Old Testament Wisdom Connecting to the Present

The old testament scares off a lot of people, especially women. They fail to realize that it firstly reveals the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and why he has to come, because we cannot live under the law, which means in our fallen state, we cannot nor ever be like God here in this state. The old testament also has words of guidance which were good for God's creation then and now; and again, in the old we are introduced to the gospel stressing as in the past, present and future the importance of social roles, relationships between people and especially between husbands and wives.  For instance, in Numbers 30:1-31:54 we can read the regulations the Lord gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter who still lives at home. We are being told about the exchange of information, communication which is about words, word order in the form of vows and pledges, and when they are said 'sent' and heard 'received'. You see, words having meaning and they cannot and should not be taken lightly. This was good advice in the past (old testament) and it is still good advice in the present and will be for the future.