2007-02-22 14:24:45 · 11 answers · asked by Zero 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
im just saying this cause the NT has a much lighter tone, cause it doesnt seem like god smites nations as much in the NT.
2007-02-22 14:30:07 · update #1
Nope..
2007-02-22 14:27:23 · answer #1 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, think of it this way: it was during Old Testament times that God our Father agreed that having His Only Begotten Son cruelly put to death here on earth would save our sorry souls from eternal hell. Now, I'd see that as EXTREMELY merciful, and waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back in the Old Testament. I know that in the New Testament the focus is on Jesus' teachings of forgiveness more than the supposed "eye for an eye" and "fire and brimstone" stuff allegedly in the Old Testament, but I do remember in one of the books of the prophets, where the prophet kept preaching that God would destroy a certain people for their sins, and he even became upset that God did NOT destroy those people, but forgave them instead. And did not Job get forgiven when the big whale puked him up instead of digesting him? I wish I was better in my memory of those things than I am, considering all the Bible studying I do, but, that's the best I can do. And, didn't Jesus say, "Think not that I have come to destroy the law (Old Testament) or the prophets: I am not come to destroy (them), but to fulfill. (Matthew 5:17 Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible). I know that citation has been used to cover many an issue, and it has been used to point out that, as forgiving as God is, He still has His "rules", or Commandments. God Bless you.
2007-02-22 14:45:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you that the OT have presented God as a merciless One compared to the NT. However, if you have read the Books of Ezekiel, Isaiah, Daniel and Jeremiah down to the last Prophet, you will find that that God was not happy with man's offerings of burnt animals and sacrifices and what He needed man to do is for man to show mercy.
Jesus' teachings may sound more acceptable for our human emotions but I would like to warn you that not because it is good means it is right. Jesus said he came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it, with the many changes he made, do you think he did what he came for? And if He is the Son of God or God incarnate what would you think of a God that changed His mind and made things easy for man to be saved from their aggressions against Him? Even to the point of having himself killed in order to forgive those who offended Him? The God that I know is not that stupid.
2007-02-22 14:45:16 · answer #3 · answered by Rallie Florencio C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God doesn't change. However, in the NT we see the next installment of God's plan of redemption: Atonement. In this part, we get to see how God gave Himself for us and how this news first affected people.
2007-02-22 14:28:20 · answer #4 · answered by WithUnveiledFaces 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. The blood of Christ turned everything upside down.
You will notice that some of the more evil men, and even cities, received incredible amounts of mercy when they repented.
Case in point-the murderous King Ahab
1Ki 21:29 “See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house.”
A great example is King Manasseh.
2Ch 33:9 So Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
2Ch 33:12-13 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
Don't get me started on Jerusalem or Nineveh.
2007-02-22 14:27:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha, I like the word smite and smote. You just don't get much opportunity to use it today!
But to answer your question. No. God has not changed. "I, The Lord, do not change" (Malachi 3:6)
Redemption was on his mind from the beginning.
2007-02-22 14:37:25 · answer #6 · answered by Terri 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God never changes, He was the same in the Old as He was in the New. The difference is the law of sin and death and the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus.
2007-02-22 14:28:01 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, God's rules are the same, Jesus is the ere to the throne of Heaven and those who are washed in his blood belong to him.
2007-02-22 14:28:44 · answer #8 · answered by t2ensie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is already merciful and powerful,loving,caring and wonderful God.
2007-02-22 14:27:57 · answer #9 · answered by mamas_grandmasboy06 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But only because a new messenger of God, in the name of Jesus, came along. For whatever reason do you think they crucified him?
2007-02-22 14:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋