Black Spirituality Religion : JESUS READ THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE ONLY BIBLE OF HIS TIME…

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According to the New Testament, Jesus had fasted forty days and nights in the desert or wilderness when the Devil unsuccessfully attempts to tempt him three times (Matthew 4:4,7,10)

First, the Devil appeared to him during the middle of his fast, and said that it would prove he were the Son of God, if he would turn the nearby stones into bread. Jesus answered him and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ This is written in Deuteronomy 8:3.

Secondly, he took Jesus to the top of the temple and urged him again to prove his divinity, that if he should jump, then surely God would send angels to prevent his fall. Jesus answered him and said, ‘It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ This is wrtten in Deuteronomy 6:16.

Finally, the Devil took Jesus atop a mountain, showing him many lands and peoples, and promised him absolute power over all that he could see, if only he would bow down and worship him. Jesus answered him and said, It is written, You will worship the Lord your God, and you shall only serve Him.’ This is written in Deuteronomy 6:13.

Jesus quotes from all five books of the Law, from two of the four major prophets, and five of the twelve minor prophets. He also quotes many Psalms. There are many more quotes from these books in Matthew, and still more in the other gospels.
 
Actually, during the time of Yeshuah (Jesus), there was no such book as the "Old Testament". There was the TORAH, and other books which now make up the "Old Testament" were COMPILED later.
 
Naam aqi. According to Wikipedia:

The term "Old Testament" is a translation of the Latin Vetus Testamentum, which translates, "The Old Covenant" (or "Testament"). Some believe Christians came to call this group of books the "Old Testament" because of a belief taught in the Epistle to the Hebrews, and based on Jeremiah 31:31-34...that Jesus of Nazareth established a New Covenant or testament between God and mankind. This new covenant is said to be in contrast with the covenant made through Moses during the Exodus (Hebrews 8:9; Jeremiah 31:32).

Books written after Jesus established this new covenant or testament are thus called the books of the new covenant/testament, or simply the New Testament. The earlier books are then called the books of the Old Testament in contrast. However, it should be kept in mind that the church father Tertullian invented this terminology, and the terms "testament" and "covenant" are actually unrelated. Also, not all Christians believe there is a contrast - first proposed by Marcion of Sinope - between the Old and New Testaments.

Judaism accepts as Scripture the same books as those found in the Protestant Old Testament, though the ordering of the books in the Jewish Bible differs from that of the Protestant English Old Testament. However, because Judaism does not accept the books of the New Testament as Scripture, they do not label their Bible "the Old Testament." For Jews the books of the Protestant Old Testament are simply "the Bible." Since the books of the Jewish Bible were written primarily in Hebrew (with some Aramaic), the Bible of Judaism is also called "the Hebrew Bible." The term "Hebrew Bible" is a theologically neutral term as compared with "the Old Testament," which is distinctively Christian. Another Jewish term for the Jewish Bible/Old Testament is Tanakh, which is short for Torah, Nebi'im, and Ketubim, or "Law," "Prophets" and "Writings," the three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible.
 
Intesting discussion....

A lot of Muslims I meet from the East and even some in the West make the mistake of saying things like:

The Old Testament is the Torah
The New Tesatment is the Injeel
We can eat Jewish and Christian food.


I think this comes from inaccurate translations of the Koran into English.


For example, as Muslims we must accept ALL of God's prophets as well as the books they brought. But we must understand that the first 5 books of the Old Testament aren't the books of Moses. Moses indeed had several books of which the Torah was one, but the Pentatuech wasn't from him but a compilation of books from Ezra and other scribes in Babylon.

Jesus came with the Injeel translated as Gospel.
But neither the New Testament...nor even the first 4 Gospels...are Injeel.

I think the closest thing to the truth of what Jesus taught can be found in the Gospel of Barnabas.


The Koran instucts us that we can eat the food of the Yahoodi, not the Jews.

Some say they are the same, but I don't think so.
 

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