Does anyone see the connection with the Old Testament and the New in Exodus?

Question

In Exodus when Moses after breaking the first tablets, God gave him another set, then Moses asked the People who will follow God, and the ones that didn't come to that side, fell into a firery pit when the ground opened, In the New Testament if we accept Christ and follow God we will have eternal life and those who don't will go into that firery pit, its happened before, why don't people come to understand it will happen again?

People say its a fantasy, the Bible, well its pretty incredible that we exist, if they do not believe in God, how do they explain thier existance, we have a soul, and a spirit, there is good and evil.

Answer 1

That and many other parallels.

Answer 2

The main connection between the two is that in both religions, Hebrew and Christian, the writers of the books thought they were agents of God. The culture of both encouraged people to assume there was a God behind everything, controlling, and driving things.

In that respect they are the same as most religious texts.

They are not factual writings but imaginative where wishes and beliefs have more value than verification and proofs. This is very common in primitive societies that cannot understand the world they live in and need to use a God to explain every little thing.

Answer 3

I don't know whether it happened before or will happen again. Apart from the miracles described in the NT (mostly in Luke), the OT is, on the whole, more fantastical than the NT. Many of the stories were never meant to be taken literally, but symbolically (and among many Jews that's how they are still taught today).

As for the parallel with Ex and NT: sure, it's there; but don't forget that Jesus was a rabbi, and familiar with the scripture, as were the people who wrote the Gospels. The fact that the parallel is there is meant to remind people of what they already heard in their own Sciptures.

Answer 4

Your question is blastphemous to Jews round the world. The OT doesn't speak of Jesus specifically...in fact it doesn't speak of him at all. What it does do is give an oppressed people a glimmer of hope that someday a Saviour will come. Was that Jesus? Probably not because the Jews would have immediately recognized him as the Messiah of prophecy and became Christian (which is every Christians dream of course). Additionally, the arguement over Jesus being the Messiah is quickly ended by noting that nothing happened to humanity on the occurrance of his death or supposed rising from the grave. In other words if he was in FACT the Messiah we'd have ceased to exist either at the moment of his death or upon his rising again. We would have all been ascended or damned right at that moment.

And Good Christian...I know you are really studying your OT...but did Jesus die to absolve humanity of sin as your scripture says? No he didn't...the "chosen" people live in strife and suffering to this day in absolution of humanities sins...yes that's right the Jews were "chosen" for that purpose. God (if there is one) didn't send anyone to die for anything. PEACE!

Answer 5

Um, there is no burning eternal hell, that's a pagan belief. Its not scriptural. Look it up, its used only in Parables or Illustrations. When it is used, it is used as "Gehenna" or the Lake of Fire (see the dump outside Jerusalem). I get so tired of people NOT READING THE BIBLE FOR THEMSELVES.

ps Jesus is actually referred to almost 30 times as a prophecy (i.e., his upcoming birth) so YES, of course, the Old Testament was pointing towards the future! duh!

The VERY FIRST PROPHECY in the Bible is at Genesis 3:14,15. There it tells Satan he will be bruised in the Head (in spiritual darkness) and Jesus will be Killed (for 3 days) and then raised to eternal Glory. So yes, we see here that God had a plan, even BEFORE they sinned, just in case.

Don't worry about the damn jews, its okay. They themselves are called by their own God as a "Stiff-Necked People" at Exodus 32:9. God even said that He was sick of Israel because He ended up serving Israel instead of them serving HIM. AND OF COURSE CHRIST IS MENTIONED in the O.T. as we said, there are many, many prophecies concerning his forcoming. Also, he is the seed of David's line. Not only that, but soon after Jesus' death, all genealogies of the Jews were destroyed in the sacking of the Temple and its destruction by Rome. God himself protected it and its genealogy until christ was born, because he needed actual proof that christ was OF THE LINE OF DAVID ON BOTH SIDES and He WAS. Now that Christ was born, all genealogies were destroyed and NOT A SINGLE JEW TODAY NOWS WHAT TRIBE HE IS FROM. Not ONE.

Want to know why the Jews didn't accept Christ? Simple. BECAUSE he didn't tear Rome a new *ss. That's right. Jesus was busy preaching "be no part of this world, don't vote, don't care what happens in this one, because it all passes away, in a few hundred years, Rome will be gone, then all the work you've done will be for what?" The Jews wanted their Messiah to come back as a KICK *SS WARRIOR who would throw ROME into the sea and take over the world and turn it into a Jewish Paradise. When Christ didn't, HE COULDN'T possibly have been "THEIR" savior. So, even tho Christians believe Christ is their savior, they too don't listen. They too don't follow his example and look forward to GOD'S kingdom, they too try to change THIS WORLD to suit themselves instead of following "WWJD"

Answer 6

Because just like the bible shows history does repeat itself and no matter how hard you try a persons memory now a days is selective, how many times did Moses try to tell the Isrealites this and they still never listened all the way up to Noahs flood.
Just be glad that some of us do get the hint and remember heaven is not for every one!

Answer 7

Exactly. It's the fiery pit thing. The same thing is mentioned in Revelations. Of course there the pit has no bottom. Do you think there is a connection with black holes? Is this what drives many biology teachers to sit up nights crossing off days on all the calendars in the house?

Anyway, I get what you're driving at, I just wonder if your on the right course. (P.S. Don't forget to sign your card.)

Answer 8

When Jesus was on the mount of transfiuration and talked to Moses and Elijah they talked abou t his 'departure'

The word in greek for departure was exodus. They talked about Jesus EXODUS.

Makes sense toward the end of the Old Testament God promised he would throuw they;re sines into the depths of the sea... sounds similar to the Pharoah's army drowning in the Red Sea

Answer 9

So I'm supposed to believe the second half of the book is true because of something that happened in the first half of the book, and believe that the entire book is true because the book itself and a few million people say so?

No wonder y'all thought "unbelievers" would see the Da Vinci Code as anything other than just a novel and movie.

Answer 10

The old Testament is filled with imagery (copies and shadows) of the New. Egypt -people in slavery to sin, Passover- Christs blood causing us to be passed over from death, Passing through the sea-Baptism, Wilderness-this life ,promised land -next life, Offerings,etc-work of Christ, and many more.

Answer 11

we are enlightened to many things through the Spirit...be careful not to preach condemnation tho, the time is not yet...the workers are still in the wheat. The world will not be frightened into Christ no, God will find their heart when it is ready. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart He will not despise.