Month: September 2018
The great benefit of the New Covenant Jesus told the believers, “‘See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it…’” Revelation 3:8, NKJV. Jesus also told the believers that He has the ‘key of David’; what He opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can…
Read MoreThe New Covenant is superior to the old covenant. During the Old Covenant, with its law and regulations, only the high priest could enter behind the curtain into the most holy, and just once a year. Therefore, the only way the people could approach God was through the Levitical high priest. “the Holy Spirit indicating…
Read MoreThe agreement was replaced by the last will. The old covenant, with its stipulations, had to be replaced because it was made ineffective by the sinful nature of the humankind. The sin in the garden of Eden did not a result of a flawed performance by the newly-created humankind; but by the deliberate decision made…
Read MoreThe New Covenant is not an agreement. Because Jesus offered a perfect sacrifice, that is, He offered Himself; His sacrifice cleansed the conscience of the people. The Old Covenant sacrifices offered by the Levitical priesthood, could not cleanse the conscience of the people. Hebrews 9:9. By cleansing the conscience of the people the New Testament…
Read MoreA better covenant. Jesus became the Mediator of the New and a better covenant because He offered a perfect sacrifice for the removal of sin from the people. He offered Himself. “But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which rests on the better…
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