Did Jesus approve of everything in the Old Testament?

Question

Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.

that seems like he approved of it, all the violence, death, destruction, incest etc.

Answer 1

I'm sure he approved it, but i guess he skipped over the part about the prophecies the messiah had when he did not fullfill any of them.

Answer 2

A part of it is. The books in the Old Testament are divided into more than one class: The Law (the first 5 books or Pentatuch or Torah). The Writings, the History, the Prophets . . . and if there is another I'm just not remembering it.

Answer 3

Yes, He did approve. Incest? If you mean cousins marrying cousins, that's not cosnidered incest, but a way of maintaining the bloodlines.

The violence was because God commanded it, death, destruction, etc.

But what He meant was He did not come to threaten the way of the Jews, to destroy what they stood for, but to fulfill the prophecies of the Messiah comming. Sad thing is, they still saw Him as a threat, and in the end still fulfilled the prophecies by crucifying(sp) Him...

Answer 4

Most definitely not, Jesus did not approve of everything in recorded in the Old Testament. His awareness of it, without approving of it, is precisely why His own death and sacrifice on the Cross was necessary. Mankind was otherwise, unredeemable.

Answer 5

As salaamu 'alaikym, my friend.
First, please realize that what you consider to be the "bible" is not necessarily the same thing as the Torah and the Penatuech which the Prophet Essa (i.e., "Jesus", as Yoshua bar Yoseph is called in Greek), peace be upon him, would have read during his time. His understanding of what he was reading then is, uindoubtedly, very different from your understanding of what you are reading today.
Second, the Prophet Essa, peace be upon him, would have been referring to the teachings of how to live one's life that Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala (God, Glorified and Almighty, referred to as YHWH by the Jews) had revealed to the Jewish people through the prophets, peace be upon them all and not the life styles and actions of some of the historical figures you might be thinking of. He was calling the Jewish people back to faith.
As a faithful Jew, and as a Prophet of Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala, the Prophet Essa, peace be upon him, would have faithfully followed the revelations of Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala throughout his life. He also would not have judged those persons from the past who committed the actions you mention as such judgement would be the right of Allah Subhanna wa Ta'ala alone.
Ma'a salaam.

Answer 6

Copy/ Paste answer:

Bible = corrupted by men

God = perfect

Bible = sick in some parts, good in others

Contradictions = the good and bad clash because two parties are having their say

End Note = the good outweighs the bad and the good is all you see of christianity now, no incest/ sex slaves.

What's that leave you with? A lot of doubts, the Truth and a choice.

Answer 7

Yes he approved of the spirit of it, not the convoluted thing that man made of it. Christ fulfilled all the law and all the prophesy but he did not agree with how people got there because man is fallible and so the story f man is one of being fallible.

Answer 8

Jesus aproved of the Old Testament, He just didn't aprove of how ruthless the elders were in justice when they themselves weren't sinless as they hoped to appear in their arrogance.
The jewish elders of Jesus' time used 'justice' as if they themselves were sinless and grew very arrogant. Jesus wanted to bring back the commandment "Love thy Neighbor"(everyone) which seemed to be thrown off the wagon by the jewish elders.


I hope I didn't offend any Jews. I never meant to.

Answer 9

Does he admit it happened? Yes.
Does that mean he agrees with everything that happened? No.