Jesus on Every Page – Chapter 14 – “Christ’s Promises: Discovering Jesus in the OT Covenants”
Talk through the different covenants?
▪ The essence of the covenant of grace is the same throughout the Old and New Testaments—God saves sinners by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. But its historical administration has varied by time and place. For example, the covenant of grace widened from the Old Testament to the New Testament, as it was administered first with small families (e.g., the families of Noah and Abram), then with the nation of Israel, but now with the church, which is made up of people “from every tribe and language and people and nation” (Rev. 5:9). Also, it was administered in the Old Testament through what the New Testament authors describe as ‘types” and “shadows” (Heb. 8:5; 10:1), such as sacrifices, the priesthood, and the temple, all of which pointed to their reality, Jesus Christ (e.g., Col. 2:17).
▪ What is “new” about the new covenant?
~ First, it doesn’t mean brand-new, but renewed. The tendency is to take Jeremiah’s promise in Jeremiah 31 to mean that all the previous covenants had been ditched and God was starting something completely new.
~ God is not promising something completely new; rather He was going to take the old promises, the old covenant promises, and present them in a new and more valuable way
~ Whole list on pages 171-174
▪ In a nutshell, what would you want people to know about covenant theology?
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