Study Religious Studies notes on Relationship between the Old Testament and New Testament for Secondary. Useful for revision, homework, and exam preparation in Zimbabwe.
A free account is needed to download. Sign in or create one
This is the Religious Studies notes. It is a free notes for revision.
*Relationship between OT and NT* The Old Testament lays the foundation for the teachings and events found in the New Testament. The Bible is a progressive revelation. If you skip the first half of any good book and try to finish it, you will have a difficult time understanding the characters, the plot and the ending. In the same way, the New Testament is only completely understood when it is rightly viewed as a fulfillment of the events, characters, laws, sacrificial system, covenants and promises of the Old Testament. If the only Word from God that we had was just the New Testament, we would come to the Gospels and not really know why the Jews were even searching for a Messiah. Without the benefit of what God shares with us in the Old Testament, we would be unable to identify Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah through the many detailed prophecies that were given Him, e.g., His birthplace (Micah 5:2); His manner of death (Psalm 22 and Psalm 69:21); His resurrection (Psalm 16:10) and many more details of His ministry (Isaiah 52:19, 9:2).