When did the Old Testament stop? When did the New Testament begin?

These questions about the two covenants are often misunderstood, overlooked, dodged, or even disputed in our modern religious world. Why are they so questionable? What does the Bible really teach about the answers to these questions. Why is this subject about the difference between the Old and New Testaments so important? What difference does it make?

“It makes a lot of difference”. Under Grace we become members of Christ’s body. Under Law they didn’t because the body of Christ the Church had not come. Saints under Grace are united with God through personal forgiveness and redemption from the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary. Forgiveness and redemption came through Israel’s final sacrifice.This final sin offering was the man, Christ. The Lamb of God that redeems people from their personal sins. Jesus was Israel’s final sin offering. Israel’s Temple was destroyed in 70AD. The Church was purchased and birthed through shed blood of Christ. The Comforter came as Christ promised the Spirit would come.

Under the New Testament…saints of God have a greater blessing called Grace. Saints of God under the Law of Moses and before were under Old Covenant relationships. Today under the covenant of Grace (in the Church)…Jesus sent us another Comforter from the Throneroom. This Comforter was something Old Testament saints never had and never experienced under the blessing of the Law of Moses and prior.

So, when did the Old Testament stop? When did the New Testament begin? At Calvary when Jesus (the lamb of God) became Israel’s final sacrificial offering to God.

Hebews 10:5-10…Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].

Learn the Bible from the perspective of knowing when the Old Testament stopped and the New Testament began. Make the distinction between the Old and the New Testament. Don’t mix everything up. Live with the power of God’s Divine Grace that flows from Calvary. See it in the Bible. Rightly divide the truth of God’s Word. Christ not only forgives…He also gives us a better life. That better life is the blessed life of living with the power of God’s Grace every minute, every hour, and every day. A New Testament saint has a greater blessing because it comes from the person of Christ within. Grace flows from Calvary. Grace keeps the Comforter present in our lives. Grace is where the Church and all spirtual gifts come from.

These gifts never ceased at the Early church. These gifts are blessings of the New Testament we now live under. Jesus said greater blessings than these would come because He went back to the Father. Glory! We now have greater blessings! Because the Old Testament stopped and the New Testament began.

If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross

Last night we had a beautiful service at the Upper Room. The sermon was about the final hours of the Lord Jesus Christ on Earth during His crucifixion. The Spirit ministered to our hearts about how personal Salvation stems from the suffering Saviour who could have came down off the cross because He was God in the flesh. When Jesus stepped down from His heavenly position He became a man, yet as the Son of God He had power to do anything within human comprehension, but didn't. God's plan for fallen man far out weighs human comprehension. Notice the Scriptures written by Matthew as the people observed our Saviour in public shame.

Matt 27:40...If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.

Matt 27:42...If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.

Jesus was mocked by humanity. He was ridiculed by the Pharisees yet there was no guile found in His mouth. He was "made" sin who knew no sin, that "we" might be made the righteousness of God in Him. He bore the punishment for sin in His fleshly body at Calvary yet His soul did not see corruption. He could have come down off the cross and proved that He had power to do so..but didn't. Jesus by the Grace of God tasted suffering and death so that you and I could be saved and redeemed from eternal separation from God. When Jesus suffered on the cross He tasted death for fallen man.

Heb 2:9-10...But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Christ tasted death for you and I. He could have came down off the cross because He had the power to do so...but didn't according to the plan of God. His compassion and mercy for fallen man can not be described in His suffering. His love for fallen man cannot be described as He hung on the cross in public shame. Did He have power to come down from the cross and prove He was God? Yes, but if He would have come down from the cross you and I would not have had any means of redemption. Redemption flows from Calvary. The Holy Spirit was given to humanity through the Church that was birthed at Calvary. If Jesus would have come down off the cross the Church wouldn't have been birthed. Mosaic Law would not have ceased and Grace would not have begun.

During the ninth hour (after darkness was over all the land) Jesus commended His Spirit into the hands of the Father and cried out, "It is finished"...and then He gave up the ghost. The son of God had power to come down off the cross but didn't... so you and I could be saved. Glory!

Christ once suffered (audio)...a rebuttal against the fable like story of Christ's descension to Hell...Brother Hubert Lindsey

This excellent audio brings Scriptural clairification to the false teaching of Christ's descension to Hell. Brother Lindsey tells about the origin of this teaching and opens many scriptures to bring out the truth on this misunderstood subject. Brother Lindsey's sermon is centered on Christ's death, burial, and resurrection...especially on things concerning the humanity of Christ. It gives this writer great joy to advocate and keep alive these timeless messages of Bible truth concerning Christ. Brother Lindsey lived his whole life through trials and sufferings to spread this Gospel across our nation. That's why Rick Roehm today uses this Blog to keep these timeless messages alive. Brother Lindsey recorded these sermons for a reason. To scatter their wealth of knowledge to as many as possible. That's the reason why I do this work with joy and honor. Glory to Christ! Glory to His precious name! Hallelujah!

The suffering of our Christ

Jesus professed soul suffering in Matt 26:38...Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:

"The soul of man is the part of man that chooses or decides."

The soul suffering of Christ was prophesied in the Old Testament by the Prophet Isaiah.

 Isa 53:12...because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; 

Could you imagine making the decision of going to Calvary for a cruel death of crucifixion?

Soul suffering took place before Calvary. Soul suffering was Christ's decision as a man...to do the will of the Father. Soul suffering humbled Christ to obedience...even the death of the cross.

Phil 2:8...And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.


Soul suffering "ceased" at Calvary. By the Grace of God...Christ's physical death paid the price to bring us a better covenant than the covenant of Law. Soul suffering and physical death ceased at Calvary. The Church was birthed! The ministry of the Holy Spirit was given! God's greatest morality was given to the human family by the Grace of God!

Heb 2:9-10...But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things,

Christ said, "It is finished".


John 19:30...When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.


Jesus never struggled as a man,"He was God in the flesh!" "Jesus' soul travailed as He suffered in obedience to the Father..to redeem humanity". Jesus had all power and authority! The expression that Jesus was in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights simply described His obedience unto (physical) death.

Jesus told the thief on the cross, "Today" you shall be with me in Paradise.


Luke 23:43...And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.

Paradise is Heaven! Paradise is the abode of the Father and Christ seated on their Thrones. Paradise is where the souls of redeemed saints go when their physical body is placed in the grave.

At death to the physical body...the redeemed soul goes to Paradise. All redeemed saints that go to Heaven will receive a glorified body as Christ's body was also glorified!

Luke 24:39-40...Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet.

No sensationalism! No mysterious trip to Hell! No Struggle or Battle with Satan over the keys! Just simply "Bible Truth" as it's written! Read it for yourself! Don't run wild with the opinions of men!