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Magicianzini · M
I don't see it that way. I see it more as the OT more about Law and guidelines, history, etc. The NT is about The Christ. They both work together. God is still strict OT or NT. It's the same God with the same Laws.
Matthew 5:17-18
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
Matthew 5:17-18
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled."
BlueSkyKing · M
From "GOD:THE MOST UNPLEASANT CHARACTER IN ALL FICTION" by Dan Barker, chapter 28.
Christians believe God should not be judged by the Old Testament alone. The New Testament changed everything, they say. Perhaps the Lord Jealous of the Israelites was fierce and angry, but gentle Jesus, the humble and loving son of God, fulfilled the old law and made everything new.
Why do they think that? According to the New Testament, Jesus was the God of the Old Testament. He was not just a chip off the old block: he was the block itself.
The New Testament is one colossal missed opportunity. This would have been the perfect place for the Word of God to mature into a real moral tale: the old model replaced by the new, anger and jealousy replaced by kindness and understanding.
The God of the Old Testament had blown his chance to turn the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Korah, Jephthah, Sodom, Saul, Pinehas, Samson, Beth Shemesh, and Job into teachable moments of mercy, love and human value, and it appears that his son inherited his moral myopia. Instead of reforming the cruel policies of the past, Jesus reconfirmed them:
That is disappointing. Instead of a newer, kinder, more loving testament, we get the
same taxi with a different driver. Jesus was like a politician who gets elected, promising sweeping reforms, but immediately takes up with the same old corruption. In that passage, he paints a picture of paradise as a perpetual pecking order of political favoritism.
“Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.”
—John 14:9
—John 14:9
Christians believe God should not be judged by the Old Testament alone. The New Testament changed everything, they say. Perhaps the Lord Jealous of the Israelites was fierce and angry, but gentle Jesus, the humble and loving son of God, fulfilled the old law and made everything new.
Why do they think that? According to the New Testament, Jesus was the God of the Old Testament. He was not just a chip off the old block: he was the block itself.
The New Testament is one colossal missed opportunity. This would have been the perfect place for the Word of God to mature into a real moral tale: the old model replaced by the new, anger and jealousy replaced by kindness and understanding.
The God of the Old Testament had blown his chance to turn the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Korah, Jephthah, Sodom, Saul, Pinehas, Samson, Beth Shemesh, and Job into teachable moments of mercy, love and human value, and it appears that his son inherited his moral myopia. Instead of reforming the cruel policies of the past, Jesus reconfirmed them:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:17–19)
That is disappointing. Instead of a newer, kinder, more loving testament, we get the
same taxi with a different driver. Jesus was like a politician who gets elected, promising sweeping reforms, but immediately takes up with the same old corruption. In that passage, he paints a picture of paradise as a perpetual pecking order of political favoritism.
Two different audiences. In the first there was God as come to Abraham's people, in the second Christ, simultaneously and entirely fully God and fully human.
CurrentName · 51-55, M
Its the same God but different covenant or dispensation.
The old testament focuses on the law as vgi en to Israel. Some say that such law was harsh to separate Israel from other nations.
The new testament dossnt Invalidate the law. But it focuses on obtaing the grace of God thru Christ.
The old testament focuses on the law as vgi en to Israel. Some say that such law was harsh to separate Israel from other nations.
The new testament dossnt Invalidate the law. But it focuses on obtaing the grace of God thru Christ.
