@Kung Fu and
@Damien50
Excuse me for wading in but I just wanted to say that I don't think there are any "wrong" questions when trying to make sense of things.
Sometimes it is good to see the bigger picture before getting into the details. So...
Perhaps a starting point would to acknowledge that the Qur'an is a message that was given at more or less one point in history, whilst the Bible was revealed over many hundreds of years. The Quran in style is therefore prescriptive whilst the Bible is
progressive.
Those of us who have kids understand what "progressive revelation" means in the way we deal with our children. I am different with mine at different ages and expect different things from them. Btw this is just an analogy to help.
God, in His relationship with man in the Bible deals like this - the "faith" chapter in Hebrews is a fantastic sweep through history, showing what faith in God meant. It wasn't about acting on law so much as acting out of faith and relationship with God to do what was asked. E.g. Noah - "Build a Boat", Gideon "Man Up" [my paraphrase].
Even with Jesus, there are the teachings and words He shared with the Jews (and gentiles), then there was the fullness of what they meant when interpreted through His death and resurrection.
There was the expectation of the Messiah looking forward, then the understanding of the Messiah in hindsight.
Jesus doesn't finish speaking till the end if the book of Revelation. To miss this progression in scripture is to miss the meaning.
When you do, it looks like a jigsaw tipped out on the floor. You need wisdom and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to put the pieces together properly.
God bless.
p.s. I just read a fuller and better explanation on the above so I include it here...
Dispensationalism is a system of theology which attempts to develop the Bible’s philosophy of history on the basis of the sovereign rule of God. Dispensationalism represents the whole of Scripture and history as being covered by several administrations of God’s rule. A dispensation is a religious order or system, conceived as divinely instituted, or as a stage in a progressive revelation, expressly adapted to the needs of a particular nation or period of time. The term “dispensation” can be defined as a particular way of God’s administering His rule over the world as He
progressively works out His purpose for world history.
Throughout history God has employed several "dispensations" but only one way of salvation. Dispensational Theologians normally name each new dispensation after the new ruling factor or factors:
Dispensation of Innocence - From the creation of man to the fall of man.
Dispensation of Conscience - From the fall of man through the Noahic Flood.
Dispensation of Human Government - From the Noahic Flood to the call of Abraham.
Dispensation of Promise - From God’s call of Abraham to the giving of the Mosaic Law at Mount Sinai.
Dispensation of The Mosaic Law - From the giving of the Mosaic Law at Mount Sinai to the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross at Mount Calvary.
Dispensation of Grace - From Christ on the Cross to His Second Coming.
Dispensation of The Millennium - After the Second Coming of Christ to the release of Satan from the abyss and his final revolt.
The dispensations are chronologically successive. They are not different ways of salvation - the means of salvation has always been by grace through faith. The object of faith has always been God, but the content of faith has changed within different dispensations dependent upon progressive revelation found within His Word.
Genesis 12:3; Deuteronomy 28:25, 64-65; 30:1-5; 2 Samuel 7:8–16; Psalms 89; Isaiah 2:1–5; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 40-48; Daniel 9-12; Matthew 11:13; 16:18; 18:15-18; 24-25; 26:26-28; Mark 2:21-22; Mark 7:18-19; 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; Acts 2:16-21; 2:34-35; 15:13-17; Acts 13:46-47; 17:30; Romans 9-11; 1 Corinthians 11:23-25; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 2 Corinthians 3:5-6; Galatians 3:1-6:2; Ephesians 1:7-14; 2:11-18; 3:1-11, Colossians 1:24-28; 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5; Hebrews 7:1-28; 8:6-13; 10:14-18; 12:22-24; 1 Peter 2:9-12; Revelation 4-19