Hence to our general aim of obtaining a comprehensive picture of the realm of OT belief we must add a second and closely related purpose—to see that this comprehensive picture does justice to the essential relationship with the NT and does not merely ignore it. Naturally this does not mean that the language of the OT must be artificially screwed up to the pitch of the New in order that both Testaments may be on the same spiritual plane. To seek to do this would merely betray a very poor idea of the