You just presented the false, “Judeo-Christian” theology which denigrates Christianity and places it in an inferior position to Judaism, which is a totally different religion with different values. You are not a Christian if you think there is nothing new in the New Testament or that the New Testament is somehow inferior or less reliable than the Old Testament. The New Testament replaces the Old Testament. That is the core of Christianity. If you don’t believe that, you are not a Christian.
Then quit quoting the Old Testament since it has nothing to do with your Christ. Go and take your marker and black out every quote in your NT that was ripped off from the Old Testament, because, as you said it, if everything in your new testament is brand new, then your Jesus can not be the Messiah spoken of by Moses, the Prophets & the Psalms. Therefore, it is hypocritical of you to quote from that which was spoken by the Word of God who is the true Messiah of Israel. Oh, and BTW, Hebrews 8:8-11 new covenant, rip it out, because according to your reasoning, that part was ripped off from the true Messiah of Israel as it is a direct quote taken from the Word of God that was spoken through Moses & Jeremiah.
Do you see how illogical & unbiblical your response now stands?
As Paul wrote, we are grafted into Israel, not the other way around, therefore, he also reminded us that ALL those covenants of promise spoken of in the Old Testament, through Messiah we become partakes and heirs of those covenants of promise that you say your Christ has replaced. Now what did Paul say about those who come preaching another Christ? I think you need to take some time and reflect because that page in your bible that separates and calls one old & one new, well that is a man made doctrine. And we know this because John 1:1 starts of "In the beginning" ... and ... "He was in the world and the world knew Him not" ... and ... "He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him" ... "AND THEN THIS SAME MESSIAH put on flesh and tabernacled with men."
And this ignorant confusion comes from one not having the wisdom & understanding to discern between the oral laws of Judaism, aka, the Talmud that Jesus & His Apostles were constantly rebuking & the Law (Torah) of the Word of God, the Messiah of Israel, who delivered Israel out of Egypt. That same Word of God who is the Messiah of Israel who died for the sins of the whole world so that all who come to believe the Messiah of Israel will be saved. Shalom
Maybe if more Christians would come to the knowledge of the truth of their inheritance through Christ & start obeying the true Gospel of Christ that Paul preached, more Jews like Prager would come to accept & know their Messiah. Think about that!
Shalom
Well you know what they say: "If it's new, it ain't true!"
The New Testament replaces the Old Testament.
Hmm . . . something "new" replacing something that had previously always been universally accepted, but now suddenly we all "know better" and have to "update" our entire worldview.
I don't know . . . that doesn't sound very "conservative" to me. In fact, it sounds downright . . . progressive.
It is not one or the other but Both.
Luk 24:27 Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
You want to know more about Jesus, read the OT.............
Jesus came to fulfill the Law, not to abolish it.
I wouldn’t say that the NT replaces the OT. There is too much of value in the OT and it’s not even a matter of it *replacing* the OT. It’s a different way of God dealing with sin, but God has not changed nor have His standards for living.