Mixing Law and Grace

William Branham taught that:

God ever says anything, He can never change it. He always magnifies it, not change it. The law was magnified, not changed. Magnified! "'Whosoever commits adultery shall be guilty of death,' but whosoever," now magnified, "looketh upon a woman to lust after her!" He never changed the commandment. He magnified it.

William Branham uses this concept of the magnification of the law, among other things, to bring Old Testament law intot the church.

However, there is only one verse in the Bible that refers to the law being magnified:

The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; He will magnify the law, and make it honourable. (Is 42:21)

What Jesus said was:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. (Mt 5:17)

What does fulfill mean? Does it mean to magnify?

πληρόω: to give the true or complete meaning to something—‘to give the true meaning to, to provide the real significance of.’ οὐκ ἦλθον καταλῦσαι ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι ‘I did not come to destroy but to give true meaning to’ Mt 5:17 (Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. 1996. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: Based on semantic domains, 2nd edition. Vol. 1 (404), United Bible Societies: New York)

Here are couple of other translations in more up to date English:

Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. (The Message)

“Do not think that I have come to do away with the Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets. I have not come to do away with them, but to make their teachings come true. (GNT)

“Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. (NLT)

Paul stated that Jesus came "having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross..." (Col 2:14)

What does this mean? What is the handwriting of requirements that Paul is talking about.

He is talking about the law. Jesus came to fulfill all of the requirements of the law on our behalf so that the way to God is now opened!

Jesus condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. (Ro 8:3–4)

God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5

The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2009 (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version.) (Ro 8:3–5). Logos Research Systems, Inc.: Bellingham, WA

whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9 The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” y and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” a 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

The New International Version. 2011 (Ro 13:8–10). Zondervan: Grand Rapids, MI

serve one another humbly in love. 14 For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.

The New International Version. 2011 (Ga 5:13–14). Zondervan: Grand Rapids, MI

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2009 (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version.) (Ga 6:2). Logos Research Systems, Inc.: Bellingham, WA

Is this relevant in any other way to William Branham's minsitry?

We did receive one question which asked: So, if the law is indeed magnified, would it not be logical to also assume the part of the prophets being done away with is not the case, that instead, the role of the prophet might be magnified as well?