The New Testament is replete with the conviction that Jesus of Nazareth is the fulfillment of the Old Testament expectations. The apostle Paul gives classic expression to the view that with the coming of Jesus and the rise of the Christian community the consummation of all things is coming to pass: “[events of the Old Testament] were written down for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages [τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων] has come” (1 Cor 10:11). In view of
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