In one statement, the schoolmaster was dismissed. The Law which had governed the Israelites for over 1500 years was finally fulfilled. This concept was easier for the Nephites and Lamanites to understand than it was for the Jews. For years after Christ's ascension, the apostles dealt with issues like preaching to the Gentiles, circumcision, etc. At times, they wondered which of the old traditions were to be thrown away, which were to be kept, and which were to be tolerated. In the New World, there is no controversy. They seemed more ready to give up the ancient traditions and sacrifices. In fact, some were endeavoring to prove…that it was no more expedient to observe the law of Moses even before it was fulfilled (3 Nephi 1:24).
J. Reuben Clark
"It is difficult for us today to realize the tremendous revolution involved in altering the ritualism of the Law of Moses into the humble and lowly concept of worship, not with the sacrificial blood of animals, but with this broken heart and contrite spirit of the worshiper…[Animal sacrifice] was always a vicarious sacrifice, apparently with little actual sacrifice except for the value of the animal sacrificed, by the individuals themselves, to cancel the debit, so to speak, against their lives and living in the eyes of the Almighty One. The sinner seemingly, in general, took on no obligation and considered himself under no obligation to abandon his sins, but took on only the obligation to offer sacrifice therefore. But under the new covenant that came in with Christ, the sinner must offer the sacrifice out of his own life, not by offering the blood of some other creature; he must give up his sins, he must repent, he himself must make the sacrifice." (Behold the Lamb of God, pp. 107-9 as taken from Latter-day Commentary on the Book of Mormon compiled by K. Douglas Bassett, p. 406-7)