Is There Still A Covenant of Grace?

Just as God made a covenant with Abraham, he promised a new covenant to come later. ²³ He made this new covenant in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴ The Lord Jesus consciously and specifically established "the new covenant." ²⁵ The Apostle Paul said he was "a servant of the new covenant." ²⁶ How can this be if there is but one covenant of grace? The new covenant is new, as contrasted with Moses, but not as contrasted with Abraham or Adam. ²⁷

This is the point of Galatians 3:1-29; 4:21-31, and 2 Corinthians 3:7-18 where Paul says that the glory of the Old Covenant was fading but the glory of the New Covenant is permanent. The message of Hebrews chapters 3-10 is that the Old Covenant (under Moses) was preparatory to the New Covenant. The fundamental theme of Hebrews 11 is that Abraham had a new covenant faith, that is, he anticipated a heavenly city and to the redemption which we have in Christ. ²⁸

²³ Jeremiah 31.32,33; Ezekiel 34:25.

²⁴ Luke 22:20; 2 Corinthians 3:7-18; Hebrews 8:1-10:18.

²⁵ Luke 22:20.

²⁶ 2 Corinthians 3:6.

²⁷ Luke 1:54,55,72,73; Acts chapter 7.

²⁸ 1 Peter 1:10-12.

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