Over the past couple of years, I have had the question “What new does Christ bring to the table?” It might be an ill-crafted question, but perhaps a fair one as well. It is often asked by those who give more weight to the Tanakh or ‘Old Testament’ than The apostolic writings or the ‘New Testament,’ or by those who lean into the ‘Hebraic’ understanding of the practice of faithfulness. The consistency and perpetuity of Torah, ADONAI’s instructions for living, are somehow at stake if anything ‘new’ is allowed to enter the conversation. But according to Romans 6:4 and other passages, the newness of life, as brought to fruition by the resurrection is ‘new.’ Beyond its novelty, it is absolutely necessary to the walk of covenantally faithful. For without the newness of life, as wrought by the resurrection, ‘our faithfulness is in vain.’ The proposition that something new is being brought to the table by a post ‘Old Testament’ figure is not something to be feared, but something to be exami
Mostly about grey days and the hope of the Resurrection