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UnityandDiversityinNewTestamentTheology Formuchofthefirsttwothousandyearsofchurchhistory,itwaspractically
Paul.TheysaythatPaulcorruptedtheteachingofJesus,transformingJesusJewish
theology,wemustconcedethatdiversitydoesexistintheNT,thoughwewoulddisagreeas tohowmuchdiversitythereis.Infact,itseemstomethatthereisagreatdealmoreunity thandiversity,particularlyforsuchalargegroupofdocuments.Whetherimplicitlyor explicitlystated,alloftheNTauthorsworkfromthesamebasicmessage:thatJesusisthe fulfillmentofOTpropheticexpectation(Davidspromisedheir);thatthenewagehasbeen inauguratedwithhiscoming;thathehasdiedforsins,hasrisenagainonthethirdday,has beenexaltedtotherighthandofGod,andwillonedayreturntojudgetheworld,raisethe deadandmakeallthingsnew.SounddoctrineisamajorconcernthroughouttheNT,and variantstothismessagearerejected. AnotherillustrationoftheunityoftheNTisthattheauthorsallclaimcontinuity
manypassagesclaimdivineinspiration(esp.Acts2:14;2Tim3:1617;2Pet1:1921; 3:16).Ifthisistrue,thentheNTistheproductofdualagency(bothhumananddivine
yes!Bothunityanddiversityexist,thoughitseemsthatinthemostimportantareas(esp. thebasicmessageofeachauthor)thereisoverwhelmingunity.