The New Covenant

Posted : 18 Jul, 2010 03:29 PM

The New Covenant

Because of constant sin and rebellion, on the part of the people of Israel, God said

through Isaiah the prophet, that when His people repent of their transgression, He would in the �End of Days� redeem His people and bring them back from slavery and out of

bondage, to the land of Israel (Isah.59:20). God declares, �And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD: my spirit that is upon you, and my words that I

have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouths of your children, or out of the mouths of your children�s children, says the LORD, from now on and forever� (Isaiah 59:21).

In other words, God foretold that He would make a NEW COVENANT with His people, in which His Holy Spirit would remain upon them, and their children, forever!

Speaking of that soon-coming time, God says, �For I the LORD love justice, I hate robbery and wrongdoing; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an

EVERLASTING COVENANT with them. Their descendants shall be known among the

nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed� (Isa.61:8-9).

Jeremiah the prophet spoke of this same covenant. He adds, �The days are surely

coming, says the LORD, when I will make a NEW COVENANT with the house of Israel

and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when

I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt � a covenant that they

broke, though I was their husband, says the LORD.

�But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,

says the LORD: I will put MY LAW within them, and I will write it on their HEARTS;

and I will be their God, and they shall be my people� (Jer.31-33).

This is the famous, aptly called �NEW COVENANT�!

But how is this New Covenant different from the Old Covenant? Many people

would like to know � and know the truth! Much false information and erroneous

teaching has been disseminated on this subject!

Jeremiah continues this subject in chapter 32. God said, �I will make an

everlasting covenant with them, never to draw back from doing good to them; and I will

put the fear of me in their HEARTS, so they may not turn from me. I will rejoice in doing

good to them, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and with

all my soul� (Jer.32:40-41).

This covenant will be instituted when the Messiah returns and delivers His people

from the ends of the earth. Jeremiah asserts, �In those days and in that time, says the

LORD, the people of Israel shall come, they and the people of Judah together; they shall

come weeping as they seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to Zion, with

faces turned toward it, and they shall come and join themselves to the LORD by an

EVERLASTING COVENANT that will never be forgotten� (Jer.50:5).

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