Includes bibliographical references (p. 963-987) and indexes.

Beale examines how the New Testament storyline relates to and develops the Old Testament storyline. Beale argues that every major concept of the New Testament is a development of a concept from the Old and is to be understood as a facet of the inauguration of the latter-day new creation and kingdom. --from publisher description

THE BIBLICAL-THEOLOGICAL STORYLINE OF SCRIPTURE. The redemptive-historical storyline of the Old Testament -- The eschatological storyline of the Old Testament : the Old Testament focus on the latter days -- The eschatological storyline of the Old Testament in relation to Judaism : the Jewish focus on the latter days -- The eschatological storyline of the Old Testament in relation to the New Testament : the New Testament focus on the latter days-- Further reflections on the nature of the eschatological New Testament storyline -- THE STORY OF THE INAUGURATED END-TIME TRIBULATION. The eschatological great tribulation commencing in Jesus and the church -- THE STORY OF THE INAUGURATED END-TIME RESURRECTION AND NEW-CREATIONAL KINGDOM AS A FRAMEWORK FOR NEW TESTAMENT THEOLOGY. The Old Testament-Jewish view of resurrection and resurrection as inaugurated end-time new creation and kingdom in the gospels and Acts -- Resurrection as inaugurated end-time new creation and kingdom in Paul's writings -- More-explicit Pauline expressions of resurrection as inaugurated end-time new creation and kingdom -- Resurrection as inaugurated end-time new creation and kingdom in the general epistles and Revelation -- THE STORY OF IDOLATRY AND RESTORATION AS GOD'S IMAGE IN THE INAUGURATED NEW CREATION. The inaugurated latter-day justification -- Inaugurated latter-day reconciliation as new creation and restoration from exile --

THE STORY OF SALVATION AS INAUGURATED END-TIME NEW CREATION. The spirit as the transforming agent of the inaugurated eschatological new creation -- The commencement of the spirit's building of believers into the transformed temple of the end-time new creation -- The story of the Eden sanctuary, Israel's temple, and Christ and the church as the ongoing transformed eschatological temple of the spirit in the new-creational kingdom -- THE STORY OF THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT IN THE INAUGURATED END-TIME NEW CREATION. The church as the transformed and restored eschatological Israel -- The relationship of Israel's land promises to the fulfillment of Israel's restoration of new creation prophecies in Christ and the church -- THE DISTINGUISHING MARKS OF THE CHURCH AS STORYLINE FACETS OF THE END-TIME INAUGURATED NEW CREATION. The church's new-creational transformation of Israel's distinguishing marks : the Sunday Sabbath observance of the church as an "already and not yet" new-creational end-time reality -- The church's new-creational transformation of Israel's distinguishing marks : baptism, the Lord's Supper, the church office, and New Testament canon -- THE STORY OF CHRISTIAN LIVING AS INAUGURATED END-TIME NEW-CREATIONAL LIFE. Christian living as the beginning of transformed new-creational life : the end-time indicative-imperative pattern and ongoing return from exile -- Christian living as the beginning of transformed new-creational life : the role of the law and marriage -- CONCLUSION. The relationship of inaugurated and consummated eschatological realities to the parallel realities experienced by Old Testament saints -- The purpose of the redemptive-historical story and implications for Christian living in the "already and not yet" eschatological age of the new creation.