The Old and New God
I have come to believe that we, as a society, see God as something other than what is presented in the Old Testament. In our society today, the belief is that God is all-powerful, all knowing, just and loving, at least according to the New Testament. Comparing various ways that God has treated those who have made mistakes, or even sinned, it is easy to see that the God in the Old Testament is a vengeful, harsh God. However, the God in the New Testament is a loving, forgiving entity. In the book of Genesis, we meet Adam and Eve, and some of God's first creations. Adam and Eve are two very innocent beings. They have yet to experience "sin." They live their innocent lives in the Garden of Eden in which there is the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God has warned them not to eat the apple from the tree. In the text, the serpent convinces Eve that there is nothing wrong with eating from the tree. Even though she has been informed not to, she is convinced that nothing bad could come of it. In fact, the serpent says it will not harm her. After Adam and Eve both ate, their eyes were "opened" and what followed has been called the fall from grace. What was God's response? Although God acknowledged w
Rather than kill off such an advanced civilization He created, why didn't He try to set them on the right path? Basically, He gave Himself a second chance. These are all examples of how Jesus (God) is loving, caring, and forgiving, in the New Testament. Backhanding, in that era, was a huge insult. God had requested that Jonah go to the city of Nineveh to warn the inhabitants that God was aware of their sinful ways and was ready to destroy the city in 40 days if their sins were not repented. And from these examples it is easy to say that the God from the Old Testament, is not the loving God that society embraces. And as the Roman soldiers came for Jesus, one of the apostles cut off one of the soldier's ears. But Jesus silenced them and on the spot cured the man. God was disgusted with his human creations. Jonah refused to go and ran away, boarding a ship. By saying this, Jesus teaches that rather than retaliate, teach. Those were several examples from the Old Testament as to how God is presented as unloving and vengeful. God could have gone about asking Jonah after he refused in a much nicer, gentler way. Although He did inform them that they ought not to eat it, He didn't stress what would befall them, rather He just told them they would die.
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