New Testament v. Old Testament

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No, this is not a prize fight. But it is something I have been ruminating on for quite a while because I am reading the psalms. And because we hear so many sermons from the Old Testament, and because some evangelicals just dismiss the Old Testament and others seem to revel in it. 

Paul tells the Corinthians (in I Cor. 10)  that those things were written for our examples, and we are the ones upon whom the end of the ages has come. The writer of Hebrews seems to agree, that  

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

So we cannot dismiss it, but I would argue we live under a different world view now, that the Old Testament and dare I say Hebraic view of reality, history, and purpose informs ours but stands in stark contrast. We especially see this in the psalms, which are full of rich poetry, poignant and relatable human emotion, vast visions of the glory, hesed, and power of God, and disturbing imagery about vengeance.  

More to come.

 

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