2007-08-11 16:35:20 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
all the blood offerings in the nt and only needing the blood of christ in the nt...all the stoneings and rape and murder in the ot....and god thought it was all okay....then a big change in his thoughts in the nt......strange...
2007-08-11 16:42:06 · update #1
I think God was on Paxil in the New Testament.
2007-08-11 16:40:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
1. No, only to "Christians"
2. Because they are not the same "God."
I am not a christian, but of the "first" disciples doctrines which were given by the Apostles from Jesus.
The God of the Jews is "Adonai," now. They have worshiped so many different Gods that the only ones who keep it a Yahveh or Yahweh (Jehovah) is the Christan's for they wish to believe in the fact of "one" God.
The "Father" of Yeshua (spelled Yezua in ancient times for Jesus) was AMEN. In Aramaic it exists as written, THOUGH even the Apostles did not know who this father was or that Jesus taught of a faith not Jewish. The Roman Catholics translated the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts and conjoined the teachings of Jesus with Judaism, just as the Apostles had. BECAUSE in early times NO ONE "knew" AMEN was the Father in heaven (hieroglyphs were not decipherable in the time of Jesus) the ASSUMPTION was made by the leaders of the time that this phrase by Jesus was an ending to a prayer. Not until AFTER 1823 did people "realize" that AMEN was a name of the ancient God of EGYPT. By then all these religions of Catholic and Christian origin had too much at stake FINANCIALLY to bring out the TRUTH. So it has STAYED this way, though everything is UNTRUE.
2007-08-11 23:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by Theban 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is the same God. In the old testament the people had to follow a set of laws given to Moses from God. The new testament Jesus was the law given by God to fulfill the old law and break the power satan had over true believers. And make a way for sins to be forgiven once and for all through salvation.
2007-08-11 23:44:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually they are the same. People tend to think that Jesus was only about peace and love. And they tend to think that the God of the Old Testament was only about condemnation and judgment.
But that isn't true.
Jesus was fulfilling the promises of the God of the Old Testament. He pronounced judgment for the same reasons which are found earlier.
Example:
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
In verse 17 we have the promise of salvation. In the latter part of verse 18 Jesus pronounces condemnation for those who don't believe.
God has always been that way. He rewards belief in the Old Testament - even for those who were not Hebrew. Such as Naaman in 2 Kings 5.
2007-08-11 23:40:03 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Before God's plan of salvation took place (which is the OT) God had to punish those who sinned against him, since in the old testament God had not yet sacrificed to have our sins paid for. Therefore, in the NT when God sacrificed HIS Son to die on the cross at calvary to pay the price of our sins in full, that is when God showed HIS tremendous love for us. Same God, different situations!
2007-08-12 01:32:15 · answer #5 · answered by Linda M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well,it may seem that way at first blush. Really though, what you are observing is different facets of the same personality.
Think of a mother: she tenderly cares for her baby. But how fierce does she become if someone or something threatens her baby? A veritable tiger, yes? Same woman, different facets of her personality.
These different facets are a demonstration of the very meaning of his name. His name literally means He Causes To Become. God becomes whatever is necessary to fulfill his will. In the case of his people enslaved in Egypt, he became a manly person of war to deliver them from this world power. Yet, he is also a God of tender affection.
As for rape (mentioned in your question), God does not cause rape. Neither does he advocate it.
Hannah J Paul
2007-08-11 23:42:56 · answer #6 · answered by Hannah J Paul 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God's revelation of Himself is progressive. The Old Testament emphasizes His Holiness- his separateness from sin. The New Testament emphasizes His Love- displayed through the death of Jesus Christ for our sin.
2007-08-11 23:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a 400 year gap between the Old and New Testaments, and a lot happened in that period. By the time the New Testament was written, Semitic religion had been heavily Hellenized.
2007-08-11 23:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
there is only one god in the bible the seemed differecne between the ot and the nt is jesus gods own son. we are living under a time of grace right now read he book of revelation and tell me that is a different god.
2007-08-11 23:46:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have to see God in light of what He did in the two testaments. The Old has the theme of leading up to Jesus' life. The New has Jesus' ministry and message as its theme.
God may appear differently after His Son came to the earth to do the one most significant thing in all of history. His message of salvation through faith is clearer in the New Testament.
God is changeless, which is a good thing.
2007-08-11 23:43:55 · answer #10 · answered by Bob T 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋