If the Old Testament was to be considered obsolete, how come Jesus did not say so? In fact, he often quoted scripture from the Old Testament? He helped his disciples better understand Old Testament prophesy. In light of this, do you think Christians should discard OT and just focus on the New Testament?
2007-03-09 03:09:12 · 19 answers · asked by Marie 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no, the old testament tells of our beginning, the "players in THE BIG GAME (god, angels satan...etc) the old commandment, rule written by gods own finger are their too. It even fortells the coming messiah. Christ followed the old testament. Didn't he die of a friday and not rise until sunday because saturday (the sabbath) is a day sacred to his father? (one of the 10 commandments). basically you should follow the commandments in the old testament. Thia is what god expects of you, but if you faulter you can find salvation in christ. Some religions act like the israelites at the base of the mountain waiting for moses. They went absolutly wild, believing that because they were not specifically told how to act that they could do as they pleased and worship how/who they wanted. Thus god sent down his rules. Would god actually place his mark on a tablet to have it ignored?
2007-03-09 03:18:13 · answer #1 · answered by myindigostar 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Almost 1/3 (32%) of the New Testament is quoting the Old Testament.
Why would the Old Testament be obsolete? The principles it teaches us are as valuable today as it was when it was written.
We do live under grace of Jesus Christ however, the Old Testament is a wonderful source of our Christian roots.
2007-03-09 03:16:15 · answer #2 · answered by Salvation is a gift, Eph 2:8-9 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
During the time of OT people were governed by the LAW and the good news concerned only the chosen people of God.
With the NT (new testament ) Jesus introduced the holly Ghost who will be with any believer. The good news was not only for the Jews but for all the human kind.
The NT did not come to replace the OT rather to complete it. It was like the end of an era and the beginning of another.
2007-03-09 03:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by Nyaru 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Old Testament was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. Christians believe the Old Testament because without studying it we cannot appreciate how much easier Christ made it for us to be forgiven of our sins. The laws regarding worship and sacrificing and all the purification and cleansing the dietary laws, all of this was taken away by Christ on the cross. No one could be completely forgiven by the blood of bulls and goats so Christ was the perfect sin payment. We do not claim that we don't believe the Old Testament, we do not have to live under those laws, but under the law of Christ in the New Testament. We learn from the Old Testament about God and His nature and all the events which took place leading up to the birth of Christ but after Christ is born and on the scene, God said Hear ye Him.
2007-03-09 03:23:11 · answer #4 · answered by Denise M 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No. The old testament is not obsolete; all of the stories in it lead up to the new testament. It's a great part of Christian religion still.
2007-03-09 03:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by goose 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
2 Timothy 3:16 & 17 answers that exact question:
"All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work."
Remember that when this was written, all they had were the Scriptures written before this (the 1st century), so they were speaking of the Hebrew Scriptures. Another Scripture which also adds credence to the fact that the Hebrew Scriptures are still vital is the following:
1 Corinthians 10:11: "Now these things went on befalling them as examples, and they were written for a warning to us upon whom the ends of the systems of things have arrived."
2007-03-09 03:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
He actually declared quite a bit in the new testatment that He had to fulfill this prophecy & that prophecy (cast lots & ripped his clothes for example) written in the old testament, so he couldn't really say it was obsolete. I think it was just minutely incorrect,misquoted, improperly translated ~all of the above.:o] What are we gonna do right? I believe the laws of love are very clear tho.:o]
And I do think it is more important to concentrate on the new testament simply because it was the new convenant for us.
2007-03-09 03:20:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
As far as the scriptures is concerned there is no proof that
the Old testament was available at the time of Jesus [ peace
be on him] and for the information of the christians even the
new testament was not written at the time of Jesus [pbuh] it
was written 4-5 hundred years after the advent of jesus.
Jesus (pbuh) never claimed divinity for himself. He clearly announced the nature of his mission. Jesus (pbuh) was sent by God to confirm the previous Judaic law. This is clearly evident in the following statements attributed to Jesus (pbuh) in the Gospel of Mathew:
"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
"Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven."
"For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
[The Bible, Mathew 5:17-20]
Here it should be very clear to all that Jesus confirmed the
laws of Moses to whom was revealed the Toraha[ old/test.]
2007-03-09 03:32:18 · answer #8 · answered by sonu 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus at times seems to have considered himself to be almost a "fundamentalist" - "I came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfil it." At other time he chastises the Pharisees for their formalism. Everybody knows the story of his saving of the adulterous woman from the crowd gathered to stone her, as per Mosaic Law.
It's only natural that with the advance of civilization, such practices as those prescribed by God in the OT would come to be considered savage, primitive, superstitious barbarism, as indeed they are.
The whole idea of Jesus' sacrifice obviating the need to offer blood sacrifices to Jehovah, and to otherwise follow out the letter of the Old Law, is just the dogmatic excuse for this. Progress happens after all, but "religious" people are compelled to come up with ingenious (or disingenuous) excuses for weaseling out of their archaic theories and practices.
"Jesus" himself, in the gospels, never advocates the overthrowing of the Old Law. When he breaks with convention, it's usually to show his own superior holiness - a method exceedingly common among "holy men" of the Middle East even today. He would hardly have dared to intervene on the adulterous woman's behalf unless he believed himself to be in a position to effectively "speak for God" in defiance of tradition.
2007-03-09 03:15:27 · answer #9 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The OT isn't obsolete. Jesus fulfilled the Prophecy of the OT.
The OT and 10 Commandments should be used as a measuring stick, so that we realize how truly sinful we are in God's eyes. Then, we read the NT, to understand the gift of grace, that even though we're so sinful, Jesus loves us, and God loves us, and we are spared.
2007-03-09 03:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋