The bible is repulsive

repulsive, adjective, arousing intense distaste or disgust. -The fact that God would kill innocent children and women for whatever reason is REPULSIVE plain and simple. Well, Actually the death sentence is currently justifiable murder, No matter age, Or gender. If the court believes that the crime is worthy of a death sentence, Killing that person is justified by law. - Please explain what makes the old testament not valid but the new testament more valid? This is going to take a while to explain. The first main difference that you need to grasp and understand is what was going on with God the Father and the Jewish people in reference to them getting a temporary covering for their sins. God the Father specifically chose the Jewish people to be His chosen people However, In order for them to be able to approach and enter into a personal relationship with Him, They needed some type of temporary covering for their sins since Jesus had not come yet to die for their sins. So what God the Father arranged was that a blemish free lamb had to be killed and sacrificed to atone or give the Jewish people a temporary covering for their sins. However, When Jesus came and died on the cross, He permanently did away with God"s chosen people ever having to sacrifice any more animals to get that temporary covering for their sins. As a result of Jesus" death on the cross, All we have to do is go to God the Father, Confess our sin, And ask for His forgiveness. If this confession of our sin is sincere and from the heart, God the Father will honor the confession and our sin will be fully forgiven. No animals will ever need to be sacrificed again to get this forgiveness from God. This is why Jesus is called the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. He is an extension of the lambs used by His Father in the Old Testament to give God"s chosen people a temporary covering for their sins. The Law Here is where many people get confused. After Jesus" death on the cross, We are now under a new covenant with God the Father. As stated above, No more animal sacrifices are needed to get forgiveness for our sins. However, There are verses in the New Testament that state that we are no longer under the law, But under grace. Some Christians mistakenly think we no longer have to obey any of the basic laws and commandments set out by God the Father in the Old Testament since we are now operating under a new covenant with Jesus. But this view is wrong. Jesus Himself says that He did not come to do away with the law, But to fulfill it. Here is the verse directly from Jesus Himself: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass away, One jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. " (Matthew 5:17-18) This verse right there tells you that all of the basic moral commandments set out by God the Father in the Old Testament still apply for all of us today. This includes all of the 10 Commandments, All the commands not to engage in occult. Granted, Many of the ceremonial type laws back in the Old Testament are no longer applicable in today"s world, But many of the moral laws that God had set out are still in full play today. Jesus is referred to as the "fulfillment" of the law because His death on the cross gives us total and permanent forgiveness of all of our sins. In the Old Testament, The killing and sacrificing of the lambs did not give the Jewish people total and permanent forgiveness. It only gave then a temporary covering for their sins until Jesus came down to die on the cross for all of our sins. When the Jewish people died in the Old Testament, They did not go straight to heaven because Jesus had not come yet. Their sins were not totally forgiven until Jesus came and died on the cross. This is why Jesus is referred to as the "fulfillment" of the Law. That is why He said on the cross right before He died " "It is finished. " Jesus did what the lambs could not fully do in the Old Testament. His death on the cross gave all of us who will accept it " full, Final, And permanent forgiveness for all of our sins " all past, Present, And future sins that we will ever commit. When the Bible says we are no longer under the law, But under grace in the New Testament, What it is referring to is that we do not have to kill animals anymore for the forgiveness of our sins. We are now under God"s grace and mercy because His Son has now died for us, And we now have total and complete forgiveness for all of our sins. We also do not stone people to death if they now commit adultery. It is now between that person and God to get their sins forgiven and if they do not, Then God will judge them accordingly when they die. . We no longer have a right to put a person to death for adultery. This will now bring us into the next topic " the "eye for an eye" punishment that was enforced back in the Old Testament. An Eye For An Eye In the Old Testament, Since Jesus had not come yet, God the Father not only arranged to let His chosen people know what His basic laws and commandments were going to be, But He also had to arrange for some type of punishment to occur if His people broke those laws. This is where the "eye for an eye, Tooth for a tooth" comes in. God had it set up if you killed someone else, Then your punishment would be the same " you would be killed yourself. The punishment would thus fully fit the crime. God then proceeded to tell the Jewish people what the punishments were going to be per the crimes committed. The two that have always bothered me were that you would be put to death for adultery and engaging in the occult. In these crimes or sins, You were not killing anyone else. So why would God hand down a death sentence on these two crimes in particular? It does not seem to line up with the "eye for eye" rule that He had going during this time. I can only give you my opinion as to why God allowed the death penalty for these two specific transgressions. I believe God the Father, In the Old Testament, Was laying down serious groundwork for all the people that would be born from the New Testament on. He wanted to show the serious consequences involved for each person that would break many of His basic laws and commandments. In the New Testament there is a verse that says that the wages of sin will lead to death! God is not only referring to possible early physical death as a result of serious sin, But also to the death of our souls if these sins end up keeping us out of heaven. By setting the examples early on in the Old Testament, I feel God is making a powerful statement to the rest of the world. He is basically telling us that not only must we become saved and born again through the acceptance of salvation through His Son and His sacrificial death on the cross " but we must also stay out of serious sin. I will touch on one more subject that you probably picked up in reading much of the Old Testament. Not only was God the Father very strict with the laws and punishments enforced on those laws, But there also was quite a few displays of His wrath and anger that was released upon either certain peoples or the entire world at one time like He did with the flood of Noah. The incredible release of His wrath and anger during those times have always scared many people, Including many Christians. Many of His own people see Him as being a mean and vengeful God. As a result, Many of His people have developed an unhealthy fear of Him to the point that some of His own people are too afraid to approach Him for prayer or to enter into any kind of close personal relationship with Him. Let me try to explain this part of His personality so can see exactly where He was coming from in those days, And why His wrath and anger were so violently released at certain times during the Old Testament. If you look very closely at the times that He would release His wrath and anger, It was always justified. I believe there is something called "righteous anger or righteous wrath. " Every time God released His anger and wrath, It was always because the people who were on the receiving end of His wrath really did deserve it at the time that it was coming down on them. 1. The Flood of Noah In the flood of Noah, God destroys all humans with the exception of Noah and his family because everyone was so wicked and evil back at that time. However, Note that God did not destroy Noah and his family. Why? Because they were found righteous in His eyes. If God was a mean and evil God, Then He would have also killed Noah and his family " but He did not! This right there shows that God will judge each one individually and that He is not releasing His wrath just to be mean and vengeful. His wrath is always released for a specific reason and a specific purpose. The other times you will see God manifest maximum wrath, Anger, And vengeance is when He is defending the Jewish people from their enemies who are trying to attack and kill them. When the Jewish people were walking right with God, God would literally fight some of their battles for them. We are talking about incredible displays of supernatural power and wrath being directed against Israel"s enemies. Some of these enemies were literally wiped right off the face of the earth. Many people do not realize that God the Father has an incredible War Side to His personality and that He will not hesitate to go into battle to protect His own. Romans 13:8-10 ESV Owe no one anything, Except to love each other, For the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet, " and any other commandment, Are summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself. " Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Sound like pretty good advice to me.