2007-03-24 05:14:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's BC.
2007-03-24 05:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament is also relevant to Christianity even though we are under the new covenant. Jesus confirmed the Old Testament. He did not come to take away ten commandments, He came to fulfill the law. Wages of the sin was death, and Jesus died for our sins. We cannot make it by law, but we need to obey it to show that we follow God.Jesus gave a new commandment and it is to love God but also each other. When we love God, we need to love each others too.
The Old Testament shows that Jesus fulfilled the Bible prophecy. I have studied more the New Testament, but I am in process of studying the Old Testament too.: )
2007-03-24 05:53:32 · answer #2 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is relevant to Christianity. It includes the history of the people of God through whom the Messiah came into the world. It also contains the prophecies about the Messiah which allow us to identify Him with certainty. This is why Jesus told the Apostles to "search the Scriptures" in order that they might be fully knowledgeable. Obviously Jesus was referring to the Hebrew (Old Testament) Scriptures, since those were the only Scriptures that existed in Apostolic times. The Apostles had already received the message of salvation from the lips of Christ Himself, but they still needed the Old Testament Scriptures in order to be able to view the whole picture in context. Also, on the road to Emmaeus Jesus explained the Scriptures to them, that they might understand and believe. Again, the Hebrew Scriptures.
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2007-03-24 05:25:49 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Old Testament is revelant in that it is your school master.
The Old Testament set the ground rules in which we live by today. The Old Testament is what laid the foundation for your salvation. The Old Testament taught us right from wrong and
good from evil. Jesus came to fulfill the prophecies that were written in the Old Testament. Without the Old Testament there could be no New Testament.
2007-03-24 07:01:30 · answer #4 · answered by scooter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians like to ignore the fact that the old testament is still relevant according to the Bible. In Matthew 5:17, Christ states that he has not come to destroy the old laws. He came to fulfill them.
2007-03-24 05:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by gruz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Dear Bettiera,
I agree with everybody who said the Hebrew scripture is relavant to Christianity.
One point I would like to add is that there are more than 300 prophecies made in the OT that are fulfilled in the NT in Jesus Christ. In fact Jesus is the only person EVER who had his entire biography written before he was even born.
The OT shows us the perfect creation, the fall of man and God's plan to bring mankind back into a right relationship with Him.
Are you in a right relationship with the awesome uncreated Creator of the universe?
2007-03-25 07:56:25 · answer #6 · answered by JOYfilled - Romans 8:28 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is relevant even though we are under a New Covenant. The Old Testament proves that Jesus is the Christ.
2007-03-24 05:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by Hawk 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is relevant to Christianity. It shows haw man sinned and was punished and how the world was shaped up to a point. It proves why god sent Jesus. Agree that it shows God to be cruel. But it's a great example of tough love, that some parents like to practice these days.
2007-03-24 05:24:42 · answer #8 · answered by norielorie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the source of the mythology of the Bible, but not the ethos. The laws of the Old Testament are ridiculous and outdated and most Christians just want you to forget them.
2007-03-24 09:19:30 · answer #9 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because Jesus was a Jew.
Jesus and all of his apostles observed the Sabbath and obeyed Jewish laws. All that stuff about telling people that they do not have to wash their hands or eat Kosher was a metaphor about how the letter of the laws are not as important as how someone lived.
Jesus was preaching to God's Chosen People telling them to play nice with everyone even the Gentiles. He had no intention of starting a new religion especially not one for non-Jews.
The Apostle Paul (who was a Roman citizen and never even met Jesus) tailored his teachings to his people. He was even brought to task for it by the other Apostles. The schism is all but forgotten now, but it is the cause of the earliest division between early Christians.
2007-03-24 05:18:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is very relevant to Christianity. If we did not have the law how would we know we broke it? The law is our teacher. If we did not have the hundreds of prophecies that Jesus fulfilled we would be actually listening to the Atheist on Yahoo Answers.
We definitely need it. It is very relevant.
2007-03-24 05:19:30 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋