The "Old Testament"

[~candice~]

1. The "old testament" It is such a strange label for what it is and is really quite inappropriate.
2. The old testament and the old covenant are not synonymous.
3. The change in sacrifices (from animals to Jesus) and the change in priesthood (from Aaronic to Melchizedek), has not "done away" with the entire old testament.
4. The "change" in the covenant does not imply a change in God's nature. The God of the "old testament" is the same as the God in the "new testament", or, God hasn't changed merely because the fulfilment of sacrifices and the role of High Priest has.
5. There is no difference in the value or applicability of scriptures between the old and new testaments.
6. "That's in the old testament, and I am not under the old covenant" is a false appeal.

[Guest]

The "old testament" It is such a strange label for what it is and is really quite inappropriate.

1. The old testament and the old covenant are not synonymous.

2. The change in sacrifices (from animals to Jesus) and the change in priesthood (from Aaronic to Melchizedek), has not "done away" with the entire old testament.

3. The "change" in the covenant does not imply a change in God's nature. The God of the "old testament" is the same as the God in the "new testament", or, God hasn't changed merely because the fulfilment of sacrifices and the role of High Priest has.

4. There is no difference in the value or applicability of scriptures between the old and new testaments.

5. "That's in the old testament, and I am not under the old covenant" is a false appeal....

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Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. Jeremiah 15:16

For The Rest Of Your Life

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Psalms 1:1-2

Stop And

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;

Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. Psalms 46:1-3

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Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. Psalms 119:150

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Be Blessed Beloved Of The KING

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them. Numbers 6:24-27

Love, Your Brother Joe

[nebula]

Amen!

[Guest shiloh357]

1. The "old testament" It is such a strange label for what it is and is really quite inappropriate.
2. The old testament and the old covenant are not synonymous.
3. The change in sacrifices (from animals to Jesus) and the change in priesthood (from Aaronic to Melchizedek), has not "done away" with the entire old testament.
4. The "change" in the covenant does not imply a change in God's nature. The God of the "old testament" is the same as the God in the "new testament", or, God hasn't changed merely because the fulfilment of sacrifices and the role of High Priest has.
5. There is no difference in the value or applicability of scriptures between the old and new testaments.
6. "That's in the old testament, and I am not under the old covenant" is a false appeal.

The first person to divide the Bible up into "Old Testament" and "New Testament" Scriptures was a man named Melito of Sardis way back in the 2nd Century. This is wirtten about by Eusebius. http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.ix.xxvi.html

Scroll down to passage #14

Ufortunately, this has created the sense that the "Old Testament" Scriptures are not relevant for us. From the perspective of the NT writers, The Tanakh was simply "The Scriptures." The NT is written out of OT knowledge. The Berean Jews tested the teachings of Paul against "the Scriptures." There is no biblical division of the Scriptures into "Old" or "New" Testament divisions. Those divisions are post-biblical.

[~candice~]

1. The "old testament" It is such a strange label for what it is and is really quite inappropriate.
2. The old testament and the old covenant are not synonymous.
3. The change in sacrifices (from animals to Jesus) and the change in priesthood (from Aaronic to Melchizedek), has not "done away" with the entire old testament.
4. The "change" in the covenant does not imply a change in God's nature. The God of the "old testament" is the same as the God in the "new testament", or, God hasn't changed merely because the fulfilment of sacrifices and the role of High Priest has.
5. There is no difference in the value or applicability of scriptures between the old and new testaments.
6. "That's in the old testament, and I am not under the old covenant" is a false appeal.

The first person to divide the Bible up into "Old Testament" and "New Testament" Scriptures was a man named Melito of Sardis way back in the 2nd Century. This is wirtten about by Eusebius. http://www.ccel.org/...ii.ix.xxvi.html

Scroll down to passage #14

Ufortunately, this has created the sense that the "Old Testament" Scriptures are not relevant for us. From the perspective of the NT writers, The Tanakh was simply "The Scriptures." The NT is written out of OT knowledge. The Berean Jews tested the teachings of Paul against "the Scriptures." There is no biblical division of the Scriptures into "Old" or "New" Testament divisions. Those divisions are post-biblical.

Yes, though I guess saying that the Bereans were testing new teachings against "scripture" is more correct than saying they were checking the "new" against the "old". They didn't consider the Tanakh to be old in the same way the OT is considered (by some) today. Not at all!

[Gael]

I find it very strange when people say that the Old Testament isn't relevant for today...to great a true understanding of the New Testament, you have to understand the Old Testament.

[jasoncran]

jesus came to be the law in our hearts , that is what jeremiah 31 says.

the law was never meant to make men perfect but to show men who believe in the YHWH what was expected of them and way of leading a better life from the nation of egypt from whence they were drawn.

[enoob57]

My understanding is that The Word of God from Gen to Rev is the perfect Work of God... like in our beginning it explains creation, fall, patriarchs, God's election of choosing out a people (Israel), His explanation of Himself in Righteousness(Law), Prophetic explanation of who His Son would be and His obedience in flesh, 450 years of silence and then the means whereby we could be saved and have the mind that could be able to receive His Holy Word from beginning to end... He (Christ) brought the key to unlock our own inabilities to understand a Holy and Righteous God from which we so long ago walked away from called 'TRUTH'...

Keys N.T. Jn 18:37

A free gift for all who would receive -> The Person of His Son 'IS' The Salvation...

Our bodies are not redeemed but will fulfill His Word in the day you eat you will die...

The world and cosmos He Created are not in His eternal plans...

We are to be a peculiar people and live as aliens here for our home is being created...

God is to have full use of us in His perfect Will by our yielded spirit to His Within...

We were before we began in Him as an elect and planned people formed in His Thought...

We have been given the design of His Eternity Mapped, drawn and measured...

We are eternally secure-> for God has Placed His Person within, The Holy Spirit as a seal and Teacher of Christ's Truth...

There are divisions within His Word and must be adhered to in order to preserve The Word's entire purpose...

We are to deliver His Love 24/7 by walking In His Spirit in order not to fulfill the lust of our flesh...

We are simply to be like Christ - by action, by thought, by emotion, even in our death we can reflect His Life within...

Now we have been commissioned to take these into all the world

and explain How one can be born into this Great Hope and have

Joy even in suffering and Hope in this hopeless world of sin and shame... Love, Steven

[He giveth more grace]

I just said this to myself during my loss and before I read this, I said,"I want to read the Old Testament" it is so rich in wisdom, promises, warnings, and instructions; it is such a rich mine to me mined. Let me get my Pick Axe.

[Floatingaxe]

1. The "old testament" It is such a strange label for what it is and is really quite inappropriate.
2. The old testament and the old covenant are not synonymous.
3. The change in sacrifices (from animals to Jesus) and the change in priesthood (from Aaronic to Melchizedek), has not "done away" with the entire old testament.
4. The "change" in the covenant does not imply a change in God's nature. The God of the "old testament" is the same as the God in the "new testament", or, God hasn't changed merely because the fulfilment of sacrifices and the role of High Priest has.
5. There is no difference in the value or applicability of scriptures between the old and new testaments.
6. "That's in the old testament, and I am not under the old covenant" is a false appeal.

Amen!