Disobedience
holiness. From Adam and Eve through Cain and Abel and to everyone before and after the law of Moses, the standard of righteousness was established and is sustained to the last page of the NT. Violation of it produces judgment, temporal and eternal.
In the OT, it is recorded that God revealed himself by the following means:
creation—primarily through man—who was made in his image angels signs, wonders, and miracles visions spoken words by prophets and others written Scripture (OT)
In the NT, it is recorded that God revealed himself again by the same means, but more clearly and fully:
creation—the God-man, Jesus Christ, who was the very image of God angels signs, wonders, and miracles visions spoken words by apostles and prophets written Scripture (NT)
2. The Revelation of Divine Judgment for Sin and Disobedience
Scripture repeatedly deals with the matter of man's sin, which leads to divine judgment. Account after account in Scripture demonstrates the deadly effects in time and eternity of violating God's standard. There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible. Only four of them don't involve a fallen world: the first two and the last two—before the fall and after the creation of the new heaven and new earth. The rest is the chronicle of the tragedy of sin.
In the OT, God showed the disaster of sin—starting with Adam and Eve, to Cain and Abel, the patriarchs, Moses and Israel, the kings, priests, some prophets, and Gentile nations. Throughout the OT is the relentless record of continual devastation produced by sin and disobedience to God's law.