Old Testament Beliefs

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The New Testament expression kingdom of God has its conceptual antecedents in the Old Testament. One of Jesus emphases is that in him there is the fulfillment of the Old Testament hope. The form of the New Testament message betrays the content, and the content is in harmony with the Old Testament. The disciples and those who do the will of God are the nucleus of this new community, which, like the Old Testament community, is a community in the covenant. Beyond these incidents, Jesus speaks about the kingdom of God in metaphors of eating and banqueting The agenda to which Gods promise of land refers is the agenda of a rich and full life with Yahweh. The affinity between the facets of the divine design in the Old Testament and Jesus and his message

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