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Hebrews 8:8 For finding fault with them, he
saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a
new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
Hebrews 8:13 In that he saith, A new
covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which
decayeth and waxeth
old is ready
to vanish away.
 COVENANT
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The old
covenant could not bring righteousness — the new can. The old
covenant was mediated by Moses, written on stone tablets and was
conditional. The new covenant was mediated by Jesus, unconditional
and is written on living human hearts.[1]
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| CREATION
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"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have
become new." "For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision
nor uncircumcision avails anything, but a new creation."[2]
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SELF
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"Put on
the new man which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness." "Put on the new man who is
renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him."
Through Christ, Christians can attain righteousness where it was
impossible before.[3]
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COVERING
FOR
SIN
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God paid
the penalty for our sins. "For God so loved the world that He gave
His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life."[10]
When Christ atoned for our sins through his death, the Old Testament
system of animal sacrifice for sins was done away with. The
believer's sins are now covered by blood that brings forgiveness
once and for all.
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HIGH
PRIEST
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Under the
new covenant, Jesus Christ became the believer's new and better High
Priest (Hebrews
4:15-10:39).
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| COMMANDMENT
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In the
New Testament, Jesus raised the level of our responsibility to love.
Whereas the Old Testament said, "Love your neighbor as yourself,"
Jesus now told us to love each other as he loved us.[4]
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| MAN
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Jews and
Gentiles came together as one through Jesus. "...So as to create in
Himself one new man from the two... He... has made both one,
and has broken down the middle wall of separation ...No longer
strangers and foreigners,
but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God. ...For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the
Father. ...the whole building, being joined together, grows into a
holy temple in the Lord…"[5]
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| UNIVERSE
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"Then He
who sat on the throne said, ‘Behold, I make all things new.’"
God will create a new universe and earth.[6]
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| JERUSALEM
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"Then I,
John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband."[7]
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| SONG
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In
Heaven, the redeemed will sing a new song about their redemption.
"They sang as it were a new song before the throne."[8]
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| FOCUS
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The Old
Testament was written over thousands of years. Its main focus is on
the Jews (providing Jewish history and prophecies starting with
Abraham in Genesis and ending with the prophecies
of Malachi). The New Testament focuses primarily on Jesus Christ
and the Church -- and was written in less than 100 years.
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| PRESENCE OF GOD
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For the
first time in human history, God lived in a human body and dwelled
among us his creations -- enduring a cursed and fallen earth, living
shoulder-to-shoulder with sinful humanity.[9]
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| INDWELLING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
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In the
New Testament, God's Holy Spirit first comes to dwell within those
who are saved.[11]
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