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The seemingly stark contrast between the OT and NT God explained...
The Bible is a book of dispensations. There is the dispensation of the law and then there is also the dispensation of grace. The old covenant reveals God as it pertains to his nature as a divine being of morality and perfect justice. It demonstrates the extent of mans sinfulness and Gods holiness and showcases the irreconcilable gulf between the two. It establishes allot of much needed context to the NT in regards to what it is that man needs to be saved from which is the eventual and sure condemnation that sin and rebellion brings from a just and holy God. The OT shows that on the pure basis of the law we are all guilty and also reveals Gods moral disposition and just punishment toward sin. It is a revelation of Gods dealings with man on the sheer basis of the law and the consequences that violating these laws bring. It reveals what it means to and for the world. God is a moral being of justice, but like any judge that must judge in the fairness of the law this does not mean that he is unfair or cruel at heart. It simply means that he must judge without partiality according to the law. This brings us to the mission of Christ...
The NT reveals God as the father and his relatablity to man(as we are made in his image) that always existed, yet was shutup from the world cause of sin. In the OT men were classified as servants or rebels, because sinful man could be nothing more to a holy divine God due to sin. Jesus came to reconcile us back to the father through the adoption as sons or daughters which was the initial state of existence before the fall of man. Through Christ God can legally dismiss our case and revoke our sentence, because justice was satisfied on the cross through Christ. Gods predisposition toward us changed once our case was removed as it went from one as a judge who views a rebel into one as a father that views a child as it was in the beginning before the fall. In order to understand the grace of God you need to first understand the law and the severity of breaking it.
The Bible is a book of dispensations. There is the dispensation of the law and then there is also the dispensation of grace. The old covenant reveals God as it pertains to his nature as a divine being of morality and perfect justice. It demonstrates the extent of mans sinfulness and Gods holiness and showcases the irreconcilable gulf between the two. It establishes allot of much needed context to the NT in regards to what it is that man needs to be saved from which is the eventual and sure condemnation that sin and rebellion brings from a just and holy God. The OT shows that on the pure basis of the law we are all guilty and also reveals Gods moral disposition and just punishment toward sin. It is a revelation of Gods dealings with man on the sheer basis of the law and the consequences that violating these laws bring. It reveals what it means to and for the world. God is a moral being of justice, but like any judge that must judge in the fairness of the law this does not mean that he is unfair or cruel at heart. It simply means that he must judge without partiality according to the law. This brings us to the mission of Christ...
The NT reveals God as the father and his relatablity to man(as we are made in his image) that always existed, yet was shutup from the world cause of sin. In the OT men were classified as servants or rebels, because sinful man could be nothing more to a holy divine God due to sin. Jesus came to reconcile us back to the father through the adoption as sons or daughters which was the initial state of existence before the fall of man. Through Christ God can legally dismiss our case and revoke our sentence, because justice was satisfied on the cross through Christ. Gods predisposition toward us changed once our case was removed as it went from one as a judge who views a rebel into one as a father that views a child as it was in the beginning before the fall. In order to understand the grace of God you need to first understand the law and the severity of breaking it.
- very convenient to dodge criticism on the part of the early "Christians")