The Old Testament Of The Bible

The Old Testament is the largest part of the bible nestled behind the leather binding in the front of the book. Unlike most books, told from one-person or even two this is comprised of multiple, some stories even having two different versions in another point of view; over time it has become a large collection of ancient texts written and re-written by different authors and editors over the many years. The stories show the ancient Israelites, they show the laws, and rituals, which make up their religion and the small embers, which will one day, turn to a flame that is Christianity. The Jewish people view these stories as collected in what they call the Torah, is the collection for what makes up their history and the promise that God gave to them, as well as their laws and what they worship today. For the Christians the Old Testament is still seen as sacred, but most place a stronger importance to the New Testament.

Atkinson (2014) believes effective leadership displays, “No person is less divine than another, and therefore no person is less than another” (p. 145). Throughout the bible, there are many people in scripture that God placed in leadership roles. Jesus, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, Abraham and many others are some of those leaders. There are core attributes discussed in the lecture that personally reflect my opinion of what an effective leader of Christ needs such as, a shared vision, model of the way, empowerment of others, challenge of the process, and encouragement of the heart.

13) The Creation of the World; the Garden of Eden; Adam and Eve; Original Sin; the Fall

Jesus Christ was the perfect human being, and, Jesus was a leader. Sometimes Jesus acted as a manager,

The two gospels, The Old Testament and The New Testament provide mirror images of Terrestrial Humans mentality Evolution and the comprehensive overview of the mental developmental trends over a span covering last five millennia. The Old Testament moral norms served in establishing a legal system with base in an absolute, irrevocable right of private ownership. Incontestable proof of continuous process of Evolution in this micro-segment of Spiral is an emergence of ‘The New Testament’, as a herald of a new mental era on the Earth, which naturally succeeds ‘The Old Testament’. Needless to remind, that The Old Testament also inspired adherents to vehemently follow the principle "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth", a total ‘defence of ownership’ “…based on the superstition or the illusion that one was ‘God 's chosen people’ and was superior to all ‘heathens’ ". (Quote from ‘Livets Bog’, Vol IV #1310)

The first thing these biblical leaders need to have is faith in God. All biblical leaders show how faithful they are to God. Some of them show it a little more extreme then others. Like the judge Jephthah showed his faith to God by keeping his vow, even though his vow was very extreme and most people would see it as cruel. He told the Lord that if you grant me victory I will sacrifice the first thing that comes out of my house. Witch in his case happened to be his first-born daughter. Another great leader, Samson, showed his faithfulness to God by not cutting his hair willing. Yet Another great judge of Israel, Gideon, showed his faithfulness to God by sending away soldiers like God told him too even though he was getting ready to be engaged in a massive battle.

Throughout all of time and history, God has used many lives of others to grow spiritually in order to expand his kingdom. Through this, God showed many people, throughout history how to lead others to Christ and show them the way into the light, which is righteousness. An excellent example of a true Biblical leader is, Martin Luther. Martin Luther was an ordinary man, like everyone else, but God envisioned something different for him, eventually leading him to post the 95 theses on the Doorpost of the Catholic church door. This led to the conversion of thousands of lives and also to the translation of the Bibles from Latin to german. Martin Luther was a truly extraordinary example of a Good Biblical leader.

skills, and he demonstrated an ability to influence others in ways that promotes gospel values.

Rhee also indicates the important factors mention by the author of Hebrews that we are spiritual leaders’ not just natural leaders. The illustration of faith or causes of faith are being weakened by the society agenda. In our society today, our faith in God’s word has been watered down to accommodate the weak minded. We are definitely living in a day where it is unpopular to be a Christian just as the Hellenistic Jews. Again, Rhee points to the leadership qualities of this article by ensuring we are understand the authority of being a leader over a faith community. We must carry the call or courage to confront, and to not allow ourselves to fall into an apostasy mindset. To destroy the very thought of taking grace for granted. Rhee believes anyone who thinks in this pattern will not go unpunished. There is a responsibility for a leader of a faith community to preach and teach the fullness of God or His word the warnings and the promises, not just or the other. As we puts it, “We, Christian leaders, should also be willing to teach and preach negative messages, such as repentance, rebuke and warning of God’s judgment.” Yet, the author of Hebrews expresses that we must do this in love according to findings of Rhee. One expression can describe this it’s called “tender heartedness.” It may be considered a forgotten quality. Both the author of Hebrews and the author of this journal, express the importance of Jesus being

The history of how the Bible came into existence has been explored for centuries and is an active area of study today. There are many facets to the Bible and each has its own set of unique characteristics and teachings. The Old Testament is considered a contemporary guide for daily living, even though it was composed hundreds of years ago. Where did the Old Testament come from? What are some of the influences that shaped the Old Testament? What are the significant events of the Old Testament? In order to gain a better understanding of the Old Testament and its message to Christians, special consideration is given to its historical and cultural context, and to the major milestones in its development. Personal application of the teachings offered in this section of the Bible should be the aspiration of all Christians today.

There are many central themes that are in the Old Testament, and many may say that there is only one theme of the Old Testament, which is Jesus, and even though that is true in a lot of ways due to the fact that a lot of the minor prophets actually talk about the coming of Jesus, His death and His resurrection. However, I have discovered five main themes of the Old Testament that I found quite interesting. And in this paper I will discuss two of them. I believe one of the most important themes of the Old Testament is Covenant.

The King James version of the Bible affected many things and had a major impact on society and the English language. It was created by King James to benefit and fill a request given by the puritans to King James. It took seven years to write and it became the English standard version of the Bible. The King James version includes a lot of formal and poetic language to describe stories and events in the other versions of the Bible. It taught the Bible in a different way making it easier for some people to understand and believe in the stories and truths of the Bible. This version is the most influential version of the Bible. It is also the most referred too and the most popular for many groups of people. Overall it is a descriptive and creative translation that combines truth with poetic art and beautiful language appealing to many different groups of people.

The names “Old Testament” and “New Testament” are inherently theological in nature. Because there is a difference distinctly built into giving them different notations, it implies that there are differences between each the Old Testament and the New Testament, whether it is subtle in nature or obvious in nature. To Christians, the difference means that the Old Testament contains dealings between God and the world and even some of the rules made are made irrelevant by the interactions of Christ Jesus with the world. One of the differences between the New Testament and the Old Testament is the way each of the Testaments describe God and God’s nature. The Old Testament describes an angry God, one who only created the world and was obsessed with laws and rules. The New Testament describes a loving God who redeemed the world. The different ways the Old Testament and New Testament describe God and his nature are very much influenced by their perspective of God. By the rules, actions, and laws God made, the early writers of the Old Testament made their judgements about God and wrote those perspectives into the books of the Old Testament. The writers of the Old Testament did the best they could with the information they had and got some things about God right, but also got things wrong. The writers of the New Testament and therefore, Christian believers understand God better.

There are many people in scripture that God has placed in leadership roles. Jesus himself, David, Moses, Paul, Peter, Abraham and many others are some of those leaders. There are core attributes discussed in the lecture that personally reflect my opinion of what an effective leader of Christ needs such as, a shared vision, model of the way, empowerment of others, challenge of the process, and encouragement of the heart. Leaders establish a model of the way others should be treated and how goals should be pursued, with standards and examples of what others should follow by exemplifying God’s example. Christian leaders inspire a shared vision to make a difference

The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics,