Connection Of Old Testament Stories Relating To The New Testament Story

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Based on Chapter 6 one way the Old Testament story is connected to the New Testament story is the belief that God will be the king of the world again but the coming of Jesus Christ. A recurrent theme in the Old Testament is Israel’s exile and restoration, going away from God and coming back to follow him. The Israelites often turned away from God and worshipped other Gods and when that did not work out for them and things started to go bad in the world they cried out to the Lord. Every time the Israelites cried out to the Lord to save them he did but the people also had to endure suffering and punishment for what they did. The connection according to Wright, is in the belief of the Israelites that the “monsters” who have attacked God’s people