The terminology “new covenant” comes from the prophet Jeremiah, who predicted that God would grant a covenant of final renewal to Israel and Judah after Israel’s exile in the last days.
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In the Old Testament, the covenant with Moses established the earthly Levitical priesthood, but their Levitical priesthood was based in the Law and failed because of Israel’s sins. While Levitical sacrifices could not bring final forgiveness of sin, Jeremiah’s prediction of a new covenant promised that God would forgive the sins of his people forever.
The terminology “new covenant” derives from Jeremiah 31:31. In this verse, the prophet predicted that God would grant a covenant of final renewal to Israel and Judah after Israel’s exile in the last days. The new covenant of Jeremiah 31 cannot fail because, as Hebrews 8:6 tells us: “It is founded on better promises.”
In Hebrews 9:1-28, the author elaborated on the fact that Jesus’ heavenly royal priesthood is superior to the Levitical priesthood. He described priestly activities commanded in Leviticus 16:34 regarding the annual Day of Atonement. This demonstrated that the sacrifices of the earthly tabernacle could not fully resolve the problem of sin but had to be repeated every year.
One of the contrasts that the author of the letter to the Hebrews makes about Jesus' sacrifice for sin and sacrificial system in the Old Testament is that in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament the priest’s work was never fully done. The priest had to keep offering again and again sacrifices for sin. And the point that the author makes is, that work does not fully complete what is needed to deal with sin, but Jesus' work fully completes it. In fact, Jesus is the Great High Priest who, once he has sacrificed himself for sin, sits down at God's right hand, whereas the priests of old remained standing on their feet because there was work to be done yet. But Jesus sits down, and the author to the Hebrews interprets that as saying his work is complete, sin is fully dealt with, it’s done. – Dr. Constantine Campbell
Moses’ covenant was initiated with death and blood. So, the new covenant also had to be initiated with death and blood — with Christ’s blood in the inner sanctuary of God’s heavenly palace. No forgiveness could be given until the people were cleansed by the blood of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Jesus did away with sin once for all because his blood is not sprinkled in a man-made sanctuary. He entered heaven by the sacrifice of himself. Those who have faith in Christ have been freed from sin through his perfect priestly atonement and now have open access to the throne of grace in heaven.
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In the Old Testament, the covenant with Moses established the earthly Levitical priesthood, but their Levitical priesthood was based in the Law and failed because of Israel’s sins. While Levitical sacrifices could not bring final forgiveness of sin, Jeremiah’s prediction of a new covenant promised that God would forgive the sins of his people forever.
The terminology “new covenant” derives from Jeremiah 31:31. In this verse, the prophet predicted that God would grant a covenant of final renewal to Israel and Judah after Israel’s exile in the last days. The new covenant of Jeremiah 31 cannot fail because, as Hebrews 8:6 tells us: “It is founded on better promises.”
In Hebrews 9:1-28, the author elaborated on the fact that Jesus’ heavenly royal priesthood is superior to the Levitical priesthood. He described priestly activities commanded in Leviticus 16:34 regarding the annual Day of Atonement. This demonstrated that the sacrifices of the earthly tabernacle could not fully resolve the problem of sin but had to be repeated every year.
One of the contrasts that the author of the letter to the Hebrews makes about Jesus' sacrifice for sin and sacrificial system in the Old Testament is that in the sacrificial system of the Old Testament the priest’s work was never fully done. The priest had to keep offering again and again sacrifices for sin. And the point that the author makes is, that work does not fully complete what is needed to deal with sin, but Jesus' work fully completes it. In fact, Jesus is the Great High Priest who, once he has sacrificed himself for sin, sits down at God's right hand, whereas the priests of old remained standing on their feet because there was work to be done yet. But Jesus sits down, and the author to the Hebrews interprets that as saying his work is complete, sin is fully dealt with, it’s done. – Dr. Constantine Campbell
Moses’ covenant was initiated with death and blood. So, the new covenant also had to be initiated with death and blood — with Christ’s blood in the inner sanctuary of God’s heavenly palace. No forgiveness could be given until the people were cleansed by the blood of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Jesus did away with sin once for all because his blood is not sprinkled in a man-made sanctuary. He entered heaven by the sacrifice of himself. Those who have faith in Christ have been freed from sin through his perfect priestly atonement and now have open access to the throne of grace in heaven.
#BibleCurriculum #reformedtheology
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