The Jews professed to believe the writings of Moses, but they did not. Christ said to them: "For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?" (John 5:46-47)
The man who rejects one word from God really rejects the whole; for it is the same voice throughout.
This is illustrated in the progress of so-called Biblical criticism.
• The critics began with the Old Testament, and the writings of Moses.
• Then Isaiah and the other prophets, and the Psalms were disposed of, higher criticism deciding what portions should be received.
• Now the critics deal with the words of Christ in the New Testament in the same manner.
This is as Christ said, "If you believed not his [Moses'] writings, how shall you believe my words?" (John 5:47)
Christ spoke by Moses and the prophets as verily as by His own lips. It is the same voice, the same tone, and the same Gospel, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and for ever." (Hebrews 13:8)--Present Truth, January 11, 1894--Timeline: III-10 (Rejection by the Sanhedrin)--John 5:46-47