Thursday 15 January 2015

Covenant

Not only was there a new sign, but a new covenant altogether. 

Both the new covenant and the new sign were promises which pertained to Israel first of all - and afterwards Gentiles became coheirs.

The promise was fulfilled in and for Israelites first - although only true Israelites believed and received it. Afterwards Gentiles also received. 

And together the two then formed one new identity as coheirs. 

Some parts of Bible-Prophecies pertained to this new man - other details in prophecies pertained to things which could only have happened in Israel.

Failure to acknowledge and rightly distinguish between them could have two effects:

1. It removes the prophetic and historical basis for our faith; and 

2. It could result in some skewed expectations of the future.

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