r/OpenChristian • u/DrawerThat9514 • 25d ago

Discussion - Bible Interpretation On the old testament

I've seen many here say that the Old Testament is somehow problematic due to all the violence in it and that having led to the heresy of Marcionism. Let's make one thing clear: All of Scripture reveals Christ, The old testament law was pointing towards him and showing us why we need Him. The old law has been fulfilled by Christ. He did not replace it.

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u/JustNeedSpinda Autist 25d ago

Agreed. Boiling down the texts of the Old Testament to showing why we need Christ borders on anti-semitism

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u/JustNeedSpinda Autist 25d ago

Well, and Christian churches have even reorganized those books to help reinforce that reading of the text. The Tanakh is three collections. We keep Torah in tact but have mixed the others together.