“Are you saying that all of the law was not fulfilled by Christ?”
Bingo. Paul explains this very thing in Hebrews, that Christ, the perfect priest, was able to fulfill the ritual obligations perfectly, once and for all, on the cross. Now that they have been fulfilled, there is no more need for the ineffective machinations of imperfect, earthly priests. The law has been satisfied, not annulled.
***satisfied***
I wonder if this word would explain the situation better, but I hope there is a better word to encompass the awesomeness of the fulfillment.
It seems that circumvented is satisfactory for the control freaks. Annulled might be an even better choice for the statist Godless ones who want to rid themselves of us God fearing folk.