What's the difference between Old testament and New?

Question

Are Christians supposed to believe only or the other, or both? If you believe in God and the bible, why would one part of it be wrong and the other right? Were they written far apart from each other (in terms of WHEN they were written)?

Answer 1

The word Bible actually means "little books." It took over 1600 years to write. The Bible is not an unrelated assortment or collection of man made fragments from Jewish and Christian literature. Rather, it is an organizational book, highly unified and interconnected in its various segments, which indeed reflect the systematic orderliness of the Creator-Author himself. God’s dealings with Israel in giving them a comprehensive law code as well as regulations governing matters even down to small details of camp life—things that were later mirrored in the Davidic kingdom as well as in the congregational arrangement among first-century Christians—reflect and magnify this organizational aspect of the Bible.



The Bible has a theme that is carried out from Genesis to Revelation which is basically, 'from paradise lost to paradise regained' It talks about how God is going to use his Kingdom to bring back the paradise conditions that Adam and Eve lost and vindicate his name in the process. The Hebrew scriptures (OT) talk about the history of the Jews as they watched and waited for the Messiah. The Christian Greek scriptures (NT) tell about the Messiah and what the future holds as he, the King of God's Kingdom works to bring back paradise to the Earth.

Answer 2

The Old Testament is also known as "the Hebrew Scriptures." The books of the OT were written for the Jewish community of faith. The OT has a much longer history than the New.

The New Testament books were written several hundred years after the OT. The NT gospels are about the life of Jesus, the Epistles are letters written by Paul and others to various churches, and the book of Revelation is a book about the end times using allegory and metaphor, and not to be taken literally.

Answer 3

Both the Old and New Testaments are right. They're two halves of the same story. The last books of the Old Testament (timewise) were written about 500 years before the first books of the New Testament. The rules of the OT didn't get erased by the NT, but instead were clarified by it. God isn't so much interested in the adherance to specific rules, but in adherance to the spirit behind those rules. As for the difference in tone between the OT and the NT, you should read them and judge for yourself. That used to be one of my biggest problems - why was the God of the OT so much harsher than the God of the NT? Then I read the Bible, and to my great surprise, I found that there isn't nearly as much difference as I'd thought. There is a lot of love and compassion in the OT, and God repeatedly says that he wants people to love each other more than he wants them to strictly obey certain rules and rituals ('rend your hearts and not your garments, etc.'). Also, there are parts of the NT that show God as a bit stricter than people portray him nowadays. Look how Jesus talked to Judas or the Pharisees (especially the part about them being like millstones around people's necks) or rich men. Think about the part where he compares the narrow path to heaven and the broad path to hell. I think getting to the Kingdom of God might not be as easy as we'd like. Anyway, I think the tones of the Old and New Testaments are in fact quite similar, despite how they've been portrayed by our religious leaders today.

Answer 4

The main Difference is the that GOD in OT is a criminal, Imagine some one today would tell you that story without Cristian intervention? What would be the reaction. Genocidal, Unjust, Unmercefull, Terrorist and so on...

The New T is democratic. Jesus realise what ppl was teaching and learning before is totaly wrong. Jesus still was a men of his time but he did bring the revolutionarry ideas and he was punished for that. WHile there are many crimes in NT its totaly different GOD and totaly different way of looking at the things.

Early Church mongers purposley misinterpret so can persue thier own agenada and then all those doctrines and dogmas came out. If for a second to a new person who never read bible you give a chance to read OT and then after while give him NT he would not be able to understand that its the same GOD.

And that is what Jesus was trying to teach. But thank to radical Cristians we now got total corrupted misinterpreted legend of who was who and why.



The first revolution started IN Heaven when Angels rebel. THey simply did not wanted to be slaves to Humans. GOD quickly figure out that behaviour like this has to be procecuted . Stalin learned from the best. THen ppl was in fear for while hearing those horrible things that devil could not even do him self.

THen Comes Democrat Jesus and saying Guys its time for love not war. But again some twisted minds got away with thier twists of reality.

THerefore GOD exists.

Answer 5

The Old Testament talks about the relationship between God and Abraham's people and things that happened to those people. Books that God's Kings of Israel and the Prophets had written. The Prophets wrote about a redeemer that would come. The Jews today leave a seat open for the coming of Elijia(sp) to anounce the coming of the Christ in... is it Yom Kippur? One of the feasts.

The New Testament is what Christians believe is the fulfilment of the prophecies of the Old Testament. I think the last book (hey I'm going on memory for this) of the Old Testament was written 400 years before Christ was born and the first book of the New Testament was written about 5 years after His death.

It's important to have both as a cross reference of the prophecies 'prove' according to Christian belief, that Jesus was the Christ.

Answer 6

Difference: Time and premises.

Belief: Yes, Christians believe in both, but acknowledge that with the coming of Christ, the old ways were given up in favor of the new.

Wrong and Right: The Old Testament was right for the people who only had it to live by... The New: for those who cam after that.

Written far apart from each other: The division is just prior to the birth of Christ.

Answer 7

Lots of difference.

Religiously, the Old testament is the history of the Chosen People and their adventures... plus some. The books of the Old Testament have been written in different languages (Sanskrit, Greek and Hebrew), by different people, at different time. It even speaks of God with different names - that of course I will not name here. Writing time? ohhhh. first millenar bC, and before.



These dates are accepted by most historians. It is proven that no parts of the Gospels have been written for a LONG time after the facts.



The Gospel - also called New Testament - is the story of the arrival of the Messiah - messanger from God. His name is Jesus... It is written by 4 different writers... and it is evaluated having been written after the year 400 to 600 EC...

Answer 8

The Old Testament was written in BC, starting with Moses receiving 10 Commandments and writing first 5 books of Bible.

The New Testament was written after Christ died, starting about 30 years after, I think maybe even 15 years after. The people who walked with him were still around, some contributed to the New Testament. The New Testament is about Jesus and Salvation through him. The Old Testament is about original laws and history of Gods chosen people as well as filled with prophecies of Jesus and even end times. Jesus is the Word made flesh and God is the Word, so Jesus his God. I think there was like 500 years between.





The Old Testament seems very harsh at times, seems an angry God. Jesus does explain the commandments and laws by rephrasing things, not changing the law. He made is easier to understand. He also points out that the greatest command is to love God and your fellow man.

Answer 9

a christian perspective jews could no longer agree the previous testomony if refered to with the aid of fact the 'torah' or 'e book of regulation' assume to been written by making use of moses and the later followers years after the torah is basically a rule e book it tells you' what to do and 'what you cant do' each and each e book interior the previous testomony has a income that lived an significant roles for the jews beginning with adam all a thank you to jesus. the recent testomony is in greek Scripture supposedly the pauline era scribes from Paul's followers considering the fact that paul variety Christianity. the recent testomony is all approximately jesus beginning till his death and then his disciples persevering along with his artwork after his death and paul receiving visions and forming his ministry and preaching the gosbel and forming christainty. alongside with the 2nd coming of jesus and pastime the oldestment is a jewish source the recent testomony is a christians source those 2 religions have friction against one yet another reason the jews say jesus is a fraud and christians say he's god i dont have any source however the hebrew bible is fantastically lots the previous testomony different than worded diffrent with the comparable factors and storys.

Answer 10

There is a difference of about 400 years between the Old Testament and the New. Between those years, there were books written that were later denounced by most religions as being not canonical, we call those books the Apocrypha.



The New Testament is all about the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. Jewish folk do not use our New Testament at all, they see Jesus as a prophet, not the Messiah.



Because we as Christians are of Jesus flock (the Jews are not), we know that no longer are the Laws of Moses necessary for us, as we are redeemed through grace. Will the Law save us? No. Will it help us live better lives? Absolutely!

Answer 11

A lot of Christians disavow the so-called "Old Testament", claiming that once Jesus came on the scene, all other laws, rules and history were null and void.



However, as a Jew, I take some exception to that.

Clearly, both Testaments serve spiritual purposes.



As for the differences, the Tanach (which includes the Five Books of Moses, a.k.a. Torah) really is a study in people.

It teaches us what people did - both right and wrong - and how to live ethical lives.

The history is rich, the commandments are fair and the message is the same: EVERY person, regardless of faith, has something to offer in this world and is welcome into the Kingdom of God.



The Gospels are just as important to Christians, as it explains various interpretations of what Jesus taught, through the writings of people who either experienced his teachings or who retold those stories, years after Jesus died.

The caveat, if you will, is that you MUST believe in Jesus before you can go to heaven.



Both Testaments are worth reading, for Jews, Christians and non-believers.

However, it saddens me that many Christians choose to accept only the New Testament and forsake the very foundation from which Jesus was raised as (he was, after all, Jewish, lived a Jewish life and died as a Jew).



Yet, some of those same Christians will pick-and-choose only those parts of Torah that suit their purposes.

Unfortunately, they miss out on so much wonderful insight and history.

Answer 12

Christians don't understand their own Bible. The labels they put on those two sections are completely artificial. If they actually read their own Scriptures in context, they would realize that the "Old Covenant" is the "covenant of sin and death" against the unregenerate man. The "New Covenant" is the covenant of life for those who have been regenerated.



The authors of the "New Testament" documents never considered their works to be part of a new section of the Scriptures that were to be called "New Testament" -- that designation is entirely the tradition of men. The entire Bible is the Word of G-d and is profitable for doctrine, for correction in how you live, etc. The Christians give lip service to the idea but refuse to live by it.

Answer 13

The Old Testament is everything used to be done. It tells us the strictness of the laws and what you had to do to be considered blameless by God. The New Testament tells the story of how Jesus came to put an end to all the rigid rules, and made it so all you had to do to be saved was believe and accept him. Christians are to believe the entire bible, although that doesn't mean that all the Old Testament rules are still to be followed today.

Answer 14

I as a Christian do not believe in one part as opposed to another, I believe in the Bible as a Whole. The only differance between the Old and the New is that the old is before Christ's birth and the New is After He was born

and speaks alot about his lfe and what he did on earth and how HE died for our sins. The Old testament prophets prophesied Jesus' Birth

Answer 15

Supposedly, the old testament are a group of stories written by so-called prophets before the birth of Christ, and then the New Testament are books written afterwards, the first four called "the Gospels" which are four different witnesses as to the life of Christ, and the rest of them were writings and letters by Jesus' followers after his death as they went into the rest of the known world to preach the gospel.



With that said, personally, all of it is as good as toilet paper, because you know what? Any Tom, **** and Harry can write a book and claim they were inspired by God to write it. How do we know it is true? And don't tell me that it is "faith" because that's not good enough.



Personally, I prefer to have a personal relationship with God, than an organized one according to the so-called church leaders who aren't any more perfect than I am.

Answer 16

The different between the Old and New, The Old is before the written word, and The new is with words you can understand and there is no right or wrong. Remember the Bible has been rewritten many times by non-chistians if loses the flavor.

Answer 17

theological answer to your question is the old testament was written to point to the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection of jesus and the new testament was written to point back to it



as far as time frames go the number you most often hear tossed around is about 500 years b/t them



oh, and yeah the old testament was written to say if you do this this and this then you get to go to heaven. the new testament says all the work was done for you all you gotta do is believe it

Answer 18

The O.T. records the beginning of the world and the preservation of the Godly seed. It gives the history of Israel and predicts the end time, a lot more. The N.T. tells of Jesus' earthly ministry and the beginning of the church.

Christians believe both testaments.

Answer 19

The old testament is from the olden days and the new testament came out in the late 90's when Vanilla Ice was getting really popular.

Answer 20

The Old Testament was written about 3400 - 2400 yrs ago and the New Testament was written about 2000 yrs ago.

Answer 21

The incarnation of Jesus The Christ... There is a whole lot of study'n to get the rest of the answer. Y'a can't have one without the other



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Answer 22

The New Testament, fulfills the promise of the Old.

Answer 23

In the old testament people lived under the law in the new testament we live under the blood.

Answer 24

Old testament and New? Old was before Christ, New was after.

Answer 25

Blood (OT)before Jesus sacrifice,Forgiveness(NT)during and after Jesus sacrifice.

Answer 26

old testament is before Jesus' BIRTH!!!



new testament is about the time right before Jesus' BIRTH and goes from there.

Answer 27

Old is what happened first and New is the newest that had happened

Answer 28

old testemint was before jesus was crusified and new is after he was crusified

Answer 29

BC and AD