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**Theorsell** · 10-14-2010, 10:17 AM

The followers of Jesus are different from prophets, because, according to Christianity, they were witnesses of the resurrection. They saw what the prophets foretold. Jesus personally tought them. I don't know where's the huge difference that makes NT unreliable.

You dont know where the difference in the revelation of the NT from the revealtion of OT books?

The OT books were revealed to Prophets - these men conversed with God - they received revealtion from God - and in some cases, they received direct books from God (Moses(AS)) - also, these men were confirmed as prophets by the jews, and they performed miraculous feats in order to prove their prophethood - When Moses received a book - he related to his people the way God had told him, word for word.

The NT is said to have been written by the apostles - these men werent Prophets - they never claimed Prophethood - they were never bestowed the title of prophet by their contemporaries - they were companions of Jesus(AS) - Now weather or not you think Jesus(AS) was god or not does not matter here - because we dont have a single book authored by Jesus(AS). What we have are books which are said to have been authored by companions of Jesus(AS) - and Now their writtings are considered divine. In addition - you have one apostle, Paul, whose simple letters are considered to be the Word of God by christians - yet Paul never met Jesus(AS) nor was he taught by Jesus(AS) - so this man could not transmit the word of God unless he was a Prophet - and not even Paul dared to claim prophethood.

Do you see the difference in revelation? Do you see how the revealtion of the NT is not in line with the way God sent down previous books.

If you were a Jew in the time of the apostles - you never met Jesus(AS) - and a man named Paul came to you with a letter and said "abandon the law and worship this man" this would be an insane proposition to you because:
1. This man is not a Prophet - he has no authority to change the law given to Moses, a true Prophet.
2. This man is telling you to break the main tennet of Judaism - worship God alone - If God wanted jews to eventually worship His begotten son - why was it so emphasized in the past to do exactly the opposite?

The jews of the apostlelistic era did not deny christianity out of Pride or malice - but because the message being brought by the christians was alien to them - it was not the way God had done things EVER - and there was no man around with the authority to say "Things are different now"

10-14-2010, 10:17 AM	#17
Theorsell Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	The followers of Jesus are different from prophets, because, according to Christianity, they were witnesses of the resurrection. They saw what the prophets foretold. Jesus personally tought them. I don't know where's the huge difference that makes NT unreliable. You dont know where the difference in the revelation of the NT from the revealtion of OT books? The OT books were revealed to Prophets - these men conversed with God - they received revealtion from God - and in some cases, they received direct books from God (Moses(AS)) - also, these men were confirmed as prophets by the jews, and they performed miraculous feats in order to prove their prophethood - When Moses received a book - he related to his people the way God had told him, word for word. The NT is said to have been written by the apostles - these men werent Prophets - they never claimed Prophethood - they were never bestowed the title of prophet by their contemporaries - they were companions of Jesus(AS) - Now weather or not you think Jesus(AS) was god or not does not matter here - because we dont have a single book authored by Jesus(AS). What we have are books which are said to have been authored by companions of Jesus(AS) - and Now their writtings are considered divine. In addition - you have one apostle, Paul, whose simple letters are considered to be the Word of God by christians - yet Paul never met Jesus(AS) nor was he taught by Jesus(AS) - so this man could not transmit the word of God unless he was a Prophet - and not even Paul dared to claim prophethood. Do you see the difference in revelation? Do you see how the revealtion of the NT is not in line with the way God sent down previous books. If you were a Jew in the time of the apostles - you never met Jesus(AS) - and a man named Paul came to you with a letter and said "abandon the law and worship this man" this would be an insane proposition to you because: 1. This man is not a Prophet - he has no authority to change the law given to Moses, a true Prophet. 2. This man is telling you to break the main tennet of Judaism - worship God alone - If God wanted jews to eventually worship His begotten son - why was it so emphasized in the past to do exactly the opposite? The jews of the apostlelistic era did not deny christianity out of Pride or malice - but because the message being brought by the christians was alien to them - it was not the way God had done things EVER - and there was no man around with the authority to say "Things are different now"
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