THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT:
A STUDY ON CONTEMPORARY DEBATE OF METHODOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY
Made Astika
sttjaffraymakassar@yahoo.co.id
ABSTRACT
In accordance with the existing problems, the purpose
of writing this paper are: First of all, with few exceptions the field divided into two
separate disciplines of Old and New Testament theologies, which at the first
continued to retain the term biblical theology. Secondly, along with the
concern to maintain the independence of Biblical Theology from dogmatic
theology, there went a search for a new philosophical framework by which to
integrate the biblical material over and above a straightforward historical
reading. Thirdly, among
many critical scholars there was a growing assumption that Biblical Theology as
an academic discipline was largely anachronistic and was an unfortunate vestige
from a past era.
The conclusions are: The relationship between the Old Covenant and the New
can be presented as follows: God has only one covenant of grace, and only one eternal people - in which a person obtains a share through
faith in Christ alone, the Covenant Head and the Adam of the new humanity.
Herein lies the unity of God's eternal plan of salvation, and of the Word as
His special revelation to man. It must be put in mind that the God of the Old Testament is
also the God of the New Testament. It should be clear that the God and Father
of the Lord Jesus Christ is the same God who created man and woman, who
established marriage, and who redeemed Israel through the Exodus, foreshadowing
the redemption of believers through Christ. The Lord Jesus’ concept of God as
Father contained a truth not characteristic of the Old Testament, but yet not
negating any Old Testament teaching about God.
Key
words: Relationship, Methodology, Old and New Testament, Theology
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