Old & New Testaments

The Bible is ancient and starts with the Old Testament and ends with the New Testament.  What's the difference?  In the Old Testament, God establishes a special relationship with his people, there are promises and commands and requests from God~he is with them and they, the Isrealites, experience God relationally, to be clear, he talks and walks among them. The question of his existence never crosses their minds and as I write, I grin. They didn't need to prove God exists, they heard him, saw him in fire and smoke and other manifestations, they communed with their God.  God chose people to represent him, to be in relationship with him and he set them apart. The Isrealites were given strict orders to look only to him, the one who made them. He offered his protection and care when they abided and when they didn't, they took themselves out from under his protective umbrella. You and I, we know how this works:  I can tell my 16 son that driving fast could result in a speeding ticket and if he chooses to not heed the warning, speeds and gets pulled over, he is subject to a law outside of our home, where I cannot protect him nor can I save him from consequences.  So it is with God~Does this mean God only loves his chosen people, the Isrealities?  Absolutely not, any and all people are welcome to him...he gives us the option of choosing, it is up to us to decide.  With idol worship, human sacrifices and other detestable to God activities all around them, the Isrealites were different from their neighbouring communities in their worship and faith filled practices. Don't just trust The Bible on this, it is written elsewhere too.  Go find out for yourself!  God isn't secretive and he isn't chaotic, Truth never is.  To finish this up with the differences between the old and the new, the New Testament is about the life, death of...okay...more next time.