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The Big Deal With The Old Testament

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What is the big deal with the New Testament? The New Testament is something people don’t understand, and how it works. It is a question of how it's important and relevant in the Bible. What people do not know, it is that the Old Testament was a preparation to the new. The Testament is to help understand the old. It is developed in three stages: The life and teachings of, Oral tradition and the writing of the new testament. The old testament prepares us for the life of Jesus Christ so that the new tells the stories of his life and resurrection. The new testament contains the gospels which focus on the different parts of Jesus' life, the acts of the apostle, the letters and the book of revelation. This makes a big a deal because these are not

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