Emphasis of the New Testament over the Old Testament | Rapp Report Daily 0014 | Andrew Rappaport | SFE | Striving for Eternity

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The New Testament as the Interpreter of the Old Testament

One thing you're going to see whenever you deal with any one of the cults is an overemphasis on the Old Testament. This is something you have to be careful with when it comes to interpreting Scripture because we have to remember that the Old Testament is going to be interpreted by the New Testament.

In other words, the Old Testament does have a meaning, but we have more information as Revelation was progressive and we continue to be revealed to us, we have more information in the New Testament than the Old Testament.

But many of those that want to believe in false beliefs like Mormonism or Jehovah Witnesses, you're going to see that they emphasize much of the Old Testament over the New Testament, where Christianity is going to emphasize the New Testament over the Old Testament.

In other words, when we look at the two major parts of Scripture, the New Testament is going to be the one we're going to look at as more authoritative and as explaining the Old Testament. Why do people go to the Old Testament for a lot of beliefs when they want to teach things that are wrong?

Because they want to take things that are either cultural or historical and try to give it new meanings so that they could justify different doctrines and positions that they have today. If you'd like to learn more about different world religions, you can get my book, What Do They Believe?, at whatdothebelieve .com, with the Striving for Eternity store.

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