1.READING OLD TESTAMENT TEXTS AS IF THEY WERE NT TEXTS. TO GIVE BUT TWO EXAMPLES, THE ‘ANGEL OF THE LORD’ WAS NOT CHRIST SHOWING UP IN OT SALVATION HISTORY. WHY NOT? FOR STARTERS, THE SON OF GOD WAS IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ONTOLOGICAL CATEGORY THAN ANGELS, AS HEBREWS 1 MAKES PERFECTLY CLEAR. FOR ANOTHER THING, OT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD NOT BE EVALUATED ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN CHARACTER STANDARDS. ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, DAVID, SOLOMON ARE NOT CHRISTIANS BEFORE THEIR TIME.... Read more