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Originally Posted by zeek
All of this takes place in the brilliant, mysterious inerrant New Testament where the ancient symbols are transformed to serve the new being who is Jesus as the Christ. Initially only a few believed because he wasn't what the majority of Jews expected when they thought of the Messiah. That's why Paul called him a "stumbling block." Surely you are aware of this.
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The OT also prophesies Christ as the suffering sacrifice who was "bruised for our iniquities." Missing this was not the fault of the OT, but of the Jews' selective reading of it.
This is similar to people today who only choose to see the verses describing the loving Jesus, and ignore the ones describing the righteous, judging Jesus.
The lesson is clear. If you superimpose your vision of Christ over the Bible's, you miss the real Christ. This should be a strong heads-up to Harold, who apparently thinks he can get to know God sufficiently without the Bible.