One can’t forget that death is not a moral evil - it’s the consequence of Original Sin. God, being the Author of Life, has the right to bestow it and take it away in any manner He chooses since all that occurs is wise and just in light of the Salvation in Christ.
Well I didnt really need a smart alec answer like that we’ve both “read” the Old Testament I just didn’t know how to explain it. But thanks.
I would say that there is a difference. I can think of at least two differences:
I think the best way to explain the seemingly differences in God from the Old Testament to the New Testament would be something like this. God is a teacher. you have to see that the type of people i.e. israel were. they came from a polytheistic backround and struggled with polytheism (golden calf, worship of ba’al peor in numbers). They were people who sacrificed to pagan gods before they knew the One True God. God used where the people were at, He didn’t ask them to come to where He was. They would not be able to do this. its like a teacher who is teaching physics, there is no way that he could tell his students everything about physics all at once and expect them to understand or choose to continue to study it. they would more than likly drop out. Same is true with God. He is infinite and we are finite so we can never possibly understand everything aobut Him until we have to beatific vision in heaven, but He did SLOWLY reveal to us, things about Himself culminating in Christ. if you read the entire bible through this can be seen. it’s called the Divine Pedagogy. i would challenge so one who says that God is different from the old to new testament and say that the people changed and He came down to our level to Help them understand.
One teacher two methods. If you have ever watched the “Karate Kid” you might understand why I would summarize the entire new testament as “wax on, wax off”. In the movie, the karate teacher expected his student to do what he asked with out question including putting wax on and taking wax off. The student was expected to do medial tasks over and over for days and had to do them a specific way and the teacher watched over the students execution of these mindless tasks with an almost obsesive attention to the seamingly trivial details. Mid way through the movie, the teacher uses what the student learned and shows how the habits learned gave him the ability to execute karate moves flawlessly. The teacher did not change but the technique changed. During the time the old testament was written, we as the human race were learning the basic techniques of following God. We have now graduated to the next level and are now being taught a different way.