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A fundamental requirement in an inclusivist understanding of the
relationship between Christianity and other religions is evidence
of God's salvific activity outside any knowledge of Christ. This is
commonly identified in the religion of Old Testament Israel. On
this basis an analogy (the "Israel analogy") is drawn between the
religion of the old covenant and contemporary non-Christian
religions. Closely related is the parallel argument that as Christ
has fulfilled the Old covenant, he can also be seen as the
fulfillment of other religious traditions and their scriptures.This
study outlines the use of the Israel analogy and the fulfillment
model, subjecting these concepts to a biblical and theological
critique revealing that the exegetical and patristic data are
misconstrued in support of these concepts. Furthermore, the Israel
analogy and the fulfillment model undermine the sui generis
relationship between the old and new covenants and fail to respect
the organic, progressive nature of salvation history. They also
misconstrue the old covenant and the nature of its fulfillment in
the new covenant. The Israel analogy and fulfillment model rely on
a correspondence between the chronologically premessianic (Israel)
and the epistemologically premessianic (other religions), and
therefore consider the "BC condition" to continue today. In so
doing, they undermine the significance of the Christ-event by
failing to appreciate the decisive effect of this event on history
and the nature of existence. It marks a radical turn in salvation
history, a crisis point, rendering the BC period complete and
fulfilled. Therefore the concept of a continuing "premessianic"
condition or state is seriously flawed, as are the Israel
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