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I, myself, have trouble with reading the Old Testament. Parts of it seem boring and endless. However, I do not fail to see the harmony of the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus says that what He taught is the same as what was taught in the Old Testament, people just don't see it that way because they never looked at the laws in the Old Testament in the right way.
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Fully appreciating the Old Testament may require some maturity. All the different sacrifices, for example, illustrate different truths; but decoding the symbolism comes just a little bit at a time, and there's a bottomless well from which to draw. Even the geneologies have a point as you trace the sins of one man down through the generations of his descendents, or as you trace the genetic route to the Christ.
One part that I get a kick out of is the detailed descriptions of the building and consecration of the Tabernacle. It's like a bride keeping a record of every wedding present and who gave it. Not that it's exciting reading, but you've got to smile as you hear an excited God reciting every last detail of Israel's gifts to Him.
The wonderful thing for us is that we have the New Testament which explains much of the Old. The more familiar you are with each, the more you'll get out of the other. Persist, my sisters and brothers, and you'll be blessed.
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