The Hebrew Bible is all about repentance and return to doing justice, loving mercy and walking humbly with thy God. It is all about the story of the path of the Hebrews awareness of their role in their relationship and walk with God. Micah summed up the Torah in that manner of "what does the Lord require of thee but to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with thy God. long before Jesus spoke of mercy.
The New Testament changes this and claims that UNTIL Jesus the Gentiles had no path of salvation turning the teachings of Torah and Tanakh topsy turvy! They make God part of an exclusive rights club and try to claim that it is all a matter of belief and not how you live. Then condeming to eternal torture anyone who doesn't believe as they do. Torah doesn't teach that at all
2007-12-01 15:22:59 · 9 answers · asked by TSIRHC 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do you think you know all things because you have mans wisdom. Do you not know there is true wisdom. God's wisdom. The bible also says we are sinners and born sinners. So as a sinner who does nothing to please God nor wishes too. You think you are wiser than God. God has chosen His elect before the creation of the earth. Not from there deeds or anything they have done, but because of His grace and Mercy. Those who are not chosen will not believe in Jesus Christ the Son of God and will go to hell. Those who are chosen will believe in God and nothing will take them out of God's hand. We all deserve eternity in hell for our sins against God, but out of His grace and love and mercy has He chosen some to forgive, not by what they have done but out of His good pleasure.
Those who are His sheep hear His voice and flock to it. Those who aren't, think the gospel is rubbish.
2007-12-01 15:27:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The New Testament reaffirms only what the Old Testament taught - that although God's demands were simple, man did not fulfill them. Under the law, as I am sure you are well aware, the punishment was severe. In fact, the penalty was death. God was willing for a time for the Jewish people to present Him with sacrifices as teaching method, but the fact is that presenting these sacrifices did nothing to reform the heart, which is why God declared in the same Old Testament that He would make a New Covenant not after the manner of the first covenant. I'm not sure why you feel as you do, but you are making a serious mistake.
2007-12-01 15:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ah the Revelation of Jesus Christ!!
I believe that God saw that man was falling into sinful and evil ways, soon to become farther and farther from God. SO instead of loosing humanity and in keeping the choice of Freewill, God gave his only son to die on the cross so that the sins of mankind could be repented of through him. So that none may be lost. That my friend is all that is needed to be known of it. Its GOD's law not mans if He so chooses to change it then who among us is righteous enough to do so? NOT ONE!!
2007-12-01 15:30:42 · answer #3 · answered by Groucho 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Two different covenants.
2007-12-01 15:28:16 · answer #4 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
two separate points of view from two different times.
2007-12-01 15:27:18 · answer #5 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Belief is not all that is required. You must follow too.
2007-12-01 15:31:02 · answer #6 · answered by Skunk 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
You have it all mixed up, as usual.
2007-12-01 15:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by rico3151 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No not at all, that is why there is Concordance.
2007-12-01 15:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No
2007-12-01 15:26:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋