03-28-2016, 01:37 PM
(03-28-2016, 01:29 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Today, there is more of an effort among Christians to learn about the Jewish roots of their religion. Which makes sense, seeing as you cannot even begin to understand the New Testament until you have a working understanding of the Old Testament and you cannot understand the Old Testament until you have a working understanding of early Judaism. This lack of understanding has caused more misinterpretation of Christian scripture and doctrine than anything else.
Solid post overall, I just didn't want to quote the whole thing. I'm aware of the history, but it's always nice to see others recognizing this sort of thing. To this last part, agree entirely. I have said in a thread here before that we have to have both the OT and the NT because without the OT, we have no context, no understanding for the NT. Unfortunately, this went into a back and forth that was pointless, but I'm happy to see someone else saying this. The OT is not there for those that are Christians, especially those without any Jewish heritage, to use for laws to follow and all of that. The OT is there for us to understand the NT.
