Ok, I understand.

Is the distinction obvious enough for christians everywhere to see that we 
mean something different?

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Reisinger" <24jreisinger26@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] A start on NCT distinctives.


> > snip   snip
> > or do you distinguish meaningfully between the labels 'Old Testament' 
> > and
> > 'Old Testament Scriptures'?
> >
> JGR:  The phrase "Old Testament" should not be used. It cannot refer to 
> the
> "Old Covenant" made at Sinai, but since the same word means covenant or
> testament, to say "Old Testament" can easily be construed to mean "Old
> Covenant."  We should indeed make a very meaningful distinction between 
> the
> words "Old Testament" and "Old Testament Scriptures." Let's use only two
> phrases and use them consistently:  "Old Testament Scriptures" to mean the
> 39 books of Bible before Christ, and "Old Covenant" to mean the covenant
> that God made with Israel at Sinai.    JGR
>
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