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I agree that the horrible stuff happened in the Old Testament (as far as I remember), but the Old Testament is still part of the Christian Bible. I'm afraid that confuses my simple mind!

Well, the OT is Jesus hidden behind a veil, before forgiveness by Christ's blood was possible. The NT is Jesus uncovering the veil, showing His forgiveness.


Isaiah 7:14 (NIV): "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel."

Psalm 22:16-18 (NIV): "Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet. All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment."

Jesus in the OT Devotional:

Son of Man - Jesus Predicted by the Old Testament

Hello folks. Think of this for a second. Imagine if someone from the middle ages in 1269 AD predicted that man will land on the moon. The 700 year duration between the middle ages and the Apollo 11 moon landing is the length of time between prophet Isaiah in ~700 BC predicting Jesus being...

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The thing I have a problem with is the idea that it's bad to think critically about all the information available to you at that time, and to not doubt anything you're told. I do remember hearing about the importance of Faith over what a person might consider reason (personally to them) in chapel (e.g. doubting Thomas), but I'm afraid it won't (currently) convince me to accept something as fact, however much I would want to. Thank you for taking the time to reply to me, and I really hope I haven't offended you with my response.

I was in a similar position as you are in about 1.5 years ago. But I stuck it out and God held onto me and I'm still here. I basically had to come to the conclusion that I simply don't know everything that's going on but that's okay because God does know everything. I had to decide that He is worth being with and worshipping even when things don't always make sense to me. There will always be unanswered questions I think. And God can certainly handle our questions and scrutiny. But there's more to this life of Faith that God calls us to than knowing everything perfectly. I will be praying for you