NEW COVENANT OF GRACE
Sixth
of seven in Passion for Redemption
Parallel Bible Series
Jeremiah
31:31-34, Matthew 26:27-29
Jeremiah
31:31: “The time is coming,’ declares
the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with
the house of Judah."
Jeremiah
31:32: “It will not be like the covenant
I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of
Egypt, because they broke My covenant though I was husband to them,’ declares
the Lord.”
Jeremiah
31:33: “This is the covenant I will make
with the house of Israel after that time,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will put my law in their minds and write
it on their hearts. I will be their God
and they will be My people.’”
Matthew
26:27: “Then He took the cup, gave
thanks and offered it to them, saying, ‘Drink of it,
all of you.”
Matthew
26:28: “This is
My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of
sins.”
HE
IS RISEN!
Jesus
ushered in God’s New Covenant of grace that first Easter (Matthew 28:1-10, John
1:17). Covenant
is a promise God makes to His people that He’s sure to keep—even if they
don’t. It’s always people who break
God’s covenant. Jeremiah’s passage is the
only time “new covenant” is mentioned in the Old Testament. So, when did people think it would arrive? They were clueless about Jesus.
When the Father talks about the
“house of Israel”, He intends to include the house of Judah. The two kingdoms were rejoined after two
hundred hears of hostility. See divided Israel
here:
The New covenant arrived through
Jesus, and includes Christians! “The
time is coming” in the Old Testament means “the Messianic era”. The Father always planned for His Son Jesus
to redeem people from sin—offering believers eternal life. The difference between the two covenants is
law and grace.
God’s original covenant with Israel
was His law, the Ten Commandments etched in stone. (It was an external visible sign). The law’s seriousness was sealed with the
blood of sacrificed animals. God’s law
of the New Covenant is etched in people’s hearts (Jeremiah 31:33), and sealed
with the blood of Jesus. The invisible
internal New Covenant fulfills what the old covenant purposed.
Take
Home Nugget
“But because of His great love for
us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead
in our transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” (Ephesians 2:5). “For sin shall no longer be your master,
because you are not under the law, but under grace.” (Romans 6:14).
Thank You God, for Jesus and Your grace!
J.D.
Griffith
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