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Great post. That is why it is important I think to know the background f the people and the time when we read scripture. And also the language style the Hebrews used so as to gather the full picture of what the Old Testament did to lay the foundation for understanding the pending New.
Unfortunately Denominationalism and those churches that teach only the New Testament, saying the Old Testament is obsolete, or that it does not apply to the church today because it is strictly the record of God's relationship with the Hebrews and Israel. The anti-Jewish stance in those Denominational practices, dogma, lead many a congregant astray. And I think that is what is responsible for so little understanding of the New Testament today by those affiliated with such churches. They have no foundation in how the NT came to be; through the OT.
There was no Denominations/sects in the early centuries of our faith. That split of the people of Christ was due to the Great Schism of 1054 A.D. . And we've been a fractured people ever since.
People hold their faith in their particular sect or denomination rather than hold faith to the simple pure truth of God's words.
Unfortunately Denominationalism and those churches that teach only the New Testament, saying the Old Testament is obsolete, or that it does not apply to the church today because it is strictly the record of God's relationship with the Hebrews and Israel. The anti-Jewish stance in those Denominational practices, dogma, lead many a congregant astray. And I think that is what is responsible for so little understanding of the New Testament today by those affiliated with such churches. They have no foundation in how the NT came to be; through the OT.
There was no Denominations/sects in the early centuries of our faith. That split of the people of Christ was due to the Great Schism of 1054 A.D. . And we've been a fractured people ever since.
People hold their faith in their particular sect or denomination rather than hold faith to the simple pure truth of God's words.