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The Old Testament and New Testament
compared

Sabbath, 06/09/07, 5:18 PM EST USA
In the Old Testament (OT) there was much fighting, wars, and killing. It seemed that there was hardly a new book without some tribe being slaughtered, some city laid to waste, or some nation at war with Israel. And so it went from book to book. Cain killed his very own brother Abel; the Flood killed everyone (except Noah and his family); Moses killed; David killed; even Solomon, who was supposed to be a man of peace, sent his army off to fight in a war where thousands were killed.

After all of the bloodshed, along comes the New Testament (NT) about the promised Messiah of God - Jesus Christ. He is the image and glory of His Father, the One True Living LORD God Almighty. He performs miracles in front of people and leaves them when they want to make Him king over them.

I heard a question about how is this consistent? How can this be about one God? They seem so different. In the OT, God is vengeful and wrathful. In the NT God is caring and loving.

I wrote this page because the answer just came to me today - and here it is:

All of the fighting in the OT is about conquering the world. In terms of the NT this means that the believer is freed from the darkness that is the world. As such they have overcome it - so to say - they have conquered it. Thus there was conquering of wickedness in the world (OT) just as one conquers wickedness in one's own life (NT).

All glory to God!

Thursday, 5/27/10 at ~8:30 AM EST USA
I just realized this earlier while writing about the myth of life.

I often say this since God's Word - Old and New - are the same message. "The two verses are one and the same." The explanation is that the difference in the two verses, one from the OT and one from the NT, is that the NT is always the clarification of the OT, while the OT is the foundation of the NT.

Thursday, 9/23/10 @2:37 PM
I came across this statement some time ago and thought that it was very good. This is a comment by Matthew Henry about the Bereans:

The Jews in Berea applied seriously to the study of the word preached unto them. They not only heard Paul preach on the sabbath, but daily searched the Scriptures, and compared what they read with the facts related to them. The doctrine of Christ does not fear inquiry; advocates for His cause desire no more than that people will fully and fairly examine whether things are so or not. Those are truly noble, and likely to be more and more so, who make the Scriptures their rule, and consult them accordingly. May all the hearers of the gospel become like those of Berea, receiving the word with readiness of mind, and searching the Scriptures daily, whether the things preached to them are so. (Acts 17:16-21)

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