Why did God "change his mind" on the Old Testament? Sorry if this is rude, all I can find on google is why people believe he doesn't reckon the old testament applies.
I know there's theories etc on why the old testament doesn't apply but why did that happen in the first place? Why did god set out the old testament then decide it doesn't matter anymore?
thank you
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Re: Why did God abandon the Old Testament?
by jimwalton » Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:12 pm
He didn't change his mind on the Old Testament.
The Old Testament is God-breathed just like the NT (2 Tim. 3.16), and the prophets of old spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1.21). The OT reveals God just as the NT does (Hebrews 1.1), and the OT is considered Holy Scripture just as the NT is. I don't know what "a lot Christians" you're reading, but it concerns me that so many alleged Christians discourage reading the OT.
I can't speak for them or guess very well at what they meant. Certainly Christians believe that the Law was fulfilled by Christ (Mt. 5.17) and we aren't under its supervision (Gal. 3.25), but the OT has tremendous value for Christians (2 Tim. 3.16), and we regard it as Scripture (Acts 24.14; Rom. 3.31).
The NT was created to tell the story of Jesus and to show how the OT was fulfilled by Jesus. It tells how salvation by grace through faith was always the plan (Gal. 3.6-14), and how the "rivers" of the Eden Problem (sin), the Babel Problem (deity falsely construed), God's covenant, God's presence, redemption, and resurrection are integral to the whole (both OT and NT) to reveal God to us and bring us to salvation.
The OT forms the basis of Jesus' credentials, but Jesus supplied his own credentials in what he said and did.
As Dr. Craig Evans says, "The Old Testament provides the context and framework for understanding the New Testament. In other words, the New Testament wouldn't makes sense to us without the Old Testament."
Please don't disregard the Old Testament. The whole book, OT & NT, is God's revelation for us.
The Old Testament is God-breathed just like the NT (2 Tim. 3.16), and the prophets of old spoke as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1.21). The OT reveals God just as the NT does (Hebrews 1.1), and the OT is considered Holy Scripture just as the NT is. I don't know what "a lot Christians" you're reading, but it concerns me that so many alleged Christians discourage reading the OT.
I can't speak for them or guess very well at what they meant. Certainly Christians believe that the Law was fulfilled by Christ (Mt. 5.17) and we aren't under its supervision (Gal. 3.25), but the OT has tremendous value for Christians (2 Tim. 3.16), and we regard it as Scripture (Acts 24.14; Rom. 3.31).
The NT was created to tell the story of Jesus and to show how the OT was fulfilled by Jesus. It tells how salvation by grace through faith was always the plan (Gal. 3.6-14), and how the "rivers" of the Eden Problem (sin), the Babel Problem (deity falsely construed), God's covenant, God's presence, redemption, and resurrection are integral to the whole (both OT and NT) to reveal God to us and bring us to salvation.
The OT forms the basis of Jesus' credentials, but Jesus supplied his own credentials in what he said and did.
As Dr. Craig Evans says, "The Old Testament provides the context and framework for understanding the New Testament. In other words, the New Testament wouldn't makes sense to us without the Old Testament."
Please don't disregard the Old Testament. The whole book, OT & NT, is God's revelation for us.
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