The New Covenant, as I see it:
Jesus said: "...For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. In the same way, after the supper He took the cup, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." (Luke 22:17-20)
There are two covenants with humanity in God's plan for us. The first covenant was with the nation of Israel which required the twelve tribes to be obedient to the Law given them through Moses after being freed from slavey in Egypt. Israel broke that covenant and it was replaced with a new covenant sealed with the blood of Christ Jesus shed on the cross. In that New ovenant God has forgiven the wickedness of Israel and will not remember their sins.
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the PEOPLE OF ISRAEL and with the PEOPLE OF JUDAH. It will not be like the covenant I made with THEIR ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because THEY broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them” declares the Lord. “This is the covenant I will make with the PEOPLE 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. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
And, Paul tells us that all nations are part of that new covenant, and that God chose Paul, and those who believe the good news, to share the good news (gospel) of that new covenant to ALL the nations.
"Wherefore, remember that once you, the nations in flesh -- who are termed 'Uncircumcision' by those termed 'Circumcision,' in flesh, made by hands --that you were, in that era, apart from Christ, being alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and guests of the promise covenants, having no expectation, and without God in the world. Yet now, in Christ Jesus, you, who once are far off, are become near by the blood of Christ. For He is our Peace, Who makes both one, and razes the central wall of the barrier (the enmity in His flesh), nullifying the law of precepts in decrees, that He should be creating the two, in Himself, into one new humanity, making peace; and should be reconciling both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in it." (Ephesians 2:11-16)
"And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." (2 Corinthians 3:6)
Under the new covenant sealed with the blood of Jesus, God has promised to save ALL people of ALL nations out of death, and raise us ALL to immortal life as the final demonstration of His love, grace, mercy, and wisdom. This plan of God was shown to the apostle Paul by Jesus after His resurrection, and Paul was the first to tell the whole world about it in his letters found in the Bible - the New Testament (Covenant).
"...to me, less than the least of all saints, was granted this grace: to bring the evangel (good news) of the untraceable riches of Christ to the nations, and to enlighten ALL as to what is the administration of the secret, which has been concealed from the eons in God, Who creates all, that now may be made known to the sovereignties and the authorities among the celestials, through the ecclesia, the multifarious wisdom of God..." (Ephesians 3:3-10)
God offered the final sacrifice of the Old Coventant, His Son Jesus, and His Son's blood ushered in the New Covenant promising the redeemption of all humanity - by His unmerited favor - His GRACE!
"For the saving grace of God made its advent to all humanity, training us that, disowning irreverence and worldly desires, we should be living sanely and justly and devoutly in the current eon, anticipating that happy expectation, even the advent of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who gives Himself for us, that He should be redeeming us from all lawlessness and be cleansing for Himself a people to be about Him, zealous for ideal acts." (Titus 2:11-15)
"...when the kindness and fondness for humanity of our Saviour, God, made its advent, not for works which are wrought in righteousness which we do, but according to His mercy, He saves us, through the bath of renascence and renewal of holy spirit, which He pours out on us richly through Jesus Christ, our Saviour, that, being justified in that One's grace, we may be becoming enjoyers, in expectation, of the allotment of everlasting life." (Titus 3:4-7)
Jesus said: "...For I tell you I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes. In the same way, after the supper He took the cup, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you." (Luke 22:17-20)
There are two covenants with humanity in God's plan for us. The first covenant was with the nation of Israel which required the twelve tribes to be obedient to the Law given them through Moses after being freed from slavey in Egypt. Israel broke that covenant and it was replaced with a new covenant sealed with the blood of Christ Jesus shed on the cross. In that New ovenant God has forgiven the wickedness of Israel and will not remember their sins.
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the PEOPLE OF ISRAEL and with the PEOPLE OF JUDAH. It will not be like the covenant I made with THEIR ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because THEY broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them” declares the Lord. “This is the covenant I will make with the PEOPLE 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. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
And, Paul tells us that all nations are part of that new covenant, and that God chose Paul, and those who believe the good news, to share the good news (gospel) of that new covenant to ALL the nations.
"Wherefore, remember that once you, the nations in flesh -- who are termed 'Uncircumcision' by those termed 'Circumcision,' in flesh, made by hands --that you were, in that era, apart from Christ, being alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and guests of the promise covenants, having no expectation, and without God in the world. Yet now, in Christ Jesus, you, who once are far off, are become near by the blood of Christ. For He is our Peace, Who makes both one, and razes the central wall of the barrier (the enmity in His flesh), nullifying the law of precepts in decrees, that He should be creating the two, in Himself, into one new humanity, making peace; and should be reconciling both in one body to God through the cross, killing the enmity in it." (Ephesians 2:11-16)
"And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." (2 Corinthians 3:6)
Under the new covenant sealed with the blood of Jesus, God has promised to save ALL people of ALL nations out of death, and raise us ALL to immortal life as the final demonstration of His love, grace, mercy, and wisdom. This plan of God was shown to the apostle Paul by Jesus after His resurrection, and Paul was the first to tell the whole world about it in his letters found in the Bible - the New Testament (Covenant).
"...to me, less than the least of all saints, was granted this grace: to bring the evangel (good news) of the untraceable riches of Christ to the nations, and to enlighten ALL as to what is the administration of the secret, which has been concealed from the eons in God, Who creates all, that now may be made known to the sovereignties and the authorities among the celestials, through the ecclesia, the multifarious wisdom of God..." (Ephesians 3:3-10)
God offered the final sacrifice of the Old Coventant, His Son Jesus, and His Son's blood ushered in the New Covenant promising the redeemption of all humanity - by His unmerited favor - His GRACE!
"For the saving grace of God made its advent to all humanity, training us that, disowning irreverence and worldly desires, we should be living sanely and justly and devoutly in the current eon, anticipating that happy expectation, even the advent of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who gives Himself for us, that He should be redeeming us from all lawlessness and be cleansing for Himself a people to be about Him, zealous for ideal acts." (Titus 2:11-15)
"...when the kindness and fondness for humanity of our Saviour, God, made its advent, not for works which are wrought in righteousness which we do, but according to His mercy, He saves us, through the bath of renascence and renewal of holy spirit, which He pours out on us richly through Jesus Christ, our Saviour, that, being justified in that One's grace, we may be becoming enjoyers, in expectation, of the allotment of everlasting life." (Titus 3:4-7)