Hebrews 9:9-10 explains it like this: "This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper. 10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order. "
The new covenant is given to us in Jerimiah 31;31-33. "
“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."
Dear Blik,
I would like your opinion on the new covenant, I have a question regarding the description of the new covenant as quoted from Jeremiah;
The New Covenant
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
Jer 31:32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt— a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.
Jer 31:33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, declares the LORD.
I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Jer 31:34 No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘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 iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
I know Jesus said; (KJV)
Mat 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Mrk 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
Luk 22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup
is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Jesus is speaking of a testament to remember the shedding of his precious blood in remission of out sins, other bible version use the word covenant, but after a search from religious libraries, the proper term to use is testament which does not have the same meaning as covenant.
Of course, I follow the commandments, they are my moral compass, not hard to follow either as many claim, I follow them because Jesus ask for us to do so and also because I Love him and believe in every word he said. For me, this is what it means to believe in Jesus.
My question, is about the start of this new covenant, why I ask this question, it is because Jeremiah 31 refers to the end times that did not yet happen according to scripture. Also I see many want nothing to to with the law or the commandments, yet they claim we are under the new covenant, which says ""
I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. How can this be if they do not want to follow the commandments?
Thank-you and be Blessed.