In the face of the tangled stories of life and the pressing issues of today,
Can we reconnect with the Old Testament?

The 22 Old Testament scenes are familiar texts, but they are illuminated in a new and somewhat unexpected way.
Among them, it boldly brings up topics that were previously difficult to discuss, providing material for constructive discussion.
The ultimate goal is to arouse interest in the universal values ​​of the Bible through the interpretations presented by the author and to help those who wish to study the Word earnestly gain a deeper understanding.


Sometimes you can read it while asking questions and sometimes sharing it with fellow believers.
If you follow the lines in this way, you will finally come face to face with the true nature of the Old Testament.
This book guides us to reflect on the Bible amidst the problems facing today's society, correcting the Old Testament's message that has been caught between understanding and misunderstanding, and helping us restore our lives and faith.

What differentiates humans from animals is not the ability to think and speak, use tools, or any other physical ability (all of which the serpent of Genesis 3 possessed), but rather the way we discern God's will.
Animals identify their instinctive desires with God's will, but for humans, the more important channel of God's will is the word that comes from 'outside' them.
Humans are animals too, so sometimes our instincts are God's will.
But for humans, desire is not always God's will.
When humans can transcend their desires and instincts by responding to the word of God heard from outside, they become images of God, distinct from beasts.

--- p.46 「2.
From “Why the Serpent Could Speak in the Garden of Eden”

The Jewish tradition of interpreting the sin of Sodom as indifference and violence toward the weak reaches its zenith in the "Law of Sodom" (Middat Sedom).
This is one of the Jewish laws that originated from the story of Sodom, and what the 'law of Sodom' forbids is not sexual sin, but the obsession with possessions and cold-blooded indifference to one's neighbor.

--- p.99 「5.
Why were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed?

Job's friends eventually became offended by what he said.
I could not tolerate that statement because it was so pagan and implied such an unfaithful attitude towards life.
This also has to do with the fact that friends are 'wise'.
They are teachers of 'values ​​and morals'.
In other words, they are people who make a living by teaching, like today's pastors or theology professors.
For such people, ‘correct theology’ is especially important.
When Job refuses to be comforted and his words contradict their sound theology, they are hurt.
Sometimes hurt turns to anger.
And he begins to attack Job in order to restore the broken correct theology.
However, Job's friends were caught up in Job's words and forgot their duty as comforters.
They do not understand the circumstances that forced Job to say those words, and they rebuke Job in order to preserve the orthodox theology that seems to have been attacked.

--- p.156 「8.
Among those who refuse to be comforted

The words to the patriarchs to “be fruitful and multiply” were not a permanent command to continue having children until the end of the world, but were intended to help them become a “great nation.”
The Israelites actually became a 'great nation' in Egypt.
Interestingly, not a single person since Exodus has been commanded to “be fruitful and multiply.”

--- p.208 「11.
From "Be fruitful and multiply!"

'I am the god of tents and tabernacles.
The place I go to is where the people of Israel are.
Have I ever told any of your leaders to build you a house of cedar? Instead, I have commanded the leaders of Israel to shepherd my people Israel!

--- p.304 「17.
From “Why God Does Not Like Building a Temple”