Hello again, @Hidden In Him,
At the end of the Old Testament, in Malachi, warning was given of the wrath to come. The promise in that same prophetic book was of the One Who was to come, and the one who would herald His coming. Then came the gospel record which offered the means of escape from that wrath, with the message of the gospel of the Kingdom first of all, with the intent that Israel should be saved and take up their divinely appointed role as Priests unto God to the nations. Their repentance would have brought Christ back to the earth, and the judgement of God taking place and all that is foretold in the book of Revelation would have followed.
The New Testament was God reaching out to mankind with the means of escape from the day of wrath which was to come, and the restoration of Israel. This condescension on God's part was an act of supreme grace on the part of a Holy, Righteous and yet Just God, Who sought to redeem mankind, through Christ, for He was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. Like a human ark into which mankind could come to escape the judgement to come and the wrath that will be poured out.
Forgive this, for it is a gross simplification, with so much left out which is vital to us, who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ following the rejection of Israel of their Messiah and King. However, I believe this explains the difference we see in the way that we perceive God in the NT and the OT. The New Testament is a message of salvation by God's abundant grace and the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and his sacrificial offering of Himself is a reflection of the character of God, which could not have been shown in any other way.
May His Name be glorified among us, and Christ honoured!
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris
At the end of the Old Testament, in Malachi, warning was given of the wrath to come. The promise in that same prophetic book was of the One Who was to come, and the one who would herald His coming. Then came the gospel record which offered the means of escape from that wrath, with the message of the gospel of the Kingdom first of all, with the intent that Israel should be saved and take up their divinely appointed role as Priests unto God to the nations. Their repentance would have brought Christ back to the earth, and the judgement of God taking place and all that is foretold in the book of Revelation would have followed.
The New Testament was God reaching out to mankind with the means of escape from the day of wrath which was to come, and the restoration of Israel. This condescension on God's part was an act of supreme grace on the part of a Holy, Righteous and yet Just God, Who sought to redeem mankind, through Christ, for He was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. Like a human ark into which mankind could come to escape the judgement to come and the wrath that will be poured out.
Forgive this, for it is a gross simplification, with so much left out which is vital to us, who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ following the rejection of Israel of their Messiah and King. However, I believe this explains the difference we see in the way that we perceive God in the NT and the OT. The New Testament is a message of salvation by God's abundant grace and the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and his sacrificial offering of Himself is a reflection of the character of God, which could not have been shown in any other way.
May His Name be glorified among us, and Christ honoured!
Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris