Light & truth part 2

What happens when light and truth are combined? The harsh God of the Old Testament following the letter of the law & inflicting harsh penalties on all who infringed the law of Moses seems a completely different type of Deity to the loving God of the New Testament who told us to forgive our enemies and bless those who curse us - but in reality, they are one and the same God. Sometimes the scriptures seem to contradict themselves, but usually it is because they are following one or the other of two laws, the temporal law, or the spiritual law. Truth of itself seems to be darkness, but brought into the light of Christ becomes something new and powerful in a constructive and redemptive way. "He comprehendeth all things, that he might be in and through all things, the light of truth." One cannot be without the other, just as we read "neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man in the Lord." Or in other words, neither is truth without the light, neither the light without the truth, in the Lord. If truth without light is dictatorship and cruelty, then light without truth is immorality and selfishness. Separately, they bring destruction and damnation, but together they bring joy, order and salvation to all those who would apply these principles in their lives. Part 3: Seeing patterns and grasping the whole