but don't you see that what you're saying is that God and the Old Covenant are the same thing?
Just because God's Covenant with man changed doesn't mean God changed. It's what He intended from the foundation of the world.
I think you fail to see His purpose in establishing the covenant with the nation of Israel.
It was conditional, dependent on the actions of the people, designed to make us see our great need of a Savior.
The New Covenant is entirely dependent on God through the righteousness of the Lord Jesus.
He establishes, maintains, and fulfills it.
We cannot add to it with our efforts (filthy rags).
We can only receive it by the faith given us in the person and work of Christ.
My God is perfect enough to endorse an unchanging truth. Jesus is the cap to a full vessel, and if there was nothing in the vessel, the cap wouldn't be necessary. Some will say we are going backwards by mentioning the law in the old covenant as valid. So when Jesus said no one comes unto the Father but by me, I suppose those who accuse us of going backwards, are also going backwards to the Father who established the old covenant. Are we rejecting the perfection of God, and not wanting to look at the foundation? Jesus was in the foundation as mentioned in Colossians 1, and John 17.
Hebrews 1:10 (KJV)
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10 [/SUP]And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
1 Peter 1:19-23 (KJV)
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19 [/SUP]But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
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20 [/SUP]Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
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21 [/SUP]Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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22 [/SUP]Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren,
see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
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23 [/SUP]Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
Think about creation for a minute, the last thing God created was us. If what was created the previous 5 days would suddenly vanish, what would keep us alive? Take away what was established before Jesus was crucified, and we would know that there would be nothing for Him to complete/fulfill.
1 Corinthians 3:11 (KJV)
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11 [/SUP]For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.