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What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
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The Old Testament is the foundation of our faith. I can be read to further understand our God and it tells of Jesus. It is filled with prophesy and helps us to know God in a way that would be incomplete with only the New Testament. In so many ways it inspires, informs and it helps to affirm our faith.
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We should read the Old Testament so that we learn more about our God and understand more about his character and to then be able to back ourselves up when we are tested.
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We can learn more about God’s character. There are people in the Old Testament who are relatable to our race today. Hence “nothing new under the sun” phrase. It also prophecies what happens in the New Testament.
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The Old Testament gives us context. It helps us understand why we so desperately needed a Savior to come and rescue us from our sins.
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The reasons one should study the Old Testament because it reveals God’s character, sin, law of Moses, covenants, and most importantly the coming of Jesus Christ. Also, one will not be able to understand the New Testament without knowing the backstory of how it all began.
