Posts Tagged ‘Validity Of The Bible’
In the old testament, there are so many rules that God made. Like in the book of Leviticus. Chapter after chapter of rules, dont eat this, dont touch unclean things, dont think these thoughts. And then there are all these rituals you have to do to "cleanse" yourself if you do something wrong. Just an example of what i mean; the bible says you cant eat pork because it is unclean. If i eat pork, choke on it, and didnt get a chance to ask for forgiveness before I die, will i go to hell because of it?
I am not looking for confrontation regarding the validity of the bible; I believe in it, was raised in it. I just have never known, how do i distinguish which laws are as pertinent today as they were back then?
BTW, I know, all laws regarding sacrificing are moot, because Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice.
I have also always heard that the bible was written by men and has been editied and changed so much that who knows what in it is really from God and how much is just the word of man. But what can you do? I fear eternal damnation, I have to take the bible as my guide.
Thank you all for your insights, i do greatly appreciate it.
So many different points of view…I was raised Chrisitan, but since i was forced to go to church 5 out of 7 days of the week since i was 8, I strayed once I left home. Now, I am trying to learn on my own. I live in Germany, and finding a good church, not just a military chapel, is near impossible. I do thank you all for taking the time to read and answer. God Bless you all.
There were many laws to follow strictly, to the letter, but this was done to separate themselves from the pagan practices around the Israelites to set them apart from the rest of the nations. Jehovah wanted everyone to know that they were His people and that they did not follow the pagan practices of the other nations, nor did they form marriage alliances with them (Deut 7:1-4).
If you recall, though, the nation of Israel turned away from following the true God, Jehovah, and he took his spirit from them and allowed them to be killed, or captured and enslaved by powerful armies, twice – 607 B.C.E. and 70 C.E. (2 Kings 25; 2 Chron 36; historical data of 70 C.E.)
This was showing that God had taken his blessing away from Israel and he made a New Covenant, one with a spiritual nation and with his son, who was able to cleanse mankind so that they could approach Jehovah God in prayer and get forgiveness of past sins (Matt 6:9-14; Heb 9:22; Col 1:14). It is only by means of Christ Jesus that we can gain favor in Jehovah God’s eyes, again, so this is why his death was so important (Acts 10:43; Heb 10:18). After the sacrificial death of Jesus, mankind was "cleansed," by his blood and so this took the Old Law, the Mosaic Law, and voided it, if you will, and thus began a New one (Isa 53:12; 1 Pet 2:24; Col 2:14). Since we had all sinned by means of Adam (Rom 5:12), a perfect man, then we needed to have the blood, or life, of another perfect man take his place, as a ransom, and the only one qualified for this was, God’s son. But Jesus was raised up and he resides in heaven with God (Matt 16:21; 1 Cor 15:4; Phil 2:9; Acts 2:33).
