The New Testament disciples, as witnesses of the Christ event, are like those who have been surprised by the ending of an Agatha Christie novel, and are now able to re-interpret the prior material that they had once known from a different perspective. They find meaning where they had found little before; they notice details that had passed by them previously; they amplify significant silences; they draw new connections.
Why the NT writers use the OT in the way they do
November 28, 2012 by Matthew R. Malcolm
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Couldn’t we say the same of people that read the Bible in light of current events?
Yes, I suppose we could… but the decisive chapter has already happened: “in these last days he has spoken by a son” – it’s the Christ event itself in which the “mystery” has been revealed. If we’re to follow in the hermeneutical footsteps of Jesus and the NT writers, then it’s in the light of that great revelation that we are to read the OT.
Yes! Great Post!
It reminds me of this video I recently came across– it’s a cute little song about how Jesus and his followers actually Occupy Jerusalem.
Anyways, here it is: http://youtu.be/a6akkb_afqs
Which, it has a point.
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy-gCEWh5-4
Relevant for you 26:47 onwards, though the whole thing is worthwhile.
“What has changed is not the text itself, but Paul’s starting point” – brilliant