Old Testament

“Why is God so different in the Old Testament than He is in the New Testament?” A question that is asked by many who have the misconception that the God found in the Old Testament is a God of wrath while the New Testament portrays a God of love. At the root of this misconception is a misunderstanding of Scripture and the portrayal of God in both the Old and New Testaments. While the revelations found in actions of God in the Old and New Testaments may seem to contradict each other at face…

Christ as depicted in the old and new testaments – Similarities, Differences and the changes in interpretations. Christ is predicted in the old-testament and his actual mission progression and accomplishments discussed in the new- testament. The earlier depiction of messiah in the old-testament has transformed to embrace the concept of the son of the god in the new-testament. However more or less it is like the prediction made in the old-testament is depicted in the new-testament. The details…

precedents throughout the world are the Old Testament and The Epic of Gilgamesh. Both books share similar themes of journey as well as faith within one’s belief. Although the Old Testament and Gilgamesh are different in the aspects of spiritual beliefs and time period, they both teach the reader lessons that will give guidance and structure. The Old Testament describes a monotheistic religion from its creation to the many stories it holds. Within the Old Testament, the book of Genesis…

revelation, but it is also it’s own best interpreter. As Baptists, our theological identity is derived from the New Testament. However, we also affirm the inspiration and authority of both the Old Testament and the New Testament. If the church ignores the Old Testament, then they miss the beauty of the beginning of the story of God’s interaction with the world. First, the Old Testament is food for the Christian’s soul. In 2nd Timothy 3:16 Paul says, “All scripture is given by the…

Why God not gods? The great prophets of the Old Testament are particular lucid and ironical in exposing the intrinsic illogicality of idolatry. And everybody, reasonable or exaggerate from the Hebrew to the Greek Iconoclasts, and from the Moslem Caliphs to the English Roundheads , has always applied, rightly or wrongly, what I may call this a joke of the Old Testament; that mere idolatry is idiotic in itself. Why is idolatry wrong? Above all, why is idolatry funny? The Hebrew Prophet saw the…

In chapter one of Genesis in the Old Testament, it talks about creation. It took God six days to create something amazing and one day for Him to rest and to look back at His work. God worked very hard to make sure everything was correct. He went day by day, starting with day and night. Each day He had created something different. God had added the sky, made plants grow along with fruit, put stars into the sky to see at night, and lastly He created animals than humans. Each one of the six days,…

and Christianity. Both similarities and differences present thoughtful insights into the creation and underlying doctrine of the religions, along with possible inspirations from each other. Farid ud-Din Attar’s “The Conference of the Birds” and the Old Testament’s story of Moses and the Hebrew people features suffering as an aspect in the interactions with God, but differ in the role of suffering in the interactions. The significance of the focus and role reveal the deeper motivations and…

The Old Testament still has significance in modern life. During the stories of the Old Testament forgiveness is one of the largest virtues shown and represented. The old testament also shows a lot of respect and how people should treat each other. Optimism is the last major quality that is shown throughout the old testament. Forgiveness gives the Old Testament significance in modern life. One of the best representations of this is the story of Joseph. Even when his own brothers sold him into…

through the old Testaments” introduces the Jesus and the Old Testament of the Promise of God fulfilling purpose. As well I understand, the New Testament authors clearly statement is that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament of the Promise. One of the things, that understanding in the first part of the book explains about the fulfillment of Jesus Christ (wright 56). “By repeated use of the fulfilment phrase, Matthew The New Testament authors clearly saw Jesus as the fulfillment of the…

of Old Testament on Sexuality Sexuality is a vital topic for all Christians. This is because sexuality is closely associated with morality and ethics. From the teachings of the Old Testament, there is a defined Christian framework for sexual ethics as well as the concept of vulnerability in Christian sexual ethics. This essay provides a critical evaluation of the Old Testament teachings on sexuality focusing on both the feminist approach and the ethic of sex and gender. In the Old Testament,…