Taken Away or Established?
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· 3 viewsThere are so many who are confused about the connection and difference between the Old and the New Covenant. What still applies to us and why?
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Marriage Covenant
Remember Day
4th July 2010
Marriage More Important
June 12th 2011
Remember that day
Series of Covenants
Series of Covenants
Adam
Adam
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Notice
when first covenant started
Purpose of Covenant?
Salvation
Noah
Noah
Genesis 9:12–15 (ESV)
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations:
I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds,
I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Covenant with
Noah
Earth
Abraham
Abraham
Genesis 15:18–21 (ESV)
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river,
the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
Chapter 17
multiplied greatly
father of nations
name changed
for you and your offspring
you shall keep it
land of sojourn
land of Canaan
circumcision
birth of Isaac
Covenant with Isaac
Moses
Moses
Exodus 2:23–25 (ESV)
During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help.
Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew.
I remember my covenant
give them Canaan
Exodus 19:3–6 (ESV)
while Moses went up to God. The Lord called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel:
‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant,
you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
Israel:
Promise to keep
Other Details of
Moses Covenant
Book of Covenant
Blessing and Curses
David
David
2 Samuel 7:9–12 (ESV)
And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.
And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall afflict them no more, as formerly, from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel.
And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Build Sanctuary
I’ll build your house.”
Establish You
Descendants on Throne
Solomon’s Failure
Solomon’s Failure
Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.
Conditionality of the covenant promises
Remnant of OT
Remnant of OT
Babylonian Captivity
Jeremiah 11:6–8 (ESV)
And the Lord said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant and do them.
For I solemnly warned your fathers when I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, warning them persistently, even to this day, saying, Obey my voice.
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.”
They rejected the Covenant
Jeremiah 11:10–11 (ESV)
They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words. They have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah
have broken my covenant that I made with their fathers. Therefore, thus says the Lord, Behold, I am bringing disaster upon them that they cannot escape. Though they cry to me, I will not listen to them.
The Broke Covenant
Curses are coming.
Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply.
After Curses
I will renew Covenant.
Renewing Vows
New Covenant Promised
New Covenant Promised
Jeremiah 31:31–34 (ESV)
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord.
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will
be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
What is content of
New Covenant?
Conversion
Law in Heart
Everlasting Covenant
Everlasting Covenant
I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
Everlasting...
God forgives and renews
Jeremiah 33:19–22 (ESV)
The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: “Thus says the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,
then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers.
As the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”
God cannot break
the Covenant...
Day and Night
Sun Stands Still
Son on the Throne?
nope...
I will forgive them...
This is not the end...
Another 600 years!
The New Testament
The New Testament
2 Corinthians 3:4–6 (ESV)
Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us,
but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Paul Says
New Covenant
that means
what was before
is Old Covenant
Same Chapter...
Old Covenant
Old Covenant
2 Corinthians 3:12–15 (ESV)
Since we have such a hope, we are very bold, not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze at the outcome of what was being
brought to an end. But their minds were hardened. For to this day, when they read the old covenant, that same veil remains unlifted, because only through Christ is it taken away. Yes, to this day whenever Moses is read a veil lies over their hearts.
Jew vs. Gentile
Jew vs. Gentile
Ephesians 2:11–16 (ESV)
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ,
alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by
the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that
he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
Circumcision
Separation Jew/Gentile
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.
Who is Covenant People?
those who believe
“if you are Christs”
you are Israel!
Out with the Old, In with the New
Out with the Old, In with the New
Hebrews 10:8–10 (ESV)
When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),
then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Something Taken Away
Something Different Established...
What is established?
This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant.
“Better Covenant”
further...
and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Jesus brought
New Covenant...
Summary:
God has always
(since the fall)
had a covenant
had a covenant people
Covenant is
agreement to save
Covenant People
Individual or Nations
God is working to
Present His Salvation to World
Last Day Remnant
Last Day Remnant
Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
God’s Special People
in the last days.
His Final Covenant People
Revelation 14:9–12 (ESV)
And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will
drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence
of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”
Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
They Experience
Purpose of the NC
Laws in Heart
Laws in Mind
Reflection of Christ
Reflection of Law
Reflection of Truth
God calling us...
Final Remnant...
Final and Full Display
Covenant People
Dispensationalism
Dispensationalism
God’s Covenant is
for Israel in the OT
For Christians NT
Returns to Israel
During Millennium
Post-millenium
Literal 1000
On Earth
Dan 9:27 is about
renewing Covenant
with Israel
144,000 = literal Israel
12,000 each tribe
Different or the Same?
Different or the Same?
Same
Same
Jeremiah 31:31–34 (ESV)
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took
them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall
each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
and
“This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
When did the
New Covenant Start?
If it started
at cross
why NC in OT?
Some say
same covenant...
One Covenant
that never ended...
Does not hold up to
weight of scripture.
Different
Different
Hebrews 10:8–10 (ESV)
When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law),
then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Something has
been done away
Something else
established
(in its place)
The Bible is explicit
What has been
done away?
What still applies?
Next Sermon...
All Covenants Purpose
Proclaim Salvation
Reflect Savior
Light to the World
God changed people
multiple times...
Covenant is not
about a people group
Covenant is about
Message of Salvation
God will use
whoever will
present message
light to the world!
Main Points
Main Points
God has always had a Covenant People.
God’s covenant people often failed to keep the covenant.
God Changes His Covenant People.
God’s Covenant Promises were call conditional.
God’s Promise to Covenant with a particular Person/Nation was Conditional.
God Brought the Old Covenant to an end.
God Established an New Covenant.
The New Covenant has the same purpose as the Old Covenant, but does it in different ways.
There is a different Covenant People in the New Covenant.
More Questions
More Questions
When did the Old Covenant Come to an End?
What still applies to us form the Old Testament?
Appeal
Appeal
Christ is Offering His New Covenant to You.
Accept it.
Fulfill the Conditions.
Experience Covenant Joy!