What's the difference between Old testament and New?

Question

Are Christians supposed to believe only or the other, or both? If you believe in God and the bible, why would one part of it be wrong and the other right? Were they written far apart from each other (in terms of WHEN they were written)?

OK I see.

So why does the whole feeling of the OT seem really different from the NT? I hear a lot of people saying that - they like the NT but not the OT, or the OT is too harsh, etc.

Answer 1

The word Bible actually means "little books." It took over 1600 years to write. The Bible is not an unrelated assortment or collection of man made fragments from Jewish and Christian literature. Rather, it is an organizational book, highly unified and interconnected in its various segments, which indeed reflect the systematic orderliness of the Creator-Author himself. God’s dealings with Israel in giving them a comprehensive law code as well as regulations governing matters even down to small details of camp life—things that were later mirrored in the Davidic kingdom as well as in the congregational arrangement among first-century Christians—reflect and magnify this organizational aspect of the Bible.

The Bible has a theme that is carried out from Genesis to Revelation which is basically, 'from paradise lost to paradise regained' It talks about how God is going to use his Kingdom to bring back the paradise conditions that Adam and Eve lost and vindicate his name in the process. The Hebrew scriptures (OT) talk about the history of the Jews as they watched and waited for the Messiah. The Christian Greek scriptures (NT) tell about the Messiah and what the future holds as he, the King of God's Kingdom works to bring back paradise to the Earth.

Answer 2

The Old Testament is also known as "the Hebrew Scriptures." The books of the OT were written for the Jewish community of faith. The OT has a much longer history than the New.
The New Testament books were written several hundred years after the OT. The NT gospels are about the life of Jesus, the Epistles are letters written by Paul and others to various churches, and the book of Revelation is a book about the end times using allegory and metaphor, and not to be taken literally.

Answer 3

Both the Old and New Testaments are right. They're two halves of the same story. The last books of the Old Testament (timewise) were written about 500 years before the first books of the New Testament. The rules of the OT didn't get erased by the NT, but instead were clarified by it. God isn't so much interested in the adherance to specific rules, but in adherance to the spirit behind those rules. As for the difference in tone between the OT and the NT, you should read them and judge for yourself. That used to be one of my biggest problems - why was the God of the OT so much harsher than the God of the NT? Then I read the Bible, and to my great surprise, I found that there isn't nearly as much difference as I'd thought. There is a lot of love and compassion in the OT, and God repeatedly says that he wants people to love each other more than he wants them to strictly obey certain rules and rituals ('rend your hearts and not your garments, etc.'). Also, there are parts of the NT that show God as a bit stricter than people portray him nowadays. Look how Jesus talked to Judas or the Pharisees (especially the part about them being like millstones around people's necks) or rich men. Think about the part where he compares the narrow path to heaven and the broad path to hell. I think getting to the Kingdom of God might not be as easy as we'd like. Anyway, I think the tones of the Old and New Testaments are in fact quite similar, despite how they've been portrayed by our religious leaders today.

Answer 4

The main Difference is the that GOD in OT is a criminal, Imagine some one today would tell you that story without Cristian intervention? What would be the reaction. Genocidal, Unjust, Unmercefull, Terrorist and so on...
The New T is democratic. Jesus realise what ppl was teaching and learning before is totaly wrong. Jesus still was a men of his time but he did bring the revolutionarry ideas and he was punished for that. WHile there are many crimes in NT its totaly different GOD and totaly different way of looking at the things.
Early Church mongers purposley misinterpret so can persue thier own agenada and then all those doctrines and dogmas came out. If for a second to a new person who never read bible you give a chance to read OT and then after while give him NT he would not be able to understand that its the same GOD.
And that is what Jesus was trying to teach. But thank to radical Cristians we now got total corrupted misinterpreted legend of who was who and why.

The first revolution started IN Heaven when Angels rebel. THey simply did not wanted to be slaves to Humans. GOD quickly figure out that behaviour like this has to be procecuted . Stalin learned from the best. THen ppl was in fear for while hearing those horrible things that devil could not even do him self.
THen Comes Democrat Jesus and saying Guys its time for love not war. But again some twisted minds got away with thier twists of reality.
THerefore GOD exists.

Answer 5

The Old Testament talks about the relationship between God and Abraham's people and things that happened to those people. Books that God's Kings of Israel and the Prophets had written. The Prophets wrote about a redeemer that would come. The Jews today leave a seat open for the coming of Elijia(sp) to anounce the coming of the Christ in... is it Yom Kippur? One of the feasts.
The New Testament is what Christians believe is the fulfilment of the prophecies of the Old Testament. I think the last book (hey I'm going on memory for this) of the Old Testament was written 400 years before Christ was born and the first book of the New Testament was written about 5 years after His death.
It's important to have both as a cross reference of the prophecies 'prove' according to Christian belief, that Jesus was the Christ.

Answer 6

Difference: Time and premises.
Belief: Yes, Christians believe in both, but acknowledge that with the coming of Christ, the old ways were given up in favor of the new.
Wrong and Right: The Old Testament was right for the people who only had it to live by... The New: for those who cam after that.
Written far apart from each other: The division is just prior to the birth of Christ.

Answer 7

Lots of difference.
Religiously, the Old testament is the history of the Chosen People and their adventures... plus some. The books of the Old Testament have been written in different languages (Sanskrit, Greek and Hebrew), by different people, at different time. It even speaks of God with different names - that of course I will not name here. Writing time? ohhhh. first millenar bC, and before.

These dates are accepted by most historians. It is proven that no parts of the Gospels have been written for a LONG time after the facts.

The Gospel - also called New Testament - is the story of the arrival of the Messiah - messanger from God. His name is Jesus... It is written by 4 different writers... and it is evaluated having been written after the year 400 to 600 EC...

Answer 8

The Old Testament was written in BC, starting with Moses receiving 10 Commandments and writing first 5 books of Bible.
The New Testament was written after Christ died, starting about 30 years after, I think maybe even 15 years after. The people who walked with him were still around, some contributed to the New Testament. The New Testament is about Jesus and Salvation through him. The Old Testament is about original laws and history of Gods chosen people as well as filled with prophecies of Jesus and even end times. Jesus is the Word made flesh and God is the Word, so Jesus his God. I think there was like 500 years between.


The Old Testament seems very harsh at times, seems an angry God. Jesus does explain the commandments and laws by rephrasing things, not changing the law. He made is easier to understand. He also points out that the greatest command is to love God and your fellow man.

Answer 9

a christian perspective jews could no longer agree the previous testomony if refered to with the aid of fact the 'torah' or 'e book of regulation' assume to been written by making use of moses and the later followers years after the torah is basically a rule e book it tells you' what to do and 'what you cant do' each and each e book interior the previous testomony has a income that lived an significant roles for the jews beginning with adam all a thank you to jesus. the recent testomony is in greek Scripture supposedly the pauline era scribes from Paul's followers considering the fact that paul variety Christianity. the recent testomony is all approximately jesus beginning till his death and then his disciples persevering along with his artwork after his death and paul receiving visions and forming his ministry and preaching the gosbel and forming christainty. alongside with the 2nd coming of jesus and pastime the oldestment is a jewish source the recent testomony is a christians source those 2 religions have friction against one yet another reason the jews say jesus is a fraud and christians say he's god i dont have any source however the hebrew bible is fantastically lots the previous testomony different than worded diffrent with the comparable factors and storys.

Answer 10

There is a difference of about 400 years between the Old Testament and the New. Between those years, there were books written that were later denounced by most religions as being not canonical, we call those books the Apocrypha.

The New Testament is all about the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Jewish folk do not use our New Testament at all, they see Jesus as a prophet, not the Messiah.

Because we as Christians are of Jesus flock (the Jews are not), we know that no longer are the Laws of Moses necessary for us, as we are redeemed through grace. Will the Law save us? No. Will it help us live better lives? Absolutely!