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1 | How to explain the purpose of the OT? | Rom 15:4 | Nickels | 202124 | ||
How do I put into eloquent words the relevance of the Old Testament to my relative, who sees only death and vulgarity in it? They cannot reconcile the God of the Old Testament with the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament. | ||||||
2 | How to explain the purpose of the OT? | Rom 15:4 | Gary_Castle | 202125 | ||
When the apostle Paul wrote to the Romans he said in Rom 15:4 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope." The only scriptures available to the Romans at the time of Paul's writting were the Old testament writtings. Paul states that these Old Testament scriptures were written for our learning or education. The Old testament prophecies of a coming Messiah and is filled with hope for the Isrealites and us to look forward to and appreciate Christ's coming. Today the Old Testament scriptures are like a large road sign posted on our highway of life directing us to Christ. Christ came, suffered, bled, died and raised from the dead and absolutely fulfilled all Old Testament prophecies of the then coming Messiah. That same Paul who knew the Old Testament scriptures well (Act 22:3) said in Colossians 2:8-14 that Christ took the Old Testament law out of the way and nailed that Old Law to his cross. In Ephesians 2:14-15 Paul said Christ abolished "even the law of commandments contained in ordinances (Old Law) for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace. In our current dispensation of time, we find our route to salvation in the New Testament scriptures. We learn from the Old Testament scriptures and gain strength and hope when we understand and realize that Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled every single prophecy written therein. May God bless our hope and understanding. | ||||||
3 | How to explain the purpose of the OT? | Rom 15:4 | skccab | 202147 | ||
Shalom Gary, Mat. 5:17-19 "Do not think I have come to destroy the Law..." Pay close attention to verse 19. Fulfill, Gr. "pleroo" means to fill with meaning, make abudnant, bring to fullest intent. Messiah tells us to 1) get rid of the idea that Torah is obsolete, and 2) be careful in our worship and lives to obey God. The principles and commands of God are found in the Torah. Torah means instruction. Jn. 1:1 Messiah is "the Word." The Whole Bible is "the Word." Messiah gave us the Torah. Torah teaches what Sin is AND what Righteousness is. Messiah saves. The Torah defines obedience. These are separate issues. The earliest believers followed Torah, Acts 21:20, 24:14, 25:3 Look at Nadab and Abihu in Lev. 10, they were killed on the spot for offering incense and fire that was NOT God-ordained. They tresspassed against God's holiness. Now - look at Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 4:32-5:11. They were killed directly by God also (in the NT). There was no death penalty for lying in the Law, but we already have 2 people paying the price for tresspassing against God's holiness. And the money that these two had promised to give to God had already become holy before Him, so they ROBBED God by keeping some ot it back. These 4 people were believers! Back to the sacrificial system: What that system was designed to do, it did it and it did it very well. But, if you look closely at the different sacrifices instituted by God in Torah you'll see that one BIG sin is ommitted - the Known Intentional Sin, the one we know is wrong but we choose to do it anyway! For the ancient Hebrews, there was no atonement for known intentional trespasses! (Aren't you glad that Jesus the Messiah took care of that?!!) Let me end by saying that if you believe that Heb. 13:8 is true, then a new look at the Old Testament is warranted. Either the God of the New Testament has changed from the God of the Old or He has not. He either "...is the same yesterday, and today, and forever" or He is not. We can't have it both ways. Cheri |
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