Someone Posted:
"Christians are great at promoting the loving Jesus of the New Testament, but very few can convincingly explain the horrific portrayal of God in the Old Testament — how do you explain it?"
David Carner commented:
"The old testament was written instructions on how to run a government. Jesus' ministry was about how to live your personal life. Paul's letters were instructions on how to run a church.
The Torah says to stone adulterers to death so that the people would be afraid to do this again. (Not that it would never happen, but if killing 2 people stops 100 affairs, preserves 50 marriages and saves 200 kids from growing up in broken homes it's worth it.)
Jesus said, 'whoever looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. It shows that the standard of true perfection is beyond human ability. He avoided talking about legal action; keeping in mind Israel was under the rule of Rome.
Paul said that if someone is living in unrepentant adultery that you not accept him as a believer or a member of your church.
I don't see any contradictions here; only commands that were given in different contexts.
As for God's direct intervention; Jesus talked many times about coming judgment so I don't see any contradiction there either."
"Christians are great at promoting the loving Jesus of the New Testament, but very few can convincingly explain the horrific portrayal of God in the Old Testament — how do you explain it?"
David Carner commented:
"The old testament was written instructions on how to run a government. Jesus' ministry was about how to live your personal life. Paul's letters were instructions on how to run a church.
The Torah says to stone adulterers to death so that the people would be afraid to do this again. (Not that it would never happen, but if killing 2 people stops 100 affairs, preserves 50 marriages and saves 200 kids from growing up in broken homes it's worth it.)
Jesus said, 'whoever looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. It shows that the standard of true perfection is beyond human ability. He avoided talking about legal action; keeping in mind Israel was under the rule of Rome.
Paul said that if someone is living in unrepentant adultery that you not accept him as a believer or a member of your church.
I don't see any contradictions here; only commands that were given in different contexts.
As for God's direct intervention; Jesus talked many times about coming judgment so I don't see any contradiction there either."
No comments:
Post a Comment