The New Covenant

1 John 2:19 "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. But they went out, that it might become plain that they all are not of us."

When God created humans, God meant for man to live with Him forever. He had created all things, including evil, but evil was not allowed to touch man. When Adam fell, evil entered our world and caused our death of our soul. God then gave blood on the altar that was Christ. Christ fulfilled this plan for our salvation when Christ lived and died on our earth. This was the covenant, or agreement, between man and God.

We can choose to accept this and our souls then live with the Lord forever by repenting of sin so Christ can wipe them out and it is as if we never sinned so our souls live with the Lord forever or re can reject this offer and accept the death that Adam released in our world.

Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

How does a human break a covenant that he or she did not make?

Jeremiah 32:40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

So if God doesn't forsake, and their hearts are changed so they will not walk away from God, it isn't possible to break this covenant because both sides are faithful. The New covenant was made because while God was faithful, they turned against God. If the new covenant is the same, there's no difference, is it? As God states here in previous chapter:

Jeremiah 31:32 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:

So really the question that should be asked isn't "what if someone breaks" because that's the very reason why the Old covenant was upgraded, and it is explicitly stated how the New covenant was designed to prevent that very problem from happening by putting fear of God into one's heart so they will never leave. The person leaving Christ was never born again, as Scriptures were already posted.

Jeremiah 32:40 is not saying that once the fear of the Lord is put in our heart it means that our free choice to choose is taken away, it tells us it is a reason the covenant is put in the heart. We are always given free choice.

Eternal security isn't pitted against free choice. Biblically although a paradox both exist in the believer.

I think I know what you mean. If I am not mistaken you would have worded this;

"How does one break a Covenant and despise the blood that ratified it?"

The answer is that the Christian is under only TWO Covenants. He is subject to the one made with Noah because that Covenant is made with "all flesh on earth" (Gen.9:17), and because the Christian came out of Christ (Jn.12:24), and Christ was a "Seed of Abraham", the Christian is made part of the Covenant of PROMISE (Gal.3:29). The only way to break the Covenant of Noah, or the Rainbow, is to oppose the death sentence for murder, and/or drink/eat blood (both of which the nations do). The only way to break the Covenant of Promise is to refuse to be Baptized. The original Covenant of Promise to Abraham required man to be circumcised (Gen.17:10-14). But since Christ went to the cross, and had His whole flesh cut off, Baptism has replaced circumcision (Col.2:10-12).

Some observations of mine.

• The Covenant of Sinai was made exclusively with Israel
• The Covenant of the Passover is made exclusively with Israel
• The Covenant of the Sabbath is made exclusively with Israel
• The Covenant of the earthly priest hood is made exclusively with the Tribe of Levi
• The Covenant of David's line is made with David and his seed alone
• The New Covenant is made exclusively with Israel (Jer.31:31-33)
• The New Covenant is one of Law (Jer.31:33)
• The Covenant of Promise is made with Abraham for the gaining of the Land of Canaan
• The Covenant of Law is made with Abraham's seed for not being thrown out of the Land once they are in it (Lev.18:24-28, 20:22; Deut.4:26, 5:33, 11:9, etc.)

The Bible does not mention a "Covenant of Christ". The Christian is told not to make promises (Matt.5:33-37).

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God's free choices trump any, and all, of your free choices.
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See 2 Peter 1:20 -21

a question please, there are statues and commandments that must not be broken with grace always a warning the Old Covenant tells us about the New Covenant
can you explain thank you See Deuteronomy 6:1- 3 Hebrews 10:28 Matthew 5:17

The question is whether Jer. 32:40 is telling us that when the fear if the Lord is put in our hearts under the new covenant that we then can never turn away from the Lord or if we still have the choice of accepting Christ or not accepting Him. It seems to me finding the correct answer is very important and I don't understand how your response answers that.

We know God's choice is for every human to be saved, and that is not happening. It doesn't happen because God gives us freedom to choose.

I believe that both is true. I don't understand how God works it together. But as both is in the Scripture, both must be true and they can't contradict because God doesn't contradict Himself. I believe it's a snare is to pick one to the detriment of the other Scripture, just because we want a definite answer right now.

From Adam to Noah God dealt with man by his conscience. When Noah came out of the Ark he was the single remaining father of all men. So the Covenant of the Rainbow is made with the one father from whose loins all men would come after that. So the Covenant of the Rainbow is made with all future men and animals IN the person of Noah (Gen.9:17). But men soon fell into the worship of the creature - especially the sun, moon and stars. So God gave a multitude of languages and man's unity in worshiping the heavenly host was destroyed.

From the line of Shem, Noah's son, God called out one man and made a special Covenant with him and his offspring from Isaac and Jacob. This Covenant was that God would give him and his offspring the Land of Canaan. 430 years later, God was about to bring the offspring of Jacob into the Land He had promised, so He made another Covenant with Israel on how to behave when God made His dwelling with them. This is the Covenant of Sinai, and its conditions were the Law of Moses. So now you had the descendants of Noah divided into TWO GROUPS - (i) the NATIONS, and (ii) the NATION of Israel. ONLY ISRAEL had the Covenants of Promise and Law.

About 1,500 years after Moses gave Israel the Law, Jesus was born. He was an Israelite and of the royal house of David. He offered Israel a way out of the condemnation that the Law had brought. But Israel was not looking for their sins to be set aside, but for a King Who would free their Nation. So they rejected Jesus. So Jesus now must raise up a NEW NATION, or PEOPLE to rule the earth. Remember that there were TWO peoples on earth - (i) the NATIONS and (ii) the Nation of Israel. So God makes an offer to these TWO peoples of release from their sins and by being born of God, they would become HEIRS to the world. A God calls this THIRD People, "the New Man". So Ephesians 2:15 says; "Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of TWO one new man, so making peace", and Ephesians 4:24 says "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness."

So now God had a THIRD PEOPLE on earth. There was still (i) The NATIONS, still (ii) the NATION of Israel, and now there was (iii) the "NEW MAN" - the Church. So who is under what Covenant and what Law?

(1) The NATIONS are still under their conscience (Rom.2:15) and will be judged WITHOUT LAW (Rom.2:12). But their consciences are so active that they KNOW what God's moral Law is. That is why thieves come in the dark and murderers run away.

(2) The NATION of Israel refused Christ so their status DOES NOT CHANGE! A Covenant is a Covenant! You can't just ignore a Contract that you have signed. So Israel is still under Contract of Law. This what our Lord Jesus said in Matthew 5:17. The Law remains FOR ISRAEL. And when Israel are united again, as promised by the prophets (see Ezekiel Chapter 37), they will get a New Covenant BUT OF THE SAME LAW (Jer.31:31-33). Only, this time the Laws will not be written outside the Israelite on stone tables, but will be written INSIDE the Jew - making it possible for him to keep this Law. So our Lord Jesus says that (i) He will fulfill the Law, AND (ii) Israel will, at a future date ALSO FULFILL THE LAW.

(3) The NEW MAN comes from Jesus Christ (2nd Cor.6:17). And Jesus Christ is "Seed" of Abraham, so the Covenant of PROMISE applies to the New Man. But Ephesians 2:15 above says that to do away with the "ENMITY" and the "Wall of Partition" between the Israelite who embraces Christ, and the Gentile who embraces Christ - THE LAW which forbids the to have relations - Christ took the Law onto the cross with Him. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE NEW MAN. The Law still applies to Israel, and conscience still applies to the Nations. And the new Man is LED by the Holy Spirit that dwells INSIDE OF HIM (Rom. 8:1-15). The New Man, made of Christians is led by God in EVERYTHING by the the Holy Spirit. Should you murder someone? Ask the Holy Spirit - NOT MOSES. Should you steal? Ask the Holy Spirit in you! Which Christian may have a Mercedes Benz? Ask the Holy Spirit if you can have one or not. How long should a female Christian wear her hair? Let her ask the Holy Spirit. And when this Holy Spirit gives orders you must be prepared to ignore the claims of the flesh and OBEY the Spirit in your spirit. So Romans 8:11-14 says;

11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."

To summarize;

• God has THREE peoples on earth, (i) the Gentiles, (ii) Israel, and (iii) the New Man - the Church.
• Each has a special ORIGIN. (i) The Gentiles are seed of Noah. (ii) Israel is seed of Noah and Jacob via Abraham. (iii) The New Man is born of the Holy Spirit. That is why "all things are new" and there is no ethnicity in the New Man (Gal.3:28)
• The Gentiles are dealt with by God in their conscience
• Israel is dealt with by God via the Law of Moses - then, now and in the future
• The Church is dealt with by God by the INDWELLING Holy Spirit in our human spirits

I loved your answer. How few there are who admit that when a seeming anomaly arises that both must be true and we have not yet had light on the reconciliation of these seeming conflicting scriptures. Here, I hope, is the answer to the previous posting which raises the dilemma.

Israel had a Contract of Law. They broke it and the penalties of this Contract (Lev.26, Deut.28) came into force. You can even see them today in action. Israel is persecuted, dispersed among the nations and have foreign kings ruling over them. Jesus came and presented Himself as a Lamb to deal with the major problem of SIN and SINS. Israel's problem was not Rome. While under David and keeping the Law, Israel was invincible. Israel's problems came from their sins. This they did not want to hear, and so they rejected Jesus Messiah. They rejected Him THEN, NOW, and right up to the moment He bursts forth from the clouds and they "mourn" (Matt.24:30, Rev.1:7). Thus, Israel was never released from their COVENANT. That why we have a holocaust. That's why not all Jews have returned to their Land. They are still dispersed and persecuted.

When Christ comes the Church is complete, and so He turns to Israel (Act.15:14-16). Hebrews 11:1 defines FAITH. It says that only UNSEEN things produce faith. So when Christ is SEEN, faith is OVER. Israel can NEVER be born again, be sons of God, have eternal life and rule the earth. But they DO HAVE THE COVENANTS. The Covenant of Promise made with Abraham guarantees their Land "as an everlasting possession", and to make sure they are never again kicked out again, they have a New Covenant OF LAW (Jer.31:31-33). This Covenant is "better" (Heb.7:22) because unlike the first Covenant OF LAW at Sinai, it is written in the inward part of the Israelite. Added to this, Israelites get a new heart and a new spirit (Ezek.11:19, etc.).

The reason why this New Covenant seems to be attached to the Church is because it was RATIFIED in Christ's blood. All Covenants between God and fallen man must be ratified by blood (Heb.9:20-22). Christ's blood is NOT ONLY for the Church. True, it isfor us who believe, but the ACT of shedding this blood covers "the SIN of the WORLD" (Jn.1:29) and the "SINS of the WORLD" (1st Jn.2:2). It is the blood that ratifies the New Covenant even though the Covenant is not in effect yet, and Christ's blood is purely for the Father to allow Him to lift the curse caused by Abel's blood - a matter of the earth, not men (Heb.12:24).

Christ's blood does many things. One of them is to ratify the New Covenant of Law which will only come into effect when Israel is UNITED again. The term "God's Law", or "My (God's) Law" IN EVERY CASE in the Old Testament, means the Law of Moses. Israel ONLY get the New Covenant. That is the plain grammar of Jeremiah 31:31-33 and Hebrews 8:8. This Covenant is given "in those days" when Israel (ten northern Tribes) and Judah (two southern Tribes) are ONE again. That is why the Law never passes and must still be fulfilled. Christ has fulfilled the Law, but "IT" (the Law) is still to be fulfilled by those under CONTRACT - Israel.

The Church is not involved in the New Covenant. The Church is only bound by the Covenant made with Noah, and the Covenant of Promise made with Abraham (Gal.3:29). Any attempt by the Church to get involved in an Covenant is forbidden (Matt.5:33-37), and any attempt by the Church to get involved in the law of Moses is condemned (Gal.5:4). Israel's future is that predicted by the prophets - the last (and one of the best) was Zachariah at the end of Luke 1.

The Water of Life
John 3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 4:10-15; 7:38 10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
13Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
36What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
37In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Song of Solomon 4: 12A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Ezekiel 47: 9And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.
Daniel 12: 7: 5Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.
6And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders?
7And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Zechariah 14: 8And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
Revelation 7:9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
10And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen.
13And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
16They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sunlight on them, nor any heat.
17For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

John 1: 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was at the beginning with God.
3All things were made by him, and without him was not anything made that was made.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
7The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light that all men through him might believe.
8He was not that Light but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
John 1: 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Jeremiah 2: 13; 17: 13 - 18 13For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now.
16As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
17Be, not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.
18Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. This means that you must be reading the Bible or someone is reading the Scripture. As you are reading the Bible the Holy Spirit will apply the word in your heart by removing your heart, and by giving you a new heart this, in turn, will give you the ability to confess to God all of your sins. This is the living water.
Ezekiel 36: 26 A New Heart also I will give you, and A New Spirit will I put within you, and I will take away thy stony Heart out of your body and I will give you a Heart of Spirit.
(A Spiritual Heart)
Ezekiel 36: 27 And I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My Laws, and do them. The Spirit of God.
I John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remained in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. The steal of God.
Born of the Spirit

All these posters seem to truly understand the new covenant, I am so encouraged.

So often I hear that the new covenant somehow meant we can ignore the law, it is cancelled. Ezekiel 36 26-27 is quoted here that tells us it is a new way of teaching us the law. It breaks my heart to hear our precious Lord misunderstood, and I feel like cheering when I see understanding.