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Travel on over the Bible Discussion Forum...........there is an entire thread concerning why we read the First Testament located there............should provide you with all the answers you need.......
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The New Testament is an easier read and much shorter. I guess the fact that it's all about Jesus and the Holy Spirit doesn't hurt either. Many Christians find it more difficult and/or aren't willing to see the foreshadowing of Christ and His work in the Old Testament.
......and there are those who don't believe He was around in those times.........you know who they are......
All of the Bible is relevant, and all of it can teach and show you amazing things. The New Testament is usually read more/first because it has the most important and relevant news to share: Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the beautiful thing He has done for us.
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We should read the WHOLE bible in full New and Old Testament to understand the whole picture because the New testament like what Jesus Christ said is a continuation to the Old NOT cancelling or replacing it. So in order to get the right picture and full understanding we have to make sure to read and understand BOTH testaments.
I suppose I don't have a good answer for this. I am a follower of Jesus Christ, Son of God, who I actually believe IS God, in flesh. Therefore his teachings, which are found in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in the Bible need to be obeyed. That explains my devotion to those particular teachings, anyway.
God speaks in the Old Testament, also. I guess I've come to believe that in the Old Testament, he was speaking to the Jews, not us. That is because there are a lot of things God commanded the Jews to do that we Christians don't generally do, such as observe Jubilees.
they're not different things, but all part of the same revealed testimony of the same God, the one and only true living God.
what we call the "old testament" is a collection of books that tell "part 1" of the story of God and mankind. then something very important happened in time, in that story. what we call the "new testament" is also a collection of books that continue the same story of God and mankind, only these are all "part 2" which were written soon after that very important event occurred.
during part 1, God chose a man and made a nation from his children. and when it was time, He made a covenant with them, and part of it was a law they were to keep, and He would be their God, and they would be His people, and He would bless them. but if they failed to obey His law, and turned away from Him, they would fall under a curse. their story is told in the book - they accepted the covenant, they were not able to keep the law, and God and men were separated.
but something very important about the event that separates the "old" and "new" testaments is that God completed the covenant, and covered the fault of His nation. not only that, but He offered mankind a new covenant, and not just to His chosen nation, but to all people, for He had scattered His people like seeds among all the nations, and He made a way for every people to become His own, and even more to become adopted as His children. the way is a person, Jesus.
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Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well. For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek." For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.
(Heb 7:11-19)
Abolished the Levitical Priesthood, hence a whole new ball game.