Post by foxjj on May 10, 2023 7:32:13 GMT
The New Covenant
The Bible is divided into two main sections. The first section is commonly known as The Old Testament. This section covers the history of the Jewish people and the covenant that God made with them. It is here that we find The Ten Commandments and the blood sacrifices that the people were required to offer as atonement for sin under what has become known as The Old Covenant. The second and smaller section of The Bible is known as The New Testament which tells of Jesus and how The New Covenant was established.
In the New Covenant, forgiveness is associated completely with the blood of Jesus shed on the cross. In Matthew 26:28 while celebrating Passover, Jesus explained how it foreshadowed His sacrificial death when He said of the wine: "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." In Acts 13:38 Paul declared: "Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you." We are at peace with God when we have accepted the forgiveness and new life that Jesus offers in the New Covenant. In John 17:3, while praying to The Father He declared: "this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."
We who have accepted by faith, the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins are now redeemed unto God. For the normal human mind this spiritual truth is difficult to perceive, consequently, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to aid in our search for spiritual truth, as He promised In John’s gospel: “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:13-14)
Consequently, when the sacrificial system of the Old Covenant came to an end in 70 AD through the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem, the New Covenant was already in place through the sacrificial atonement of Jesus who was both Messiah and Redeemer. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
Today, let us praise God for The New Covenant in Jesus.
John Joseph Fox.
The Bible is divided into two main sections. The first section is commonly known as The Old Testament. This section covers the history of the Jewish people and the covenant that God made with them. It is here that we find The Ten Commandments and the blood sacrifices that the people were required to offer as atonement for sin under what has become known as The Old Covenant. The second and smaller section of The Bible is known as The New Testament which tells of Jesus and how The New Covenant was established.
In the New Covenant, forgiveness is associated completely with the blood of Jesus shed on the cross. In Matthew 26:28 while celebrating Passover, Jesus explained how it foreshadowed His sacrificial death when He said of the wine: "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins." In Acts 13:38 Paul declared: "Therefore, my friends, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you." We are at peace with God when we have accepted the forgiveness and new life that Jesus offers in the New Covenant. In John 17:3, while praying to The Father He declared: "this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."
We who have accepted by faith, the sacrifice of Jesus for our sins are now redeemed unto God. For the normal human mind this spiritual truth is difficult to perceive, consequently, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to aid in our search for spiritual truth, as He promised In John’s gospel: “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:13-14)
Consequently, when the sacrificial system of the Old Covenant came to an end in 70 AD through the destruction of The Temple in Jerusalem, the New Covenant was already in place through the sacrificial atonement of Jesus who was both Messiah and Redeemer. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16-17)
Today, let us praise God for The New Covenant in Jesus.
John Joseph Fox.