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I would like for those who subscribe to either or both, explain/comment what those are and the difference between the two - if there is one?
Also why there appears to be such a battle going on between Covenant and New Covenant theology vs dispensationalsim?
The old covenant has been abolished by being superseded by the new, Paul plainly states; of this there is no question.
And we affirm further that nothing has been abolished but the old covenant.
Whatever has been abolished was included in that covenant, and whatever was not included in that covenant, still remains, unaffected by the change from old to new.
If the ten commandments (all of them) constituted the old covenant, then they are forever gone; and no man need contend for their perpetuity or labor for their revival. That is ... there is no reason for them to continue forever nor be active or important ... indeed .... meaningless.
But if they did not constitute the old covenant, then they (all of them) have not been abolished, and no man need breathe a doubt in regard to their perpetuity and immutability.
God makes covenants ... God never breaks His covenants nor changes them ... people do!
God’s Word does not change
Psa 111:7,8 The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
Psa 119:89 For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psa 119:160 Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
Isa 40:8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. (also quoted by Peter in 1Pet 1:24,25)
Isa 55:10,11 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Mat 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Luk 16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Joh 10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Deu 4:2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deu 12:32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
Pro 30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Mat 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.