Are there Different Gods of the OT and NT?

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Marcion and the Claim of Two Different Gods

Welcome to The Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications. This is a ministry of striving for eternity.

Why is the God of the New Testament so different than the God of the Old Testament? Well, this is an argument that's not actually all that new. Actually, one of the early church fathers had to deal with this.

Because very early into church history, Marcion had come up with the idea that there were two different gods. One of the Old Testament and one of the New Testament. And the God of the Old Testament was somehow this wrathful, hateful God.

Where the God of the New Testament was this loving God. Very different. However, what we end up seeing is that's not exactly true. The God of the Old Testament is consistent and the same God of the New Testament.

God Does Not Change, but His Covenant People Do

However, what people fail to recognize because they want to focus on somehow God has changed. When God didn't change, who God is dealing with has changed. In other words, God in the Old Testament is dealing with a nation, the nation of Israel.

Who was supposed to be as a nation representing Him. And He had rules and laws for them to follow as a nation of ambassadors. A nation that represented Him. Now we deal with a church. A church that is from all over the world, from many nations, still representing Him.

However, we don't come as one nation conquering as a nation. We come as people from all the nations sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. So it's not that God changed. It's who He is dealing with changed.

Israel and the Church in God's Redemptive Plan

It's no longer Israel, but now the church.

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