Why is it that so many OT characters like Abraham, Isaac and even King David are cowardly, frightened and often deceitful. While Jesus and later the Apostles in Acts and the epistolary literature have conviction, courage and always speak truthfully? Did the OT characters not trust in God?

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Anonymous Wed Dec 16 12:25:27 2015 No.7469942 [Reply] [Original]

Why is it that so many OT characters like Abraham, Isaac and even King David are cowardly, frightened and often deceitful.

While Jesus and later the Apostles in Acts and the epistolary literature have conviction, courage and always speak truthfully? Did the OT characters not trust in God?

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 16 12:42:05 2015 No.7470009 OT are gulf arabs, NT are levantines.

>>	Anonymous Wed Dec 16 14:09:35 2015 No.7470326 >>7469942 Jesus was God, but even he got scared. The apostles weren't perfect either, constantly doubting God, who they met in the flesh, and denying him (in the case of Peter).

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