Report on Theology and Religious Study
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1THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDYIntroduction to the New TestamentThe New Testament is the records of all the historical events and good news of savingLord Jesus Christ’s life. Everything related to his life, death, resurrection, ascension andcontinuation of his activities in this world. It also refers to the fulfillment of the events whichwere long anticipated in the Old Testament. In addition to this, the sacred history, unlike thesecular one is written under the guidance of the supernatural Holy Spirit. Specifically the OldTestament is being protected by the human error, which possesses authority for church inmodern days and all throughout the human history, until and unless the Lord returns. TheBible is being divided in two different sections, that is, the Old Testament and the NewTestament (Brown, 2015). The ‘Testament’ has been derived from the Latin word, testamentum, which means“will or covenant”. In connection with New Testament, the best translation of the word is“covenant”. It gives a brief explanation of the new relationship, which is received by the God.On one hand, Old Testament is basically a record of all the dealings of God with Israelites,which is based on the Mosaic Covenant and given at the Mount Sinai. Critics have mentionedthe point that practicing of religion sometimes harms the society and become violent whilepromoting their goals and endorsing themselves. However, the New Testament or one cansay Covenant explains all the new arrangements made by God with his pupil, belonging fromdifferent tongue and tribes and nations, who accept salvation based on their Christ’s faith.The Old Testament reveals God’s holiness in the right standard of law and also promises thecoming of Redeemer. On the other hand, the New Testament consists of the writings, whichreveal all the content in this covenant (Harris, 2014).The New Testament gives a message regarding the person who himself gavesuspension of sins and the people or the church who received the salvation. Therefore, one
2THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDYcan say the New Testament’s central theme is the salvation. The names New and OldCovenants are applied in the first two relationships, where the God has entered with his menand also to those books which consists of the records of these relationships. The NewTestament can be referred as a divine treaty in terms of which the God has received enemiesand rebels in peace with his own self. Rome dominated the world and was ruling over theancient world, at the time of the New Testament. At a small town of Palestine, Bethlehem ofJudea took birth who would transform the whole world. Apostle Paul said, concerning theperson, God has sent his son before, when the time came. In many wonderful and specialways, God prepared this world for Messiah’s coming. Different factors made its contributionin these preparations (Hagner, 2012). The preparation of Christ’s coming is the overall story of Old Testament. God chosethe Jews from all over the nations as a treasured possessions and priests kingdom. In thisregard, beginning of the God’s promises given to all the patriarchs, Jacob, Isaac and Abrahamwere to be the God’s custodian words as well as the Redeemer’s channel. The Old Testamentwas related to the Christ and his coming was anticipated as suffering and also glorifiedsavior. Moreover, the prophesies were not many, but precise. It gave details of the lineage ofMessiah’s birthplace, life and also his resurrection. However, Israel was disobedient; thus, itwas taken to the captivity of God, as his judgment on the hardness of the heart. God broughtsome remnant back to the homeland after many years. He promised of preparing the comingback of Messiah. After the Old Testament has been written, four hundred years have passedand the religious climate has been one of Pharisaic hypocrisy as well as externalism.Furthermore, there has been a spirit of the anticipation of Messiah in the air and also theremnant looked out for Messiah (Kennedy, 2014).The New Testament mentions that it is significant when Christ, who saved the worldand sent his disciples to earth in order to proclaim gospel, there was a “world speech”. The
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