Did God change God have change of mind? or could there be another reason?
2007-09-20 19:34:24 · 17 answers · asked by Richie Spice 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Torah AND the books of the new testament were many separate individual books
the bible came into existence because the Roman Emperor Constantine wanted to make peace in his kingdom amongst all the squabbling christians with so many diverse books and beliefs
the bible was created to 'Get Rid Of" all the books that were left out of the bible and make an "Official" Religion of the Empire
2007-09-20 19:42:38 · answer #1 · answered by genntri 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
People feel the need to add until finally someone steps in and says ENOUGH.
The Torah was "IT" but even the Jews added more "holy books." Starting with the Writings and then moving onto the Prophets. Then they said enough.
The Catholics came along and not only did they add the Gospels (Four books of around 120 pages total) they added all the other stuff by Paul. Not content with that, they also went backwards and added books to what the Jews already had and called that the "Old Testament."
The Muslims came along and pretty much trashed what the Jews and Christians had and wrote their own books.
The Protestants came along and tried to undo some of the stuff the Catholics did, at least with the OT, returning it more to what the Jews used.
The Mormons came along and took what the Protestants had and added some new books themselves.
So if you want to go point fingers at people for adding more than the Torah, you got to start with the Jews themselves. They set the precedent and everyone else after just ran wild with the "new holy book" stuff.
2007-09-20 19:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Torah is part of the Bible, didn't you know?
But if you're talking about the New Testament, it came about because Jesus came and FULFILLED the law of the Torah, and his followers knew this was good news for the world and wrote about the life and acts of Christ and the early church. And Jesus showed us how to live in relationship with God and with one another (which is exactly what the Torah does).
No, God did NOT change his mind -- and the Bible does not contradict the Torah, which is included in the Bible.
2007-09-20 19:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I honestly don't know a whole lot about the Torah, but I do know that the Bible as we know it today was merely a compilation of what already existed. Records, journals, letters, ect. that had already been written by eyewitnesses or their kids of the actual events.
Actually, the cool thing about the Bible is that it has a total of 40 different authors (from doctors to fishermen) written over a period of 1500 years, (most of whom had never met each other), and scholars can't find any contradictions within it!
I dare you to take a science text book from 10 years ago and compare it to one today and lets see how many similarities between the two you can find!
2007-09-20 19:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by downsouthrr 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Now I could be wrong in this (I'm just an old retired truck driver turned preacher) but... My understanding is that the "Old Testament" is a translation of the Torah. And the "New Testament" is the story of the Messiah - Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus, the Son of G-d. It includes the story of the beginning of the church or the way of Christianity as expounded by the apostles of Jesus. It has been provided to give us instruction in the path that must be followed in order to spend eternity with G-d.
2007-09-20 19:55:03 · answer #5 · answered by Chaplain John 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Bible is a collection of man's history toward the salvation made by God.
What kind of history it is? What salvation made for it?
Prove Existence? Read the bible daily. Understand our bible and your torah the way our Faith of the Fathers did.
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2016-11-06 00:38:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The torah follows the first five books of the bible.
2007-09-20 19:56:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It was the Law. It was unbending, and could not save anyone. It was perfect, and anyone able to follow it without deviation would be saved. It's just that no one could.
That's why Jesus came. He fulfilled the Law. And if we trust in Him we are counted as righteous; that is: We are looked at by God as having fulfilled the Law. That's what the New Testament is about. And many parts of the Old Testament is telling about Jesus coming to take care of us in that way.
2007-09-20 19:55:41 · answer #9 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the Torah is before Jesus the bible includes the Gospels abut Jesus' live and acts + letters about the founding of the church
2007-09-20 19:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋