I HAVE NO MORE FUNNY MOVIE QUOTES! I used the last one yesterday. So from now on, I will start every blogging day with a quotation from whatever I’m reading at the moment. Maybe something funny, maybe something insightful, whatever. Today’s quote comes from Telford Work‘s paper, “Divided Loyalties? Christian Identity in Wartime America” (PDF file).

“The New Testament appropriates every age of Israel’s history: the patriarchs (at Jesus’ annunciation and his calling of the Twelve), the exodus (in Jesus’ return from Egypt and his crucifixion and resurrection), Sinai (in the Sermon on the Mount and at Pentecost), wilderness wanderings (in Jesus’ temptations and Johannine crucifixion), Conquest of Palestine (in Jesus’ baptism and subsequent enrty into the land as its restorer), Davidic Monarchy (in Jesus’ ministry, Triumphal Entry, and crucifixion), exile (in the Church’s dispersion and perhaps even in Jesus’ ascension), and Messianic Age (in the Kingdom present in Jesus and his Church and in the promise of Jesus’ return). All of these chapters in Israel’s history are paradigmatic for Chrisians, especially the last.”