statement about how to carry them out.….e.g. should a Christian celebrate Christmas or Easter? Should they observe the Sabbath? What is the basis and origin of those things? We need to do our homework.
Having a good grasp of the big picture, should guide us in all we choose to do. It is our choices and what motivates them, that form the basis for Christ’s judgment.
The principles of the law, never went away…they were carried though all of Christ’s teachings. But “the Law“ was not just the 10 Commandments…..those principle hold true in all ages.
The Ninevites were moved by Jonah’s preaching and repented for a while….but later fell back into their old ways and God carried out his punishments, because now they had no excuse.
Just like the people of today in this “time of the end”, with the preaching of the Kingdom and warning of God’s judgment before Christ returns to make an accounting with them. They will have no excuse either.
The “stranger” who “joined himself to the Lord“ would be referring to Jewish proselytes who became “Jews” in all their practices, but not according to their lineage as “sons of Abraham”.
Continuing on in that passage if you read it all in context, it goes on to say….in verses 6, 7….
“As for the foreigners who join themselves to Jehovah to minister to him,
To love the name of Jehovah
And to be his servants,
All those who keep the Sabbath and do not profane it
And who hold fast to my covenant,
7 I will also bring them to my holy mountain
And make them rejoice inside my house of prayer.
Their whole burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar.
For my house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”
The law of God through Moses governed all they did as well….but they chose to become worshippers of Jehovah, like we do…..God had reason to love them more than those who had no choice...and who merely performed because they were told to. This is why then new covenant was superior to the old one. Both served God’s purpose in their own era.
There is a big picture Brakelite….you seem to be missing it.