Continuity and Covenant Theology pg 125

• Continuity comes at a very gross cost and dilemma

• Salvation History is primarily continuous
• There is a basic unity between believers of OT and believers of today
• All Scriptures are as relevant for believers today
• Israel in the OT is equivalent to Church of the NT
• “Spiritualize” the physical and temporal promises to make them applicable to the Catholic Church of today.
• Ceremonial, Civil and Moral commandments continue to be binding today?
• Oh my! ... How can we do this? Make some binding, others not.
• How 2 and who 2 determines which are which? Umm
• What is the future for the nation of Israel? Philosophers of Alexandria Egypt and Church Father Saint Augustine allegorized away:
• The Millenial Reign of Christ & the Throne of David = amillenialism
• Israel's physical presence in the Promised Land (then non-existent)
• The promised, promised &promised regathering and restoration of Israel
• The position one takes regarding the continuity-discontinuity issue SIGNIFICANTLY affects both preaching, teaching and ones hermeneutics.