separation in the minds of many between the Old Testament and the New. The story of God at work in history to redeem for Himself a people who will renounce what they are by nature and allow God to make them into what He planned from the beginning runs throughout Scripture. It is the story of how God overcame man’s sinful rebellion. It tells of God acting in history, first by calling out a people to be His own and in time by entering into His own creation to redeem mankind by the infinite sacrifice