[Thumper1960]

pssst.

Too many self proclaimed fundamentalists ignore the Old Testament and focus on the New. As they say, you don’t where you’re going unless you know where you’ve been.

Sadly.

[CaptRon]

True enough.

[presently no screen name]

The Old Testament is a type of shadow of things to come. From Moses to Christ - they were under the law. From Christ's time to now (until His return) we are under the age of grace. Those under the law were judged under the law - and, as you know, they were treated accordingly.

Before that, man thought he was righteous but lived anything but - then come the law to show them what 'righteousness' was - God's righteousness and man could not ever attain it. Thus, we needed a Savior to cover our sins.

Jesus came as our Savior for all our sins and that gave us a covering and could regain fellowship with God. Without that blood covering, there is no fellowship w/God. Salvation is a free gift - it is by grace THROUGH faith that we receive it - and not by good works.