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AJB4
27th March 2007, 12:57 AM
Lately I've been thinking that the Old Testament seems radically different than the New Testament God. The New Testament God seems like a 'true God', while the Old Testament God seemed borderline Satanic at times. Just to scratch the surface:

1) Some men committed truly great sins (King David for example) but were not punished by death from God. However, two people lost their lives: 1) Because they looked back at the city, and 2) The other because he put his hand up to stop the Arc of Covenant from falling. It seemed that the Old Testament God had things a little backwards.

2) The Old Testament God did things like this (http://www.churchhopping.com/ten-verses-never-preached-on/).

Compare what the Old Testament God did to what Jesus said and it seems like they were two completely different beings.

Which leads me to ask, does the Orthodox church take the Old Testament literally?
Knowledge3
27th March 2007, 01:06 AM
I am who I am ~ what God said to his servant Moses of the Israelite OT.
I am ~ Jesus Christ.





Blessings :priest:
AJB4
27th March 2007, 01:17 AM
That doesn't mean a thing. Anyone could say that. It doesn't make the God of the OT and the God of the NT the same being.
Orthosdoxa
27th March 2007, 01:23 AM
We just had a thread about this, maybe it could help. I'll look for it.
Orthosdoxa
27th March 2007, 01:32 AM
http://www.christianforums.com/t4995651
Knowledge3
27th March 2007, 03:23 AM
That doesn't mean a thing. Anyone could say that. It doesn't make the God of the OT and the God of the NT the same being.

God the Father and God the Holy Spirit is the same God of the OT Trinity.

The NT Jesus Christ was a public revelation of His person A.D. 1
OrthoCanuck
27th March 2007, 12:22 PM
Well the OT God and NT God are the same being (obviously).

I remember part of a sermon given by the deacon on the Sunday of Last Judgement where he told us to remember that fact and he had some really good stuff to say...unfortunately I cannot remember it all.

One point he made is that we look at the OT in light of the new and that all God did to and for the Isrealites was to prepare them for the incarnation. I wish I could remember the rest accurately....



Peace.