One obvious problem here is ‘cutting off the branch they’re sitting
on’. The New Testament cites the Old Testament as God’s word. The NT contains about 250 direct OT quotations. That rises to about 1,000 if it includes indirect quotations and allusions—including about 100 from Genesis 1–11. Furthermore, NT citations of OT passages often include “God said” or direct quotes from God as “Scripture said”. Both affirm the divine inspiration of the OT.
Even the ‘red letters’ are enough to affirm the OT. Jesus said, “Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). When He said that, the only Scripture was the OT.
Note in the ‘red letters’, how Jesus teaches about marriage in Matthew 19:3–6 (cf. Mark 10:5–9). He goes right back to God’s ordination of marriage as one man + one woman in Genesis 1:27 and 2:24. Jesus starts with His common rebuke, showing His high expectations about OT knowledge, “Have you not read …?”. Then He continues, “he who created them from the beginning made them male and female [1:27], and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’” [2:24]. Genesis 2:24 is part of the text, but Jesus explicitly stated the Creator Himself said it."
Even the ‘red letters’ are enough to affirm the OT. Jesus said, “Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35). When He said that, the only Scripture was the OT.
Note in the ‘red letters’, how Jesus teaches about marriage in Matthew 19:3–6 (cf. Mark 10:5–9). He goes right back to God’s ordination of marriage as one man + one woman in Genesis 1:27 and 2:24. Jesus starts with His common rebuke, showing His high expectations about OT knowledge, “Have you not read …?”. Then He continues, “he who created them from the beginning made them male and female [1:27], and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’” [2:24]. Genesis 2:24 is part of the text, but Jesus explicitly stated the Creator Himself said it."
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