is concern for the church and his use of the Old Testament. He tries to provide the community of believers with guidelines and authoritative leaders. Matthew did not mention the hierarchy of the church like the bishops and priests, but he does mention educated leaders and scribes. He believed Peter to be at Gods right hand and at the top of the line below God. Matthew believed and was convicted that one could find explanations of the puzzling aspects of Jesus story like his death on the cross and because of this, tensions arose. This is why many scholars tried to find a scheme of salvation history to resolve some of its tensions. There is a threefold scheme of salvation history in Matthews Gospel. The threefold scheme is: A period of Israel from Abraham to Jbap, the time of Jesus own life, and the time of the church from Jesus Resurrection to the end of the world. ...
