How does the New Testament differ from the Old Testament

It is impossible to realize the heights of the moral meaning that the New Testament contains, if we consider it in isolation from the Old Testament. Only when you read it, page by page, you can understand how long people have passed from the commandments of Moses to the commandments of Jesus, voiced in the Sermon on the Mount.

It is not necessary to look at these two parts of the Bible from the point of view of their content, since it describes the events that occurred with different people at different times. And John Chrysostom was right , seeing their difference not in essence, but in time. A close connection in the other is in the community of religious-legislative and moral-doctrinal aspects. This connection was recognized by Christ when he said that he came to fulfill the law and the prophecies, and not to violate them. The Christian Church considers the New Testament to be morally higher, but recognizes that it not only does not abolish the Old Testament moral norms, but deepens and strengthens them.

While preaching, Christ paid attention to the main principle determining the attitude of man to man. The essence of this main principle, which coordinates the new doctrine with the old law and the teaching of the prophets, Jesus expressed this: in everything, as we want people to do with us, we must do the same.

The motive for punishment for unrighteous life also unites the Old and New Testaments. Both of them promise people an inevitable, but fair trial in accordance with the measure of love and mercy that we showed or did not show to each other. These criteria are also fundamental to the old law and the prophets. Love for people, love for God - Christ pointed these commandments of the New Testament as the greatest, most important. On the identical commandments, law and prophets are also affirmed.

However, the Hebrew Bible, according to the canon of Israel, includes four sections, consisting of twenty-two books, but the New Testament does not. But it contains many evidences of the sanctity and "inspiration" of the Old Testament texts. All four authors of the Gospels speak about this. This is in the deeds of the apostles, in the epistles to the nations, in the apostolic conciliar messages. Carefully reading the Gospel texts, it is easy to see that one of the repetitive arguments is the statement "So says the Scripture." Under Scripture, the authors meant the Old Testament. If we continue the parallel and compare both canons, we will find another similarity: the New Testament also consists of canonical books (there are 27 of them), which make up four sections.

Given all these important points, both Christian theologians and objective representatives of secular science express a common position: Covenants are not opposite, they are different. The Jews, as is known, do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah. And the New Testament is the story of his earthly life. It is logical that the Jews do not recognize the Covenant itself. Why? It is suggested that the reason is the reversal of the teachings of Christ to all nations, and not to Jews alone. And this excludes the God-chosenness of one particular people. Perhaps, the statement is controversial, but there is still some truth in it.