But the similarity of our contemporary situation to that of the journeying patriarchs extends beyond the mere absence of a piece of earthly real estate to call our own. Because of the theocracy/land connection, the church’s lack of a distinct country means that we exist in a cultural realm that is distinct from that of the cultic. We are, like the patriarchs, religiously particular but culturally indistinct. For the new covenant church, cult is distinct from culture, church is distinct from world,