what changed god's mind in the old to the new testament ?

Question

at first it was all about war and killing ,and stoning etc , then it says in the new testament if someone slap you turn the other cheek for them
clear contradiction or was the old one not good enough or imperfect

Answer 1

Different writers.

Answer 2

When God gave the Law--He did so with a spirit of love--somewhere along the way the spirit of the Law was replace with the Letter of the Law. People had to experience the letter of the Law--to find that "without the shedding of blood there is not remission(from sin) " The Law did not work thus we come to the NT. The administration of God's grace. The perfect sacrifice, as John the baptist said, "Behold the lamb of God that takes away the sin of the World." Jesus said "I am come that ye might have life and you might have it more abundant" The perfect sacrifice was made by the one person who gave up his perfection to become a sacrificial lamb.
You have a different view of God. The people of God had to learn--the Law would not work--God's grace is now available to all. God did not change his plan was implemented

Answer 3

In my opinion, it is not God who changed, but the people. I think that God never was about war and killing, stoning, etc. But the people thought he was, and so they wrote what they believed that God would say, when God never said it to begin with. But I think that God is patient, and has worked with the people over the years and brought his people (which is all people) closer to Him. Little by little, maybe we all understand more and more about God. I think the difference between the old and new testaments show some progression in the human understanding of God. I also see the same progression from the Old Testament to the Rabbinical teachings of the Talmudic era.

Answer 4

God has always been as described in the NT.
With the OT, He was trying to teach a lesson He believed mankind needed.
The lesson?
That man cannot get back to paradise on his own efforts, NEITHER BY STRICT JUSTICE.
The OT shows the results of each one trying to make themselves justified and considered righteous, so as to merit life everlasting.
The lesson was very effective since we are still horrified today at that history.
You'll note the NT puts emphasis on 'undeserved kindness' regarding everlasting life in an earthly paradise.
There was no about-face.
Just a digression to prove a point.

Answer 5

God's mind wasn't changed. Jesus came in the New Testament and fulfilled the law in the Old Testament. He became the sacrific for our sins.

Answer 6

Nothing has changed. The law is the law and it still stands for it is justice. Christ, for the believer fulfills justice...nevertheless justice still stands and has not been dismissed.

Christ did not change God's mind....He instead paid the price to meet justice, and that of the Just Judge. This is not a thing earned by the elect but rather a thing given. We are to bow the knee to our God and His gift to us.

Answer 7

God's mind didn't change. But, when Jesus came, he instituted the rule of loving your neighbor. God's mind didn't change about the wars and the killings, but because of the blood of Jesus, the final sacrificial Lamb of God, love became more important than everything. It was a new covenant--a new law--of love.

Answer 8

The bible is hardly anymore the exact words of God revealed to prophet Jesus (PBUH) and has been altered by man according to their materialistic or whatever needs they had. Don't think that even more than half of the bible could be true. Most of it is made up by humans and the original bible may no longer exist in this world.

Answer 9

We needed help in the righteous department. Jesus came to make a way between us and God. He's like a lawyer and pleads our case for us in heaven.

Answer 10

god in the babble, was symbolic and mirrored life's struggle , i see 8 versions of god , not just 2.
1. earliest bible times- life was scary - god was a "scary god".
2. israelites escaped egypt - felt ' blessed' , he was the "god of love and compassion".
3. the israelites became a raiding horde of 700,000 destroying villages and creating a kingdom for the 12 tribes, he became the "chosen people " god.
4. when they divided up the gained lands and spread out, they became a weakened adversary for the angry neighbors and fell back into captivity ( by the assyrians, babylonians , etc) and they believed the captivity was a sign of drifting away from god ,a curse, so they wanted to earn their freedon and god became a ' god of WORKS' , a covenant or deal of followinbg law, ( if we just do enough circumcisions, animal sacrifices and tabernacle purifications, god will free us from slavery)
5. 700 years of captivity proved that theory wrong and god became the "god of wrath" and an avenger who would free them in an end times battle led by emmanual ( means 'a warrior god among us', not jesus)
6 whne that didnt happen , god seemed so distant and unloving , they needed a god more HUMANE, MORE HUMAN, enter jesus and the SALVATIION THROUGH FAITH god.
7. after jesus death, HIS BROTHER JAMES, headed a religious movement in jerusalem called "the way" and was converting non- jews to follow JEWISH LAW to salvation ( not a resounding vote of support from one's own brother
8. enter PAUL aka SAUL , the repentent murderer for the romans , who got religion and single - handedly went out to convert the area vorth of israel to "christianity' , sending large OFFEREINGS FROM THE NORTHERN REGIONS BACK TO JAMES ( from turkey , greece converts, etc) , the monitary value of value of including non- jews was quickly appreciated...........