Does New Testament accounting language have any Old Testament backing?
Upvote:7
1. Accounting Language
It is of course a different language, but yes, the same sort of language is present in the OT as well.
Repayment - for good and for evil
For the LORD is a God of recompense, He will fully repay Jeremiah 51:56
Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. Psalm 18:24
Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense. Psalm 28:4
Our Redeemer
As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Job 19:25
Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you,” declares the LORD, “ and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 41:14
Seeking true profit
Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. Proverbs 11:4
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go. Isaiah 48:17
How blessed is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding. For her profit is better than the profit of silver and her gain better than fine gold. Proverbs 3:13-14
Debt
The one who despises the word will be in debt to it, But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded. Proverbs 13:13
Forgiveness
But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness Nehemiah 9:17
2. Transaction / Imputation
Yes, the concept of transaction is also present in the Old Testament. The words aren't used explicitly, but the transaction should be apparent from the text:
Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed... the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. Isaiah 53
More post
- 📝 Who was first, men or angels?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, why are some demons more difficult to cast out than others?
- 📝 How can trinitarians profess co-equality when Jesus said the Father was greater?
- 📝 Why is "Friends" capitalized in 1 Maccabees in the NRSV?
- 📝 Does Hades (The bosom of Abraham) still exist after Christ's resurrection
- 📝 During creation the Bible says, God saw that various things were 'good'. Did He not know they were going to be good?
- 📝 According to the Catholic Church, when Peter briefly walked on water, was it a miracle attributed to him?
- 📝 According to Catholicism, is marrying a woman who had children out of wedlock a sin?
- 📝 New Testament Poetry
- 📝 Is there a scriptural example of a non-believer speaking on God's behalf?
- 📝 Paying respects during grace, benediction, etc. as a non-Christian?
- 📝 The nature and extent of the atonement of Jesus during the crucifixion
- 📝 Did Jesus definitely say he was a man?
- 📝 What's the right terminology here for what God's allowing something, but not blessing it?
- 📝 Why do Roman Catholics consider eating fish on Friday a good work?
- 📝 Does the Bible condone bribery?
- 📝 Were the scriptural readings at Mass ever other than Vulgate read at mass pre-Vatican II?
- 📝 Which Christian groups or denominations openly invite people to ask God for confirmation that said group/denomination is the right one for them?
- 📝 Are there any Trinitarian Protestant denominations that deny the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son from the Father?
- 📝 Does a Mass intention have any value now, if the Mass will be held, possibly, a year later?
- 📝 Why did Jesus turn water into wine?
- 📝 Does the Confessional Calvinism rule Arminianism as a heretic teaching?
- 📝 Is there a 'Third Heaven'?
- 📝 Are there examples of English words and phrases that are associated with blasphemy of the Virgin Mary?
- 📝 Is it common to pray to know if the Catholic Church is true?
- 📝 Does Christianity claim itself to be the final revelation from God?
- 📝 What are ways in which God reveals Himself to a Christian in the context of a two-way, one-on-one relationship?
- 📝 What is a brief history on the idea that the Pope is the Antichrist?
- 📝 The Genesis gap and Re-creation
- 📝 What is the significance of shouting "Hosanna" by the people of Jerusalem?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Does New Testament accounting language have any Old Testament backing?
- 📝 Greek or any other language New Testament edition or document(s) predating the Old Latin (Vetus Latina) translation?
- 📝 Does the New Testament have any mention of Kolob and if not, how come?
- 📝 Does the New Testament override the Old Testament?
- 📝 Was casting out of demons done in the Old Testament by any Prophets or was it started in the New Testament?
- 📝 Does the Christian Old Testament have the exact same list of books as the Jewish Bible?
- 📝 How many times does the New Testament quote the Old Testament?
- 📝 Are there any prophesies in Old Testament which got fulfilled in Jesus, but of which one cannot find a mention in New Testament?
- 📝 What purpose does the Old Testament have today?
- 📝 What New Testament events after Pentecost have been claimed to have typological precursors in the Old Testament?
- 📝 Does the Old Testament word Sheol have Greek or Hebrew origins?
- 📝 Does the New Testament disregard the Old Testament?
- 📝 Is there any Biblical Basis for 400 years of silence between Old and New Testament?
- 📝 Did God change from a wrathful God to a loving God between Old Testament and New Testament?
- 📝 Does the New Testament mention Christians worshipping the Holy Spirit?
- 📝 Does the Old Testament law prohibit marriage among step siblings?
- 📝 Why does the Old Testament never mention unclean spirits and demon-posessed people?
- 📝 Do any prominent theologians point to Old Testament prophecies of there being two comings of the Messiah?
- 📝 Is there any tradition that argues for prophetical succession under the Old Testament just like some argue for Apostolic succession?
- 📝 How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ?
- 📝 Does Christianity have any dietary guidelines?
- 📝 Does the Dome of the Rock have any importance to Christianity?
- 📝 Does the Old Testament foretell the time in history in which the Messiah would come (the first time)?
- 📝 How many laws from Old Testament are still valid in New Testament?
- 📝 Where does the Old Testament mention "the devil"?
- 📝 What in New Testament invalidates God’s commandments from the Old Testament?
- 📝 What does Mormonism have to offer in regards to salvation through Jesus Christ that was not already taught in the New Testament?
- 📝 Have there been such an attempt made to make the comprehensive list of all New Testament scrolls ever found?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church have any mechanism to improve poor homilists?
- 📝 How many New Testament Manuscripts do we have from the period between the first century and the fourth century?