What Is the New Covenant?
What Is the New Covenant? The New Covenant, prophesied by Jeremiah and established through Christ's blood, replaces the Old Covenant of law with an internal transformation — God's law written on believers' hearts, sins forgiven, and the Spirit indwelling every believer.
Key verse: Jeremiah 31:33 (KJV)
The New Covenant, prophesied by Jeremiah and established through Christ's blood, replaces the Old Covenant of law with an internal transformation — God's law written on believers' hearts, sins forgiven, and the Spirit indwelling every believer.
The New Covenant, prophesied by Jeremiah and established through Christ's blood, replaces the Old Covenant of law with an internal transformation — God's law written on believers' hearts, sins forgiven, and the Spirit indwelling every believer.
"I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts." — Jeremiah 31:33 (KJV)
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Jeremiah prophesied, 'Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel... I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people... I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more' (Jeremiah 31:31-34). Jesus inaugurated this covenant at the Last Supper: 'This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you' (Luke 22:20). The Book of Hebrews extensively explains how the New Covenant supersedes the Old: 'He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises' (Hebrews 8:6). The Old Covenant, mediated through Moses, depended on human obedience to external law. The New Covenant operates by grace through the indwelling Spirit: 'God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts' (Galatians 4:6). Under the Old, animal sacrifices atoned temporarily. Under the New, Christ's sacrifice is once-for-all: 'By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified' (Hebrews 10:14). The Old Covenant revealed sin; the New Covenant removes it. Both covenants reveal God's character, but the New fulfills what the Old only foreshadowed.
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"I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts."
"This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you."
"He is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises."
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