It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. ( John 6:45).
( 1 John 2:23) states: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Both these verses show that in reality; all those who are "true Israel" ( Romans 9:6) are those who are believers in God's only Son being the true Messiah. There are several things we can learn from this; the first and most obvious being that we can't separate the Godhead or choose to accept either the Old or New Testament by themselves as they are interchangeable and inextricably connected to the same Source. This situation is highlighted with those who don't like the behavior of God the Father in the O.T.; who create a god in their own imagination who only consists of the loving sounding verses Jesus spoke.
Of course this takes some cherry picking and wholesale bypass of say; an entire chapter dedicated to calling out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees; for example.
Another issue here is to conclude that God of the O.T. was only concerned with the law and judgment; and in the New Testament it is all about grace. This probably is easiest to come up with when we look at the Sermon on the Mount and diminish it to moral platitudes or somehow divorce the meaning from the Old Testament. When we look at almost all of the O.T.; there was a repeated and unavoidable meaning in the text of God's mercy or wrath in regard to blessings and cursings. The emphasis of the law can only be gleaned from the earlier books of the Pantateuch; we certainly see prophetic statements about Christ and His coming mission to Gentiles as well as Jews; as well as God being weary of the pomp and circumstance of Israel's offerings when they were caught up in adulterous and idolatrous behaviors. GOd spoke of a place of prayer for all nations ( Isaiah 56:7) as the ultimate Temple meaning.
( 1 John 2:23) states: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
Both these verses show that in reality; all those who are "true Israel" ( Romans 9:6) are those who are believers in God's only Son being the true Messiah. There are several things we can learn from this; the first and most obvious being that we can't separate the Godhead or choose to accept either the Old or New Testament by themselves as they are interchangeable and inextricably connected to the same Source. This situation is highlighted with those who don't like the behavior of God the Father in the O.T.; who create a god in their own imagination who only consists of the loving sounding verses Jesus spoke.
Of course this takes some cherry picking and wholesale bypass of say; an entire chapter dedicated to calling out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees; for example.
Another issue here is to conclude that God of the O.T. was only concerned with the law and judgment; and in the New Testament it is all about grace. This probably is easiest to come up with when we look at the Sermon on the Mount and diminish it to moral platitudes or somehow divorce the meaning from the Old Testament. When we look at almost all of the O.T.; there was a repeated and unavoidable meaning in the text of God's mercy or wrath in regard to blessings and cursings. The emphasis of the law can only be gleaned from the earlier books of the Pantateuch; we certainly see prophetic statements about Christ and His coming mission to Gentiles as well as Jews; as well as God being weary of the pomp and circumstance of Israel's offerings when they were caught up in adulterous and idolatrous behaviors. GOd spoke of a place of prayer for all nations ( Isaiah 56:7) as the ultimate Temple meaning.
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