Old Testament vs New Testament

[i-need-a-martini]

I have been told numerous times on here that Christians believe in the New Testament and the Old Testament is not irrelevent.

In particular I was told that the Old Testament is Pre-Christian and describes a DIFFERENT God with different attitudes. And that the New Testament is a stand-alone book so I assume.

Can someone please explain why?

(preferably someone who is religious and has actually read the books)

[ufo_investigations]

The following is from a Priest:

The Catholic Church recognises that the Jewish people as the chosen people and the covenant of God made with them is still valid. In effect Catholics and Jews ultimately worship the same God. Catholics however believe that they have a much greater understanding of who the God is and God is like because God has most fully revealed Godself to humanity in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The God Jesus prayed to and worshipped is the God the Jewish people worship. Catholics worship the God of the Jewish people through Jesus Christ and have a much greater understanding of who God is by following Jesus.

The Jewish people worship God as a God who has revealed himself through the Scriptures, the patriarchs, the prophets and through a tradition of the interpretation of the scriptures we call the Old or First Testament. Catholics understand the God of the Jewish people as the God the Father. Jesus is fully God and fully human and Catholics understand Jesus as God the Son. Jesus promised that would send an advocate or helper to assist the Christian community until he returns in Glory at the end of time. Catholics understand the advocate to be God the Holy Spirit. It must be remembered that there are not three Gods. God for Catholics is One God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I have been told numerous times on here that Christians believe in the New Testament and the Old Testament is not irrelevent.

In particular I was told that the Old Testament is Pre-Christian and describes a DIFFERENT God with different attitudes. And that the New Testament is a stand-alone book so I assume.

Can someone please explain why?

(preferably someone who is religious and has actually read the books)

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I assume you meant 'not relevant' ?? This Christian believes that both the New and the Old are the word of God as past down to man, and so are both relevant. Of course, I cannot speak for other 'Christians'.

If the Old Testament were irrelevant, why did Jesus quote from it so many times.

The Old Testament fortold of the coming of The Messiah. The New Testament tells of the fulfilment of those prophecies - and a lot more but does that answer your question?

[rabbitearbandicoot]

and, as far as the Catholic view that the Jews as a people are still the chosen people of God - bunkum. That was taken away from them after they denied Jesus - as were their rights to the land that was reinstated to them in 1946.

[dwilke33]

After Jesus died for our sins many things in the Old Testiment passed away.  For example, some things that were forbidden to eat where no longer forbidden, etc.  Too many things changed or were passed away with our saviors death and resurrection to list.

[Anonymous]

ok - i do not actually meet your criteria LOL

but i posted this link in the other thread

http://biblehub.com/hebrews/8-13.htm

it should answer your question. 

(research new covenant)

[muppet_detector]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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The Old Testament fortold of the coming of The Messiah. The New Testament tells of the fulfilment of those prophecies - and a lot more but does that answer your question?

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Genuine Question.

As more and more of those prophecies happen, do they update the New Testament?

If a person went to the local bookstore today and bought a New Testament, is it updated since it was originally scribed in 400AD(ish)?

Or have no more prophecies been realized since the original publication and what we have today (with the exclusion of translation) is what was written about 16 Centuries ago?

[bushies.girl]

This question provoked an interesting conversation at home this morning   ..... Hope you ge the answers you are looking for Martini

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@muppet_detector wrote:

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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The Old Testament fortold of the coming of The Messiah. The New Testament tells of the fulfilment of those prophecies - and a lot more but does that answer your question?

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Genuine Question.

As more and more of those prophecies happen, do they update the New Testament?

If a person went to the local bookstore today and bought a New Testament, is it updated since it was originally scribed in 400AD(ish)?

Or have no more prophecies been realized since the original publication and what we have today (with the exclusion of translation) is what was written about 16 Centuries ago?

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No, nothing updates the New Testament - nothing may be added on pain of death. Of course, the Catholic Bible has additional books, but thankfully they have been removed by some of the first Protestants

More prophecies have been realized and still more are to come. Read Daniel and Revelations thoroughly - then we can discuss it further.

[i-need-a-martini]

Thanks rabbit for correcting my error.

And thanks for ansering my question. To call the Old Testament irrelevent to ridiculous - to me it seems that it chronicles the fundamentals that Christians believe in.

If the New Testament is a stand alone book then does that mean that the creation of the world did not occur? Or that Noahs flood did not occur? There was no garden of Eden?