Also, the laws set in the old testament are no longer valid because Jesus came to earth. Therefore, Christians are allowed to have pork....was an answer i got when i asked about the forbidden christmas trees and eating pork i asked why christians do these things when they are forbidden .. now i ask this if the old testament is considered not valid we should ignore the 10 commandments also.? why do you guys pick and choose what you want to follow. it disturbs me . in my religion we have to follow every verse what it instructs us not just picking what we want to follow. how many christians ignore the old testament? why do you ignore it if so?
2007-11-05 02:04:45 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Old Testament is certainly not to be ignored. It is, however, a type and shadow of Jesus Christ. The meaning in it was veiled from those given the information so that it could not be fully understood until after Christ came to our space-time dimension. Outside of time, where God is, it has always been Christ's sacrifice, which redeemed the elect man.
Now that the full knowledge of Christ has been made known, the shadow is no longer without light. The veil, which covered its true meaning, has been removed. We are no longer stuck in time where we cannot see the meaning behind such things as eating pork (something at the time, considered unclean, representing the Gentile nations) Since this type and shadow has been revealed, it is no longer necessary to abstain from such meats.
The commandments, however, were established by Christ's coming. Within the two commandments Christ gave He encompassed all the laws and the prophets. In fact, He made them more difficult to keep; by saying if you even thought about something it was as good as if you had done it. This was to firmly establish that without His covering sacrifice on the cross there was no other path, which can lead to heaven.
Without spiritual rebirth in the Spirit no one is able to truly repent, and turn from his or her sinful ways. This is in no way 'easy believism' which is taught today. The devils believe there is one God, yet tremble.
I could go on and on, but suffice to say that those who do not think that the Old Testament is a wealth of knowledge to interpret the New Testament are sadly mistaken.
2007-11-05 02:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by Notfooled 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why follow these tenets at all, seriously?
For all we know some aliens eavesdropping on our civilization are laughing their butts (or the equivalent) off now, watching our people rigorously follow rules and doctrine that they might've insinuated into our culture as a joke. Don't eat pork? Women shall wear burkas?
In daily life we have laws, for example. Laws can be broken and will be broken, unless they are enforced. Why can't the same apply to religious doctrine? If there is no enforcer around, why bother following these doctrine? I can understand striving to meet a higher purpose or to discipline oneself, but why push yourself to meet these goals when there is no God present before you, reminding you and reinforcing their importance?
2007-11-05 10:12:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing the NT and Jesus changed, as far as the "rules" go is - Jesus died for the sins of man. Now that made it available to everyone to receive salvation. Jesus also taught a more gentler way to live. No more an eye for an eye mentality. Now, it is turn the other cheek.
Jesus was a philosopher more than messiah IMO. Men wrote the bible in accordance with what their laws were in their day.
~Atheist Witch
2007-11-05 10:18:46 · answer #3 · answered by Willow 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a real tough one to overcome for Christians. They claim that morals and guidance comes from God, but then reading the Old Testament, it becomes pretty clear that God didn't value human life at all, and set a bunch of laws that we find ludicrous today.
So Christians decided early on, that the OT laws were no longer applicable. It took several books of doctrine by Paul to straiten it all out, and if you think about it, Christians actually rely more on Paul than on any of the OT writers for moral guidance.
So God who never changes, decided after Jesus came, that things needed to change, and that the laws he had killed thousands of people over for centuries were no longer needed. And that Gentiles, who he had committed genocide against for centuries were A-OK.
Incredible.
2007-11-05 10:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a great point, also if the OT is "canceled" then the creationist theory could be false (if god showed people a distort truth once so they can understand it, maybe he showed it distorsed in many cases).
As far as I'm concerned, the bible, OT, NT are not the word of god but just human creation
2007-11-05 10:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by larissa 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
not a christian but pork is good and its safe to eat pork and not everyone follows their religion 100 percent
i can pull out laws the jews have do they follow them all? no
same with the muslims they dont follow every little mundane thing in their book
and besides what one person does is not your business now is it?
2007-11-05 10:09:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
If you had to follow every rule in the bible it would be impossible to sustain you own life.
2007-11-05 10:08:49 · answer #7 · answered by Small Victories 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋