Covenants 1242. diatheke dee-ath-ay'-kay from 1303; properly,
a disposition, i.e. (specially) a contract (especially a devisory will):--
covenant, testament.
Luke 1:67-72 (KJV)
67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;
72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
We see in the Gospel of Luke that Zacharias received the Holy Spirit even before Pentecost, and prophesied the completion of the covenant was at hand. So one might ask: How does the temple fit in with this prophecy of the completion? We can also see that the testament of Christ was the finalization of this covenant when we read Hebrews 9:16-17 (KJV)
[SUP]16 [/SUP]For where a testament
is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]
For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
Hebrews 8:8-10 (KJV)
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a
new covenant (allegory of the old) with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
Refer to post #149 at the beginning of the explanation of “covenant.” Hebrew OT 1285 Old Testament Covenant=(Strong’s1285) briyth ber-eeth' from
**1262 (in the sense of cutting
(***like 1254); a
*compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh):--confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
In Biblical terms this is a
*compact, firmly united between two pieces of flesh, involving sacrifice, and the human race. It is also a description for marriage, one being between man and woman, and the other between Jesus and the church.
**1262 barah baw-raw' a primitive root; to select; also (as denominative from
1250) to feed; also (as equivalent to
1305) to render clear (Eccl. 3:18):--choose, (cause to) eat, manifest, (give) meat.
***1254 bara' baw-raw' a primitive root; (absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (as wood), select, feed (as formative processes):-- choose, create (creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat).
Hebrews 12:24 (KJV)
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
See post # 149 Jeremiah 31:31-33 (KJV)
31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which
my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
33 But this shall be the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD,
I will put my law in their inward parts,
and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
