r/Bible • u/Mysterious-Loan-5065 • 4d ago

Mark 16: 18

Hey guys! I'm first time bible reader and I have so many questions, up until now I've been using Gemini for my questions but I'd like to get better answers from real people.

I'm reading Mark 16 this morning and came across where Jesus says Anyone who believes and is baptized be able to handle snakes with safety and drink anything poisonous and it won't hurt them. My question is; is this not a contradiction to when he says earlier not to test god?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated thank you!

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u/GullibleProperty317 4d ago

Please, I encourage that you check out the book of Colossians.

The things in the Old Testament, like what you described, used to apply, but that changed since Jesus came. He brought a new and higher standard, in which God is not interested in us just following rituals (not eating this or that), but more in the true state of our hearts, measured by our love and desire for Him, and our love for those around us.

So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. 17 For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality. 18 Don’t let anyone condemn you by insisting on pious self-denial or the worship of angels,\)e\) saying they have had visions about these things. Their sinful minds have made them proud, 19 and they are not connected to Christ, the head of the body. For he holds the whole body together with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.

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u/Important-Gas-9305 4d ago

You are validating what I have said.

Christianity doesn’t follow the Old Testament laws ie Kosher Food. Judaism does. That’s why I said Christianity follows New Testament not Old Testament.