The end goal of almost every religion has to do with the afterlife. Whether it be reincarnation, heaven, resurrection or memorial immortality, most religions lay the foundations of how you can perfect or achieve this afterlife. For Chrisitians this afterlife is eternal life in heaven, we believe we become justified, and then saved by God. This justification is the means to achieve the overall goal of Christianity, as David Lumpp emphasized in his chapter from God Words: Intro to Classic Christian Theology, “the theme of the entire Bible is rescue”, which means it’s imperative we understand what the Bible and different theologians have to say about rescue through justification. We can truly understand Justification through discussing it from a biblical, theological, and modern perspective. In this paper I intend …show more content…
The Old Testament is where God’s law is most discussed and shown. His law, as told through Moses, is his rules we must follow in order to live perfect, Godly lives. Many laws were given in the Old Testament; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy is where God lays out his laws, rules, and ways of life for his people to follow. In the Old Testament, following God’s Law was the only way of achieving Justification and being made righteous before God. Ephesians 2:10 describes the importance of the Law, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” God created and prepared these Laws so that we can walk in his image, being Godly and righteous, but we failed. Due to our innate, sinful nature, we fail from birth to fulfill God’s perfect Law. “The Law promises salvation to man on terms which man cannot fulfill”(Koehler 76). This is why the New Testament, the Gospel, is also crucial for