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5/10/2017 9:34:36 PM
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What Christianity is Really About: The Old Testament

Hello Offtopic! I am back from my brief respite and have started this series of posts again. So let's begin. Many times have I been told that Christianity can't be about tolerance because the Old Testament contains a few bad verses. After looking into this, I can say without a doubt that these verses were effectively 'completed' by the New Testament. In Mathew 5: 17-18, Jesus says that he will complete the law of the prophets. His death marked an end of the Old laws governing the Israelites. This included stoning homosexuals to death, sacrificing animals, and many more. This does not mean that the teaching of the Old Testament are invalid, but the laws are. 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished." For those of you who want an alternative source aside from myself on the mater, I linked the website below. It is much more informative on the topic. http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-christ-fulfilled-and-ended-the-old-testament-regime

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  • The truth of the situation is that Jesus was trying to bring the knowledge of a loving God. Not the God Of the Old Testament , a God That is mean vengeful, petty vindictive and condemning . See the Jews set up that Version of God because they needed a more powerful God to overthrow the idolatry of many Gods. So they made him more powerful and tougher.... Jesus though tried to bring the knowledge truth that God is loving and perfect.

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