The main themes of the Hebrew Bible (also known as the Old Testament), are certainly aware of God, man, sin, justice, mercy, federal, law, atonement and sanctification. A final theme we will examine is the Messiah. Almost everyone agrees that these are ten most important issues. Let's take a closer look at each one.
God - From his first verse, the Hebrew Bible says the truth about God following important: what is timeless, power is limitless,and to knowledge that is infinite, is one, not two or more, he is not creature creator, and he is both loving and holy.
These features, and many others to define who God is, and are in the heart of the Old Testament revelation of him. He turns first, however, not in abstractions or propositions, but in relation to the people.
The man - unlike God, people are limited: they have a beginning and death, have limitedPower and knowledge, and certainly are not always loving and holy. Certainly, the history of humanity, some stories of heroism and noble thoughts and actions, but documents the sad history of failed opportunities and wasted potential for perverse ends.
The original pair of humans formed a relationship to God, the objects of his mercy, and love, and his reflections image. Unfortunately, damage their position with the Lord. In the nameIndependence, are slaves of sin, he needs redemption. The progress of the child has reached the climax, when he says Genesis 6:00, "every inclination of man's heart is only evil all the time."
Sin - The Hebrew Bible reveals the nature of sin in the first place in narrative form - in other words, the story of what happened to real people. People were in a state created without sin, even as they are already born into the world pure and innocent. Sinfulness is abnormalThe man, from the approximation of what God wants to be and do.
As we bear the image of God, sin, which is contrary to the nature of God himself. Because God is truth, lies are sin. Because God is holy, contamination of sin. Because God is love, hate is a sin. Because God is unity, is the division of sin, and so on. This is best done in Leviticus 19:01 where God says, he expressed: "You must be holy, for I am holy." All through Moses announced that moral rules are always bound tothe statement: "I am the Lord."
Do what is right and the blessing of God brings with it experience, is what the Old Testament with the knowledge that God is the Lord (see instructions in Ezekiel and elsewhere, over and over again).
Rebel Justice - When you sin against God's nature is reflected in our lives, then justice is to live in harmony with nature. This is to maintain a relationship of sincere obedience to God's justice includes faith, but also breaks outfrom faithful hearts in good faith in a walk.
The Hebrew Bible describes the right as God is mostly in your heart with your soul and your strength. A proper relationship with other people have added this right relationship with God The Old Testament describes as the right to treat others as they would like to be treated, to act on them, acted as God
Grace - A few readers have the impression that do not meet, Mercyin the Hebrew Bible, which is a primary objective in the New Testament. This impression is mistaken, banned by almost all the books of the Old Testament.
the grace of God to man begins with the first pair and continue as a central theme in the Old Testament Symphony. The Lord is "rich in mercy, forgiving and ready for a thousand generations. Again and again he reveals his great patience and mercy toward sinners. Unfortunately, someonly passages in which he shows anger focused against the sinner, a counterpoint melody to be sure, but one that always plays as part of Federal-love and fidelity.
Covenant - The sovereign, almighty, transcendent creator God is willing to bend to agreements with people in power. These agreements are called covenants, which provide much of the framework for the Hebrew Bible unfolds.
The major alliances of the Old Testament includes those withAdam, Noah, Abraham, Moses (and all of Israel), Aaron & Levi and David. Each of these Covenants includes God makes promises and the expectations it has for those in the Federation. The Hebrew Bible also pleased to be a new covenant, what does the New Testament.
Law - The covenant God made with the people of Israel, called the law (Torah, or the law of Moses). In law, is trying the saving acts of God, which has set the nation of Israel in his debt, and thenChallenge of reconciling, in relation to live with it experiencing the blessings that dealing with this relationship. Of course, also warns of the curses that bring upon themselves when they break the covenant. Basic Law are the Ten Commandments, which was outside the foundations of life in harmony with God
Atonement - under the same covenant with Israel, if God is a means to obtain forgiveness through a system of animal sacrifice. Tenders have been theThe believers had the elimination of crime and supplication to God for a renewal of the close relation of sin impossible.
According to the Old Testament, atonement was made possible by the shedding of blood of a perfect sacrifice. This laid the foundation for the eternal victims of the New Covenant is the perfect Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
His Holiness - The Hebrew Bible, the Holy means to be dedicated to God's holiness is a part of God's nature and place him in personBeing in a right relationship with him. God wants all men to be holy all the time. Sin defiles us, but us and in need of atonement, we should be holy again.
Messiah - The Old Testament since the arrival of the saints of God would be a wonderful idea to live a perfect life, serve as the ideal man, and then volunteer at a time for all sin, so that people could be restored to God and sanctifiedagain.
A period of more than 1000 years ago inspired prophets aspects of the life of this saint. The accumulation of their predictions paints a perfect portrait of the birth, life, nature, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some of these prophecies in the Hebrew Bible describes him as "the anointed" (Hebrew: Meshiakh), or "the" Messiah, in line with the practice in Old Testament times, pour olive oil on the head a person thatused by God to achieve its objectives.
