Why does the bible have an "Old Testament" and a "New Testament"? Didn't god get it right the first time?

Question

If god is infallible, why did god need to update the bible?

Answer 1

Because God didnt write the Bible, people did- and people are fallible.

Answer 2

The new was in the old concealed and the old is in the new revealed. The new was always Gods perfect plan it was promised even in the garden of eden, it was also promised to Abraham. You should know the bible is a book of concealment and revelation, not revelation alone. There are things that are hidden. The bible is a spiritually inspired book, and a prophetic one as well. Not just anyone can come and interpret it , because God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble. The proud and wise in their own eyes are turned away empty as it is written, but the poor and humble go away filled. The only thing that changed was our perception or understanding, Gods will and plan were unchanged.The new is the fulfillment of the old, the old was a foreshadow and symbology of the new that wa prefigured, and what is prefigured is pre known obviously, that is why it is foretold, so it already is and already was.

Answer 3

You are right, God never called Old Testament and New Testament referring to the Bible. Jesus said "Read the Scriptires", and never differentiate between the Old and New Testament. To Him and to the apostles, there is only one Bible, One Faith and One Baptism. It is the Christians who came later who differentiate between the Old and New Testament, and saying that what is written in the Old Testament is now not binding, as if God can change or has changed. God never changes and Jesus Himself says that heaven and earth will pass away but His Word, which means The Bible, will never pass away.
It was man who claim to be followers or successors of the apostles who changed the law and the Bible, just as it has been predicted in Daniel 7:24-25

24 The ten horns are ten kings
Who shall arise from this kingdom.
And another shall rise after them;
He shall be different from the first ones,
And shall subdue three kings.
25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
Shall persecute[d] the saints of the Most High,
And shall intend to change times and law.
Then the saints shall be given into his hand
For a time and times and half a time.

Compare the Ten Commandments as it appear in the Cathechism and Exodus 20:8-11, and read the history of the church and the Inquisition, and you will understand what it means.

Answer 4

The word 'testament' also means covenant. God made the first covenant with Abraham. That covenant continued for a long time, until the promised Messiah came. Under the Messiah, which was a fulfillment of the first covenant, it was necessary for a new covenant to be made. Instead of a covenant just for the Jewish people, this new covenant is for all mankind. It's not that God got it wrong the first time, but that he has just brought it all to fulfillment. Just as a will is not in effect until the death of the person who made the will, so the covenant could not change or go into effect until the death of Jesus. His death and subsequent resurrection changed everything. God did not make a mistake. It was all part of the plan, from the very beginning. WSe tend to think of time in 70 year bits.... but God sees everything from an eternal perspective.

Answer 5

That is a very good question. Thank you for posting it. The Old Testament was a shadow of things to come. It revealed the pathetic state of humanity and showed our need for repair and redemption. It pointed to a Redeemer and Savior. It was attempting to prepare humanity for a coming person that would do this redemption and repair. The New Testament is the recordation of that person coming and intstructions on how we as believers should live and fortells of the end of times and what it will be like with our God comes into His creation in a visible and triumphant way.

Answer 6

Why do you feel the need to ask the same silly questions over and over and over?
Perhaps the reason you feel such interest in this subject, is that you really do want to believe, and are hoping someone will give you the right answer.
The New Testament is not a different Testament, it is a continuation of the story begun in the Old Testament.

Answer 7

He didn't "update" it.

Perhaps you are unaware of a concept called "time". As a vast oversimplification, the Old Testament focuses events that occured before Jesus' birth and the New Testament focuses on Jesus' life.

But there is no update. Predictions and prophecies made in the Old Testament are fulfilled in the New Testament.

Answer 8

The old testament is God preparing Man for the messiah "the saviour"
the new testament is the living God on earth a Man,flesh
God did get it right but Man had it wrong from the start

Answer 9

The New Testament is not an updated version of the Old Testament. Try reading both first and they are nothing alike.

Answer 10

Why stop there? Just about every religion has it's own holy book.

But it's an excellent question, and it's along the lines of one that I'm tempted to ask of my brother-in-law, the next time that he tries to insult my intelligence with a non-answer to a legitimate question. If a supreme being got it right the first time around, why did that being then allow so very many variations?

To me, it goes a long way towards saying that a supreme being isn't infallible.

Answer 11

The New Testament is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy. The Old Testament points to the coming of Jesus. It is not a NEW thought as you think. If you read Isaiah especially it points directly to the coming of Jesus. Jesus did not come to abolish the law of the OT but to fulfill it.