How does old testament differ from new testament, in a nutshell?

Question

Please explain

Answer 1

In a nutshell, the Old Testament, also called the TeNaKh, is the book of the
Torah-the Laws of the people, including the story of the beginning of the unvierse, the beginning of the Jewish faith, the granting of the land to Abraham and his descendants, the story of those descendants and the 40-year trek/Exodus through the desert to the Promised Land, as Moses received the commandments, 10 commandments that were further clarified into 6oo+ commandmanets. Among these new laws was the creation of the high priest, as GD separated Moses' brother, Aaron, and his sons from the rest of the people while they were still in the desert, and told them that as hgih priests they would not inherit the Promised Land, but they would inherit rights to GD that nobody else would have--except they would also have the responsibility and bear the blame if the people scattered and strayed away from the word of GD. To prove they wanted atonement, there were blood sacrifices to be made. There would be specific holidays to be observed. Every Sabbath-the 7th day of every week-would be holy because it was the day on which GD rested. The high priests, who were mortal men, were going to receve wealth and goods for their keeping the people close to GD, but would also receive His wrath if they did not stay close to them.

The rest of the Te-Na-Kh (an acronym)
is the Netuvim-the words of the Prophets. These prophets, including Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremaiah, Micah, etc. speak of how there tried to reveal to people how GD spoke to them, and warned them about what would happen in the future as two Messiahs would arrive--the first is the Messiah ben Joseph, a Suffering Servant who would be a baby born in Bethlehem, would be above sin and take on the sins of the transgressors, would bring the Jews and nonJews together, would be GD in the flesh come to do what the high priests had not done and take care of the flock, bring them back into the pasture of the Promsied Land, heal the sick, bind the injured. The people would not be required to circumcise their flesh, for they would live by the spirit, so they would have to circumcise their heart-purify their hearts-and they would be held accountable for their own actions because the greatest sacrifice would have been made by this Messiah, whose feet and hands would be pierced. The Holy Spirit would then enter the
flesh, so the law would not longer be of the body, but of the spirit. Those who did Believe would receive Salvation.

Then, later, there would be another Messiah, the Messiah ben David, who would also be GD, but this time, as was David in the Bible, this Messiah would be a conquering king. He would vanquish the enemy, He would judge all those who said they were Believers but were not. And He would lead the people to a Promised Land of the Spirit.

The 3rd part of the Old Testament-the Ketuvim, (the Writings) is the history of the Jewish people and particular Jews, and of the words of King David (Psalms) and others (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes,)

This is ALL WITHIN THE OLD TESTAMENT.

The New Testament is also in 3 parts. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the stories of 4 Messianic Jewish men who walked BESIDE the Messiah ben Joseph, Jesus, the Christ (Greek for Messiah) as He fulfilled the prophesies of the Old Testament-GD coming as man to explain the Torah, the laws, that would apply as man moved from the world of the flesh to the world of the spirit. The high priests had not kept the people close to the law, and they had scattered and lost their way, so Jesus came to do what had been prophesied in Jeremaiah, Ezekiel, Zecharaiah, Micah, other prophets, all written centuries before His arrival. As promised, GD came to heal sick, bind injured, retrieve lost sheep of Israel and join together the Jew with the nonJew who would believe these occurrences.
The rest of the New Testament until the last book is a series of letters and writings to help the Jew and the former Gentile (Gentile means "pagan, heathen") who were now all to be Christian/Messianic Jew (same thing, just depends on one's original faith) to follow the words of the entire book-Old and New. It talks of how the system of high priests changed because the greatest sacrifice, the one prophesied in the Old testament, had taken place, and there would be ONE HIGH PRIEST...the man who embodied GD and who left behind a Spirit that would enter INSIDE THOSE WHO BELIEVED.
The rest of the Book is the instruction for those who took that Spirit Inside them on how to live by the ways of the One who is OUTSIDE of US and the Messiah who walked BESIDE us (the three forms of GD each showing the three EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF MANKIND).
The final book speaks of what will happen in the end, when the Messiah ben David shows up, when those who only go by the First Volume and those who only go by the Second Volume realize they are both reading different parts of the Same Book.

It is why MESSIANIC JUDAISM has re-developed within the past 30 years, why the rabbinic Jew (he who follows the Pharisees who were the descendants of those who had been separated to be high priests) and the Christian both have the arrival date of the Messiah ben David/Second Coming of Christ on a path to arrive at the same time, why holdays like Passover-Easter, Sukkot-Pentecost, parallel each other.

Anyone who reads it from Alpha (beginning) to Omega (end) will realize things they have possibly never realized before.

Answer 2

The Old Testament contains books focusing on the Jewish heritage of Christianity. The New Testament is meant to convey more modern teachings, with Jesus Christ given as the teacher.

Christ's goal, as I see it, was to reform the Jewish religion of his day, to make it simpler, more compassionate, and less rules-based.

Christ's primary rule for behavior was to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. This summarized the Ten Commandments in a nutshell. It stripped away the weight of Jewish religious laws of the time, enocuraging people to focus on what Christ saw as God's law..

Also, the Old Testament is comprised of very old stories. The New Testament is comprised of some stories, but it also contains essays and lettters written by early Christian theologians who were attempting to interpret or build upon Christ's teachings.

That, I think, is the primary difference between the two testaments.

Answer 3

IN a nutshell?

Old Testament: An Eye for an Eye

New Testament: Turn the Other Cheek.

Answer 4

The Old Testament is mainly on how God created the world in 7 days or the beginning. The New Testament is the teachings of the disciples or followers of Jesus divided in books and ends with how the world will crumble back to dust.

Answer 5

People should not consider the old testament and the new testament seperate. If they were seperate the old testament and the new testament would have been bounded seperately.

God did not drown the earth at Noah's time without reason. So what is the reason. read the Quran and find out.

The covenet of circumcision was practised by all the prophets after Abraham pbh. -- even jesus christ the second last prophet was circumcised. This was followed by the last prophet Muhammad s.a.w. People have left it because of the saying of one of the apostles of Jesus christ pbh. The command in the Bible is mentioned as an "Everlasting Covenet".


All the prophets brought the same one message " WORSHIP ONLY GOD, THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD -ALLAH."
The religion is the same, Obeying the ONE GOD. so READ, THINK, AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF. BECAUSE IT IS YOU WHO IS GOING TO FACE THE RESULT.

Answer 6

The Torah (the term 'old testament' is vaguely insulting) is the Law that was given by G-d, through Moses, to the Jews. It is whole and complete in and of itself. Our scriptures include Torah, which are the first 5 books (Genesis, Exodus, etc.), Navi (The prophets) and Ketuvim (writings--Psalms, etc.)

Torah is a complete guidebook to a Jewish way of life. I'm coming from an Orthodox perspective, and I believe that Torah is current and applicable for my life today. I try to keep the Law--I don't always succeed, but I'm trying!

The Christian scriptures institute an entirely new religion, and one which has no relationship to Judaism:

Judaism says there is one G-d, and warns us not to believe those who say otherwise even if they do miracles (Deut. 13)
Christianity, otoh, tries for a little semantic sleight-of-hand in its insistence that one=3.

Judaism says that we don't need a mediator between us and G-d; we go directly to G-d. Christianity says that J8sus is necessary as a mediator.

Judaism says that human sacrifice is wrong. Christians believe that G-d changed His mind about that and sacrificed a man.

Judaism teaches us that no one can take on the sins of others. Christianity teaches that you can't be saved unless you put your sins on their man-god.

Judaism doesn't believe in original sin. Christianity does. Judaism believes that 'the righteous of all nations has a place in the world to come'. Christianity teaches that you can be the most righteous of people, but will burn in hell if you don't believe in J7sus.

I could go on: The differences are vast and unbridgeable.

To the person who wrote that the issue lies in the difference between "An eye for an eye" and "turn the other cheek", I'd like to point out that this is a common Christian misunderstanding of Jewish thought.

In ancient times, a person could be killed for a variety of crimes. Even later, Islam dictated cutting off the hand of thieves. The concept of "an eye for an eye" is NOT one of retribution--just the opposite, in fact. The concept LIMITS what you can demand of a criminal. You CAN'T kill someone who puts out someone else's eye--you can only demand a punishment equivalent to the deed. And the damages were monetary--no one had an actual eye put out.

So instead of being retribution, the Torah actually cautions mercy and moderation, and doesn't allow anyone to demand damages greater than the injury they received.

Answer 7

There isn't a nutshell answer for that one.
The old Testament was written before Jesus came to earth as a human. The new Testament was written as people witnessed His birth, life, and Crucifixion. It also tells of His future second coming.

Answer 8

Old Testament - Before Christ

New Testament - After Christ

Answer 9

It doesn't, really. Differences are in the mind of the unspiritual. I've heard it said (and it is apropos):

The Old Testament is the New Testament concealed.
The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.

Answer 10

God's revelation of his character is progressive. The Old Testament reveals God's holiness. The New Testament reveals God's compassion.