Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “Covenant”
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Three key questions
Chapter 1 - What are the keys to understanding the OT?
An overview of OT study: attractions and obstacles
The attractions of the OT
1. Gripping stories
[Contrary to Richter] Longman finds Christians increasingly attracted to OT.
'spell-binding plots', 'vivid characters'
Paul says [1 Cor 10:1-11] that these are warnings against behaviour such as Solomon’s who lost a kingdom as a result of his marriages to foreign wives [1 Kings].
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The Epic of Eden
Introduction
Most people have a hodge-podge of knowledge of the old testament but no coherent structure. Richter suggests there are three reasons for this:
Never been taught the OT is their story. Both story and God different to the NT and to Jesus, even unnecessary.
OT is inaccessible for historical, geographical, cultural, linguistic etc. reasons.
The 'dysfunctional closet syndrome'.
OT as your story
OT is two thirds of the Bible and redemption story but treated as 'unfortunate preface'. Yet the characters are unknown to us as close relatives may be to an Alzheimer’s sufferer.