Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. We bring to you again the review of today’s sermon titled: The New Covenant with Israel.
TEXT: Jeremiah 31:31-34, Isaiah 66:8, Acts 15:14, Revelations 3:20, Genesis 17:1-14, Exodus 4:24-25, Exodus 20:1-5, Genesis 3:6-14, Galatians 3:23, John 3:16, Romans 5:1, Romans 3:2, Proverbs 30: 20.
We started today’s sermon explaining how God divided the world, In the spiritual dealing of God, He divided the world into two: the Jews and the Gentiles; The Jews as a nation, and the Gentiles as many nations! There are few things that differentiate the Gentiles from the Jews:
- God gave the Jews the Law through Moses, while the Gentiles received Grace.
- God deals with the Jews as a nation (Isaiah 66:8) but He deals with the Gentiles as individuals (Revelations 3:20).
Explanation on The Old Covenant
Before we can talk about what the new covenant to the children of Israel, we need to understand what the old covenant was, what it’s entails, and who was the person God had it with. To get clarity around these questions Genesis 17 : 1 – 14 gives a clear understanding of how God had the old covenant with Abraham which also extended to his descendants. This covenant was an indication that God was interested in Abraham, even the changing of his name, this should interest you that as long as you are a child of God God is interested in everything that concerns you. The old covenant was accompanied with a sign(token) of circumcision.
In the last days, God promised to make a new covenant with the Jews, but not like the one He made with them through Moses. The covenant God made with Abram was that every male child must be circumcised (Genesis 17). The Jews were to keep this covenant and anyone who would not keep it should be cut off from among them.
God expects every of his children to obey His commandments no matter the circumstances. When Moses omitted the law to circumcise his son, God wanted to kill him. And despite the fact that God committed a work into his hands, God didn’t spare him. However, we thank God who blessed Moses with a spiritual wife. She deduced the problem and quickly did what Moses should have done.
God knows that He would afterwards give unto the Jews a new covenant. That is why He called the covenant an ‘’everlasting covenant” – Everlasting is a long period of time that has a beginning and an end. But eternal means, no beginning and no end. Years after Abraham died, God gave the Jews Law. The law was given to the Jews before the promise God made with Adam and Eve will come to pass (Genesis 3:15). The Promise God made to Adam and Eve was that the promised seed of the woman (Jesus Christ) would bruise the head of the serpent (Devil).
THE FALL
In the midst of the garden, God planted two trees. These two trees did not grow from the ground like natural trees (Genesis 2:9). This means that these trees were not literal trees. The serpent was able to deceive Eve and made her commit fornication with him which was against the law of God. God had a time when He would instruct them to meet for reproduction. But because the serpent was a two-footed being, and could communicate in human language, he seduced Eve. She fell for the serpent. She also introduced it to her husband. He concurred and also ate (laid) with her (Proverbs 30:20). The first sin in the Garden of Eden was fornication! Thus, two different seeds existed in Eve’s womb: Serpent’s seed and Adam’s seed.
Because of the incidence that happened in the garden of Eden, God promised to give the seed (Jesus Christ) that will be at enmity against the seed of the serpent. And Justification comes by the blood of Jesus Christ. Every one was born into this world as a sinner. That is why we need Jesus Christ. Every human blood is contaminated from birth. That is why the pure blood of Jesus Christ is needed to wash and purge us from all stains. The blood of Jesus Christ is pure because He was born without the coming together of a man and a woman.
So, the Promised Seed is Jesus Christ! (John 3:16). And this is the New Covenant. But before this promise would come to pass, God introduced the law for the Jews to keep (Galatians 3:23). The law was the shadow of the promise to come.
God bless you, brethren.