The Way Back to God God created man and woman: “ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1.27) He gave them two choices of Life or Death: “ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2.16-17) Due to making the wrong choice by listening to Satan, the man, the woman and all of creation came under the curse of death: “ T hrough one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—“ (Romans 5.12) God, in his mercy, at the same time of putting the creation under the curse, provided also for its redemption: “ And I will put enmity b etween you (Satan) an...
Purpose Very commonly Christians, when they talk about The Old Testament & The New Testament, tend to not really differentiate between the two, but see them as equally valid instructions while at the same time saying they are different. My aim is to provide an accurate perspective of what the Old Testament & The New Testament are in relation to each other and how they can be understood taken together. Introduction The Holy Bible is divided into two main sections or books: The Old Testament & The New Testament. These two books are related. At the same time, they are not the same. Each serve a different but connected purpose in the plan of God for human beings. What is The Old Testament Sometime in the course of human history, after people have been on this earth for a few generations, God, the creator of Heaven and Earth, came to Abraham. God spoke to him: “”God had told Abram, “Leave your own country behind you, and your own people, and ...