Why is the New Testament followed and not the Old Testament?

Question

I really don't understand why the bible was re-written, or that the New Testament came after the Old.
Can someone make me clear on this?
It seems to me that if God wrote the bible, then it would have been written perfectly from the beginning.
No sermons or scripture quotes...please.
I need this described in laymans terms so I understand.
Thanks.

OK...I will accept a scripture, but can you follow with a laymans description about it.?Scripture just confuses me more.

Answer 1

Grace unto you, and peace,
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

It's allegoric before/after old/new first/second compare-i-son, of such created/made things created imperfect/made perfect, such as them/us, they/we, Adam/Christ, one man/one man, etc.

Mention of "the only true God" denotes a false God to watch for, as does mention of a "living God" denote a dead God to look for; Remembering the Bible often defines itself as hidden "mystery". Yet it says there is nothing hidden that's not also revealed, by "seek and ye shall find", and "escape" is via "give more earnest heed" to what's been said. Not to mention there are also see-king and find-ing clues given, such as "seek ye first the kingdom of God & his righteousness", and "find grace" to "help", "in time", in such a spiritual obstacle training course, intended to train up a child the way a child should go. Eg: "go ye and learn what meaneth I will have mercy, and not sacrifice".

The God of the OT is Law, with Grace being the dead testator of the OT, so Law could be of force. The God of the NT is Grace, with Law being the dead testator of the NT, so Grace may be of force: Hebrews 9. Law brings death upon all; Grace life unto all, but only if we let law be dead testator so Grace may be of "force".
http://www.godshew.org/RevelatorySermons1.htm

For Law added to "Grace is sufficient" makes it "no more grace", like Death added to Eternal Life makes it no more Eternal Life.

It's "allegory" in both "covenants": Gal 4, "written aforetime for our learning": Rom 15, and notably written as "mystery" to solve to solve in time, lest "all perish by the using of ordinances" rather than "none perish" by grace void of law, which is mercy void of sacrifice, which is peace void of division.
http://www.godshew.org/Allegory.htm

The word "and" is oft used to separate plural & contrary "scriptures", for it's not plural & contrary scriptures that are inspired of God, but rather singular script-u-are: 1Tim 3:16.

Two parts are also notably played:
- "their part": God is evil(law) spoken of
- "your part": God is (grace)glory-fied
http://www.godshew.org/TheirPartYourPart.htm

The objective is allegoric compare-i-son of law & grace, "comparing spiritual things with spiritual", not mixing of such old & new things as law & grace; for such "contrary" things mixed tend to result in bursting, spilling, and perishing: Mt 9:17; Mk 2:22; Lk 5:37. Not to mention the mix-tu-are of contrary things makes an oxyMORON with a BAD ending such as life & DEATH. For Grace "is", and Law "added", so the only plausible combo is Grace + Law, which is as Blessed + Cursed, and Life + Death. And only what is "added" can be "taken away", "done away".

The law (and lie) was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

He taketh away the first(law),
that he may establish the second(grace).

The only thing established by both is "one proselyte",
which is called "more the child of hell(law)" than before.
http://www.godshew.org/Allegory3.htm

Get it: "understanding", notably has a result in Prov 4:
thy head (Christ) is thereby crowned with "grace" glory,
of two glorys (law & grace) notably compared in 2Cor 3,
which concludes we are "chanGed": "from glory to glory",
for when law compared to grace, grace is "much more",
so much more that law fades to "nothing" by comparison,
kinda like the night glory of moon & stars do at high noon,
for when the sun of righteousness shines, they 'vanish".

The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 2

You should follow the New Testament which ministers righteousness to believers (2 Corinthians 3:8,9, Romans 1:16,17). Romans 8:2 states that the law of the Spirit of life (New Testament- 2 Corinthians 3:6) has made me free from the law of sin and death (Old Covenant- 2 Corinthians 3:7, 1 Corinthians 15:56). Romans 10:4 states that Christ is the end of the law (the Old Testament) for righteousness to everyone who believes. The existence of the New Testament makes the Old Testament obsolete (Hebrews 8:13). God bless you.

Answer 3

The Christians New Testament is followed by Christians instead of the Hebrew Scriptures (we dont call it the Old Testament because there is no New testament.) because the earliest Christians, when they were rejected by the Jews since Christian theology contradicts the Bible, went to the non-Jews to obtain converts.

They quickly discovered that the non-Jews would not convert, unless the requirements of Gd were removed, especially those of observing the Sabbath by not working, and of keeping kosher, and of circumcision.

When they wrote the Christian's New Testament, they wrote verses they attributed to Jesus and to Paul to make observance of the Laws of Gd, like the Sabbath and of keeping Kosher and circumcision, no longer required. Then, the new faith of Christianity became more popular among the pagans of Europe.

Of course one should ask: What would Jesus have thought of this development? After all, Christians believe that Jesus also said,

Matthew 5:17-19 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 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. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Last i looked, heaven and earth have not passed away, so, to Jesus the Laws of Gd are to be followed!

And if one person perfectly fulfills the laws of stopping at a stop sign, does this meant that from now on, no one has to stop at any stop sign anywhere? Fulfilling the law, even perfectly, does not mean the law is no longer valid or to be followed!

If Jesus said that those who teach others to break the commandments will be least in Heaven, it must mean that Jesus thought one should continue to observe Gd's laws. Unless being least in heaven is good enough.

Then, as the followers of Christianity became more and more and more from the non-Jewish people, remembering that only the Jews were commanded to keep these laws, anyway, the Laws became irrelevant anyway.

Answer 4

The Old Testament is a book of laws that tell us how the people lived before Jesus came. Before Jesus, everyone had go to the High Priest in the temple and He would go to God for them, because the High Priest was the only one that was allowed to go into the temple. The people had to take an animal to be sacrificed for their sins, the animal had to be pure and clean. When Jesus came and died on the cross He became our sacrifice and there is no need for us to go to the Preacher, Priest, etc. We can now go straight to God through the Blood of Jesus and ask for our own forgiveness. No where does Jesus say He did away with the Old Testament. He simple came to fill full the prophecy of the sacrifice. God did not write the Bible, the Bible was written by men who were inspired by God. The Old Testament tells what happened before Jesus came to earth and the New Testament tells what happen after He came and what is yet to be. Let me please say before someone gets on here and ask the question "Why do we need preachers", preachers are to be our leaders and teachers to tell us what to do and how to live a victorious live by teaching us what the Bible says and explaining it to us

Answer 5

It was decided at the Jerusalem Conference in about 50 AD.
Some unauthorized and not fully informed teachers were going about declare that Gentiles must be circumcised and follow all 613 laws handed down through Moses or they could not receive salvation.
The Apostles careful considered, all sides of the question.
They heard miracles recounted by Barnabas and Paul that involved uncircumcised Gentiles becoming Christians; also, Peter's recounting of a command from God to go and teach the gospel to a Roman Centurion who would be waiting for him. (This idea would have been unthinkable to Peter had it not come from God.)
Finally, James suggested that rather than making things difficult for Gentiles, the Gentiles should be required to follow the basics of the Law. It was decided that, since meetings were centered around a full meal that included Communion, it was important that Gentiles be required not to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols, blood or meat from animals that had been strangled. (Strangling was a commons means of slaughter among Gentiles which left all the blood in the animal and made for bloody meat.)
Additionally, since some groups of Gentiles were well known for sexual debauchery (orgies were common at the time), Gentile converts should abstain from all sexual immorality.
All of the above is found in Acts 15.
Following this time, Paul detailed what the relationship between Gentile Christians and the Law of Moses in his letters to the churches. (Romans, 1st and 2st Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1st and 2nd Thessalonians)

Answer 6

The new testament was given to the gentiles because the Jews refused it.We have no pass over nor many of the other historical events in our past that the feasts and holidays were based on,so we don't celebrate them .The law was given to convict man of his sin not to save him,the Jews never accepted that,Christ was the fulfillment of the law meaning we had been convicted sentenced to death and now bought back to righteousness.This is Grace all things are lawful unless they lead you to sin,that was always the message,but not all things will be good for you.We are to have discernment,a learned thing not gotten from the tree of knowledge,we can pray directly to God in Jesus name and get our answer with out an interpretation by a priest who might add the doctrine of the church.

Answer 7

In laymans terms...it is a complex thing to but in simple terms but here goes the old testament dealt with laws and prophesies and the covenats of Abraham and such most were prophetic of the comeing of Jesus now befor Christ all men were under the law the law as given to man to demonstrate that he could not live up to it and that the penalty of transgression was death....now there was the covenat with Abraham where God promised Abraham that his children would inherit the kingdom of God....ok many things in the Old Testament were fufilled Christ being the Sacrifice for all...no longer is it required that we make daily sacrifices...Now when Christ being God in the flesh died for us sinners it created a new realtionship with God....as in before Christ we were under the penalty of law after Christ the penalty has been paid for those who accept Jesus....now the law has not passed away but now is wriitten on our hearts...for those who accept Jesus will be doing so as if there sinful natures have died with Christ on the cross...Under the law we were taught an eye for an eye..But under the grace of Jesus Christ we are taught let he without sin cast the first stone...this does not do away with the righteous teachings of the law but teachs a new way of representing the grace of God that we now live under ...for God is righteous and thes laws reflect his righteousness but he has provided a way for salvation through Jesus....now this is very much more complicated than this but as you wanted the short version it is the best that I can do now go study your bible the Old and the New testament and God will reveal many things to you.

Answer 8

Before Jesus died the sins were forgiven by fallowing the laws of the old testament. Like sacrificing of lambs. Then Jesus became the sacrificial lamb. So we could all be saved. If we believe ,ask and atone for our sins. The new testament is for now. Because we live by grace and not the old testament laws. I hope this helps. God loved us so much that he gave us his only son. So who ever believes in him. Shall not parish but have ever lasting life. John 3:16

Answer 9

The old testament is about following God. The new testament is a book written by people that wanted to create their own religion and is the abandonment of God and is full of lies and misquotes from the old testament.

Answer 10

Christians are misguided into thinking the New has replaced the Old. This is a common misconception & widely accepted by Christians.
They seem to not realize that their own Savior lived by the Old.
As a person who chooses to order my life by the Scripture, I "attempt" to live by the entire thing.
However, I keep kosher, I observe Shabbat & study Torah.

Answer 11

Because after Jesus came he set new and more recent rules following the ones from the old testament. But, He also chenged and modified and eliminated some rules that did not have to be worried about because of his death. Praise be to God! I love Jesus!