A 6th grader should be able to understand context when put in front of them. For instance:
NT:
Matthew 1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
OT:
Isaiah 7:
10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask the Lord your God for a sign, whether in the deepest depths or in the highest heights.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test.” 13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you[
c] a sign: The virgin[
d] will conceive and give birth to a son, and[
e] will call him Immanuel.[
f] 15 He will be eating curds and honey when he knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, 16 for before the boy knows enough to reject the wrong and choose the right, the land of the two kings you dread will be laid waste. 17 The Lord will bring on you and on your people and on the house of your father a time unlike any since Ephraim broke away from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.”
Before the child knows enough to reject the wrong and choose right, the land of the two kings YOU DREAD (i.e. Ahaz) will be laid to waste. So what is the context of this verse? That the sign was for King Ahaz, in regards to the two kings that were about to make war with him. Thats how simple it is to prove christianity wrong.
Your answer will be some type of gymnastics flip to where somehow, the sign that was for King Ahaz to show that at THAT TIME, God would be with him in the upcoming war all of a sudden becomes a sign for a man/god entity. And you believe it because you've never read the OT with the intent of believing it. You were taught the NT, and went back to the OT and superimposed the NT over it. Its literally the only way one can be a christian...
At the end of the day:
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word,
it is because
there is no light in them.
Telling me Paul talked to Jesus is like telling me Buddha talked to Krishna.. So what? If you cant prove their word true using the law, then according to this verse, theres no light in what they're offering...
I actually started out reading the Bible cover to cover...
And actually when you see Jesus for who He is..the once for all sacrifice...Isiah 53 is clear as day to you.
Acts 9:3-7, 10-19
“As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him,
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said,
“I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do.” The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one.
Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision,
“Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” And the Lord said to him, “
Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.” But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name.” But the Lord said to him, “
Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; and he took food and was strengthened. N ow for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus.
I guess, we might still be guessing about Paul but when Ananias went and laid hands on him because Jesus ordered Him too...that was the corroborative story we needed to believe what Paul said was true.
Boring... Going from an eye for an eye to turn the other cheek is a change. Going for every man dies for their own sin to one man/god dies for everyone's sin is a change. So thats how its factual how the NT doesnt go with the OT. It changes the whole tenor of everything the OT stood for. Its why you cant prove most of the things you say using it...
Yet, God treated Cain very well considering, he didn’t give the right sacrifice and he killed his brother.
Genesis 4:3-15
So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.” Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is too great to bear! Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.
You said "we cant follow what is right" yet David, who was a murderer, was accepted of the Most High... So if the Most High accepted David, if its written that a righteous man falls down 7 times and gets up 8, then theres nothing to His standards being to hard to keep.
We can‘t keep God’s standards at all...there is always sin in our lives.
Its easy to say that the NT is the "rest of the story" just as its easy for a Muslim to say the Quran is the rest of the story to the NT. Its harder to prove it..
I did prove it..you won’t take the proof though.
All your NT is, is a gentile attempt to rewrite their ending. Let me know if you want me to continue with what the OT (not me) says will happen in regards to Israel/Gentiles in the last days...
Jesus is going into the milennium as King and He will rule with a rod of iron.
Revelation 19:15
From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty.
And it won’t be the Christians ..they will rule with Him..
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
It won’t be the Jews because they will be busy burying the dead...
Ezekiel 39:11-16
On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog. For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself,” declares the Lord GOD. “They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man’s bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land.”
