2007-05-01 11:33:41 · 6 answers · asked by redx2378 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When one reads both the Old and the New Testaments it quickly becomes evident that God is not different from one Testament to another and that God’s wrath and His love are revealed in both Testaments.
For example, throughout the Old Testament, God is declared to be “merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness and truth” (Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 4:31; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:5; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 108:4; Psalm 145:8; Joel 2:13). Yet in the New Testament, God’s loving-kindness and mercy are manifested even more fully through the fact that “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Throughout the Old Testament, we also see God dealing with Israel much the same way a loving father deals with a child. When they willfully sinned against Him and began to worship idols, God would chastise them, yet each and every time He would deliver them once they had repented of their idolatry. This is much the same way that we see God dealing with Christians in the New Testament. For example, Hebrews 12:6 tells us that “For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives
2007-05-01 11:47:18 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
G-d doesn't change. If there is a change in G-d reflected from the Hebrew Scriptures to the Christian Scriptures, this might reflect the different times of the writers, or that the Christians are worshipping a different god than the one the Jews worship.
2007-05-01 12:01:01 · answer #2 · answered by Kathy P-W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He didn't!
God Never changes Malachi 3:6
2007-05-01 11:42:06 · answer #3 · answered by Eric T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There never was any 'new' testament. There are only some very old personal letters by people who knew the Scriptures, to each other. Some folks make a big deal of them. 'Bring the cloak I left in Troas', indeed. 'Say hello to so-and-so' Yeah, right.
I noticed that each of these letters had an address on it, and it wasn't my house.
2007-05-01 11:40:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't change. Our understanding of Him changed.
2007-05-01 11:40:11 · answer #5 · answered by sdb deacon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lets see, for starters...
gained multiple personality disorder/split into 3.
became hateful and invented hell, and a devil.
seemingly lost the capacity to forgive by will, requiring blood to forgive.
2007-05-01 11:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by RW 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋