Why did God change the rules from the Old to New testament?

Answer 1

R035,
"Why did God change the rules from the Old to New testament?"
He said that He would and the time came for it to happen. Jesus came to fulfill the Law of the Old Testament. He was perfect at it.

That changed something here on Earth, because no one was able to fulfill the Law before. His sacrifice was a propitiation for sin. That is : the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity).

These things propitiation did that changed the approach to God, but only in a limited sense, because it was always that faith was the way to God. THAT must be understood. None of those who did the Law of Moses pleased God at all unless they did those things in FAITH! That is: They trusted Him to do what HE said He would do. If anyone would get that concept down, they would have the assuredness of being a citizen of Heaven without a doubt.

This is what changed:
1) Anyone in the world could approach God. Not that they couldn't before, it's just that the emphasis of being a Jew is no longer necessary.
2) The demoniac forces of the world lost authority and power. Jesus took the keys of Death, Hell, and the Grave.
3) All sin of any man in the world is paid for.
4) He provided healing for His children.
5) He gave a specific name to which all things are subject to. A name given which is above every name.
6) The fulfillment of all that prophecy from that Old Testament having to do with the death and resurrection of Christ.
7) To provide that better sacrifice (Hebrews 9:12).

God keeps His word. And the fulfillment of His word, precisely at the time He said it would happen was paramount to understanding how God does things.

Answer 2

God did not change the rules. Every book in the Bible deals with the message of sin and redemption. The Old Testament looks forward to the final sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The Law of the Old Testament was used to point out the sinfulness of man and the holiness of God. Jesus came "not to abolish the law but to fulfill it."

Answer 3

There are both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Old Testament contains everything before Jesus..... including Adam and Eve and Moses. The New Testament begins with the birth of Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

God always wanted people to recognize Him. The story in the Old Testament that so many people have such a hard time understanding is one of forgiveness ( God's ) and man's failing time and time again to follow Him.
I think the Old Testament shows love ( On God's part ) and the human condition we call life. We want God to bless us, but we do not want to do the things He says will bring us life and blessings. We want to walk our own path and then when it turns bad for us, we cry out to Him.
Time and time again in the O/Testament God shows mercy and love and forgiveness to all who cried out to Him.
Yet we do not want to admit that sin has consequences and that we have to pay for those choices we make.
We want God to let us go our own way, and then lovingly chuckle as we rascals find ourselves in trouble and help us out.
It does not work that way. Sin is in this world. God knows best how to avoid the consequences of sin. He didn't make the ten commandments so our lives would be dull and boring, He did it because He knows what this world holds.

Answer 5

God not changed enything,His word is eternal. Jesus said in The New Testament that He comes not for change the rules,but for realise them.(The New Testament Matew 5.17)
In The New Testament Jesus add: we must love the men such as we love our self.

Answer 6

In the old testament he had to be more firm because he had to protect the line from which Jesus would come. It was necessary to war with the surrounding nations to prevent them from annihilating Israel. If they had done so, God's prophecies would not have come true and he would have been a lair. After Christ came and fulfilled the prophecies, the nation of Israel continued to break the covenant that they had with him and he discontinued his protection of them. From that point onward the "law of the Christ" came into being, which basically has 2 laws - love God with your whole mind, soul and heart and love your neighbor. These two laws, though not specific in words, encompass the laws God gave Israel. If you love God, you will not have any other Gods, you will not commit adultery or murder or steal, etc.

Answer 7

The whole Bible is God's Word, and every chapter in it has something to teach us about God and His will for our lives. The Bible says, "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness" (2 Timothy 3:16).

At the same time, many people who are reading this have probably had the same experience you did: They started reading the Bible from the beginning—and soon gave up. I can't blame them for starting at the beginning; after all, isn't this the way we're supposed to read a book?

But the Bible is something of an exception. Rather than starting at the beginning, I often suggest instead that people begin at the center—and the "center" of the Bible is Jesus Christ, as He is found in the pages of the New Testament. Once you understand who He is and what He has done for you, then the Old Testament will begin to make sense to you. It tells us how God prepared the world for the coming of His Son.

Don't ignore the Old Testament. I suggest you begin with Psalms, the "hymn book" of the Bible; its prayers and songs will speak to your heart. Then branch out to other sections of the Old Testament—for example, studying some of its main characters and how God worked in their lives. You will find Proverbs valuable also, which gives us practical wisdom for daily living.
In the Old Testament, God selected the nation of Israel to be His "special" people. As such, they were to be "holy"—separate from the unbelieving nations around them and God's own possession. This was to be expressed by their obedience to the laws God gave them to direct their life as a nation. There were civil laws, ritual laws, and moral laws. By the time of Jesus, the Jews thought that the law was a way to earn salvation—something God had never intended. The Bible stresses, "Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith'" (Galatians 3:11).

The New Testament says that the Old Testament law was intended "to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith" (Galatians 3:24). The ritual laws of sacrifice teach us that "without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness" (Hebrews 9:22) and point us to Jesus on the cross. The moral laws—those against lying, stealing, immorality, etc.—show us how far we fall short of God's will and how badly we need salvation as a free gift, earned by Jesus' death on the cross (Galatians 3:24).

Once we accept God's free gift of eternal life through repentance from sin and faith in Jesus, the moral law becomes a guide for how we live out our new life in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26). The civil laws of Israel have passed away, since the church is not a nation. The ritual laws of sacrifice, priesthood, and temple have been fulfilled in Jesus, and are no longer applicable to the church (see the book of Hebrews). However, the basic moral law of the Old Testament is clearly reflected in the New Testament guidelines for the Christian life (e.g. Colossians, chapter 3) and is summarized by Jesus in Matthew 22:37-40.

Many people feel they can win God's favor and have eternal life by following the old civil and ritual laws, and do enough good deeds so that they balance out their bad deeds. But this is a misunderstanding. You cannot save yourself—but Christ can, and He will as you commit your life to Him by faith.

Answer 8

As God the Father, knew no evil.
Sent Jesus Christ to confirm that man has turned evil.
God has for more than once reminded us, that we are on the wrong path, and renew the New Testament so we shell have no excuse of not understanding the facts of life. Where we are to look for our salvation.

Answer 9

Old Testament rules "eye for eye" ," kick for kick" and so on. God sent Jesus 2 change them b`cause God loves all of us.

Answer 10

The Old Testament has the Covenant or Contract Agreement between God and Israel mediated by Moses and known as the "Law of Moses" or just "Law". The "Law" was to be in effect from the exodus of Moses (Ex.12:31-38) to the announcement of the coming kingdom by John the Baptist. (Mt.3:1-3;Lk.16:16)

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=EX%2012:31-38;MT%203:1-3;LK%2016:16;&version=51;

The “Law” was given to point out sin.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ROM%203:19-20;4:15;5:13;&version=46;

The “law” was as a teacher and the sacrifices typified the crucifixion of Jesus.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=LK%2016:16;GAL%203:10-25;COL%202:14-17;HEB%208:5;HEB%209:1-10;&version=46;

So it wasn't so much as changing the rules from the Old to the New, but the fulfillment of the “law”

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=MT.%205:17-18;&version=46;

Since Jesus fulfilled the “Law”, he now made a New Covenant or Contract Agreement between God and all people.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=MT.%2026:28;&version=46;

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