Why Old and New Testament?

Question

Does the new one supress the old one?

I think so... Why do we read the old one then?

Crazy Pirate, have you? I mean all of it?

Crazy Pirate, have you? I mean all of it?

Answer 1

If one surpasses a specific level of progression they will understand that the objectives of the New and Old are one and the same. The point of the New Testament was to save people from the quagmire of Judaisms, not to say Judaism is bad, but its scriptures were composed in a similar fashion as other mystery religions, which means there is a esoteric understanding that must be known, as the symbols or narratives in the Old testament are allegorical, so without the ancient wisdom of these symbols it is rendered quite useless and many who interpret them will do so literally, which in many cases takes one not only away from the objective which is internal work as you seek to enter the inner kingdom, but also it lead to many traditions and rituals based off of things that were meant to be applied within themselves.

The difference with the New Testament is even though it too is allegorical, it is written in a plain manner and it is quite more direct in its concepts, hence the sermon on the mount. But the objective the Old and New are the same. Scriptures are the projection of the mind in all its facilities presented in story form, it is much like reading upon a dream of ones self in the endeavor to overcome yourself and enter the inner kingdom, or put on the complete and anointed mind.

In other words the New Testament is more practical and more useful to all involved, sense it is not written in the extreme narrative language.

Answer 2

The "new" testament requires the "old" testament for legitimacy. If the "old" testament is false, then too is the "new" testament.

Jews do not need Christianity to explain their existence or their origin, but Christians cannot explain their existence without Judaism.

Our Bible is a book of life not a guide to an afterlife. The message is not so much about putting our absolute trust in God to come through for us or else. It’s about believing in ourselves, and having the courage to look beyond the reality of “what is” or “what has been” to “what can be.” God never promised us a rose garden. He gave us the roadmap to get there and the capacity to plant and cultivate the seeds of a better world.
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Answer 3

The Old Testament was one of the top selling books of its day. It proved to be so successful for such a long period of time that someone decided to come out with a sequel. Unfortunately, they were unable to secure the rights to any of the characters from the original. They hired four writers to create the adventures of a new character, "Jesus," and, to avoid any copyright infringement lawsuits, drastically changed the popular "God" character from the first book. While many people thought this was inferior to the original, since it lacked the action and sex scenes that had made it so popular, it nonetheless went on to become a best seller.

Answer 4

The New Testament does not suppress the Old. As Jesus said “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill (Matthew 5:17). The Old is the root and the New, the fruit.

Answer 5

The New Testament was promised within the so-called "Old Testament," i.e. the Jewish Tanakh:

Jeremiah 31:31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a NEW COVENANT with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— 32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them,[a] says the LORD. 33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. 34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

The Jewish sages wrote that "none of the prophets prophesied about anything other than the Messiah." In other words, all of the "Old Testament" serves to foreshadow the reality of what occured when Jesus came to give us the New Covenant (a.k.a. the "New Testament").

Answer 6

We call it the old testament because of the old covenant God had with believers before Jesus Christ came. Now with Jesus Christ we live under a new covenant. In the old covenant you had to offer sacrifices for your sins. In the new one Jesus was our Perfect sacrifice on the cross and all we have to do is ask for forgiveness in our prayers and our sins are forgiven. But if you will remember even in the old testament it says that Abraham believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness, in other words you got saved in the old testament the same way you get saved now in the new testament. Faith in Jesus Christ. For by grace are you saved thru faith, it is a gift of God, not of yourselves lest any man should boast. Eph. 2:8&9. So the old testament does not supress the new one in any way, it actually validates it with all the prophecies of Jesus in it. You can start at Gen. 3:15, when God cursed the serpent. Also the book of Daniel, Isaiah, and Zechariah have alot of prophecy in them. I love reading the old testament, I look at it as Christian men and women living out their lives as best they can.

Answer 7

They're actually two different religions. The NT is the story of Jesus, who is called the Christ.

The OT is the christian version of the Tanakh, the stories, writings, and prophecies of the people of the Jewish faith.

The two are incompatible, as they have different versions of their gods and different themes. If you want to know more, check out http://www.messiahtruth.org or http://www.whatjewsbelieve.org

Either can spell out the differences in the two belief systems. As for whether or not one suppresses the other, it depends on which version you believe. One side says there's a new covenant, the other side says don't be misled by those that say there's a new covenant. You can make your own decision about which one to believe, if you feel you must believe such things.

Answer 8

Not according to the New testament in Romans 15:4 "For all the things that were written aforetime were written for our instruction, that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope"

and also 2 Timothy 3:16 "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness,"

FOR EXAMPLE : If you don´t read the Hebrew scritures (OT) you never know the date of Jesus ´s death or the date of his birth, or the time he would preach and all the benefits that the Kingdom of God will bring to earth all that information is in the OT.

Answer 9

I think the Old Testament is about an Evil God who has nothing to do with Jesus Christ. So i prefer not to read it.

Answer 10

Old testament: God's covenant through law

New Testament: God's covenant through grace