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Originally Posted by Rekna
The old testament is the new testament concealed. And the new testament is the old testament revealed. They go hand in hand, the old testament forshadowed the new from the very beginning. Just no one knew what it was saying until Jesus made it all clear.
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That's one way to look at it. Anoter would be that the authors of the New Testament tailored it to the Old Testament in many ways as they wrote for the Jews of their time, applying Jesus to the prophecies so as to better explain him and his purpose. This doesn't undermine Jesus or who he is at all, but it is simply a different explanation and understanding of what went into the stories that we have today. The broader truths are still present.
It's difficult to explain all this in just one or a few posts however. I stand by my recommendation to watch that PBS documentary I mentioned earlier in this thread.