The Old Testament Is Incompatible With the New Testament

Christ did not triumph simply because he was a nice guy who said some cool things that made people like him. Christ triumphed over death and the devil in a specific physical way we cannot truly comprehend, but which did not involve intellectual discussion. The purpose of life now is to regain future union with god. Immortality in a fallen world is a type of hell. Violations of justice built into god's creation are resolved at death. To evil who inflict suffering, it brings their ability to inflict evil to an end. Death was the result of sin. And sin should not be understood primarily juridically, but as a type of infection originating more and can sin. We shall reject out