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old covenant

  1. JesusFollowerForever

    The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

    The Bible does present the Ten Commandments as the covenant itself. In Exodus 34:28, it is written: "So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank water. And He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments." "So He declared to...
  2. JesusFollowerForever

    The New Covenant Is The same as the Old Covenant but Internalized in our hearts

    The concept of the New Covenant has often been misunderstood. Many believe it represents a departure from the laws of the Old Covenant, claiming that God’s commandments were abolished or replaced. However, this interpretation conflicts with the teachings of Jesus Christ and the foundational...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    Have You Been Crucified with Christ?

    “We ourselves are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners; yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    Who Hindered You?

    “You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. But if I...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    How Long, O God?

    “When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, ‘O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    Pray for New Covenant Israel

    Old Covenant 1. The Jews were God’s chosen people, his holy nation 2. The Jews were the children of Promise God spoke to Abraham and to his seed (Jesus Christ) 3. The physical city of Jerusalem was the Holy City 4. The temple of God was a physical building built by human hands 5...
  7. BrotherJJ

    The Lords Supper a reverent celebration of thanksgiving

    1 Cor 11: 24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye...
  8. BrotherJJ

    Galatians 4 two opposing covenants.

    Bond & Free Gal 4: 21 Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman [Hagar] and one by the free woman [Sarah]. 23 But the child of the slave woman was born according...
  9. BrotherJJ

    Galatians Chapter 3 Parsed

    Faith brings/accesses righteousness Gal 3: 5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. (MY NOTE: Abraham put...
  10. BrotherJJ

    High Priest (physical/temporal) - High Priest (Spiritual/Eternal)

    The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people. God appointed Aaron as the 1st (physical/temporal) High Priest (Num 17:1-9) Num 17:8 Now on the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and [a]the rod of Aaron of the tribe of Levi had sprouted and put out buds and...
  11. BrotherJJ

    Rightly Dividing Covenants

    Rightly dividing the word of truth: where the OT and NT dividing line is. Christ is the NT testator (Heb 9:16,17. Jesus dies, OT Holy of Holies veil tears in 1/2. Three days later He's resurrected & 50 days later (Pentecost) Jesus sends His New Covenant/testament baptism (Acts 2:4) via His...
  12. Kilk1

    Not under law: Not under its condemnation or its commands?

    Hello! Various passages of Scripture suggest we're not under the law, which I understand to be the law of Moses. Do these passages suggest that its commands are no longer binding on us today? Acts of the Apostles 15 seems to be about circumcision and keeping the law of Moses in general (Acts of...
  13. BrotherJJ

    Feast Of Tabernacles - Sukkot

    Feasts of the Lord (see Lev 23) outline 3 mandatory pilgrimage (all males 20 years & older were required to travel to Jerusalem) Harvest Festivals/Feasts, which highlight 7 special appointed day's. The Feasts of the Lord are part of the foundation upon which ALL Scripture is built. 1)Passover...
  14. BrotherJJ

    Repent & be baptized for remission of sin dogma parsed

    Baptized twice! Once by John/in preparation to meet the Lord & A 2nd time In Jesus Name for the remission/forgiveness/pardon from sin. Acts 13: 23 Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: (MY NOTE: Paul teaches a God given promise in scripture...
  15. BrotherJJ

    Christian Living - Greatest Commandments - Royal Law - Law of Christ - Love

    The Risen Christ mediated, new covenant believers reason to avoid ungodly living/sinning. Shouldn't done out of fear of punishments assessed in the old obsolete Mosaic/Sinai covenant law ordinances (Deut 28). The sin atoning death of our Lord/God & Savior Jesus the Christ. Fulfilled/PAID IN...
  16. BrotherJJ

    Old Mosaic Law Covenant Obsolete!

    12 verses Gal 4:26 & 30 alone say it all Source Amplified Bible BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 150 versions and 50 languages. Galatians 4: 21 Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, do you not listen to [what] the Law [really says]? 22 For it is written that...
  17. BrotherJJ

    Christ Eternal High Priest

    The high priest serves as a mediator between God & the people. Hebrews 3: 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider the Apostle and High Priest whom we confessed [as ours when we accepted Him as Savior], namely, Jesus; 2...
  18. BrotherJJ

    Old Moses Centered Covenant - New Better Christ Centered Covenant

    The Mosaic covenant was between God & the Nation of Israel only (Ex 19:3 & ALL the Israelis Agreed to it Ex 19:8) Under the Mosaic Covenant obedience to it's law ordinances brought blessings, disobedience curses (Deut 28). It's Levitical sin sacrificial system administration only covered &...
  19. BrotherJJ

    New Better covenant rendered old Sinai covenant obsolete

    Heb 5: 6 just as He also says in another place [Ps 110:4], “You are a priest [appointed] forever According to the order of [a]Melchizedek.” (MY MOTE: Jesus Priesthood covenant is eternal) Heb 7: 21 (for those Levites who formerly became priests [received their office] without [its being...
  20. BrotherJJ

    Scripture proclaims: Today Mon 3/29/2120 as Resurrection Day

    Feasts of the Lord (Lev 23) 1)Passover, 2)Unleavened Bread, 3)Firstfruits, 4)Pentesost, 5)Rosh Hashanah/Trumpets 6)Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement 7)Tabernacles The first 4 Feasts are referred to as the Spring Feasts and point to His 1st coming. Jesus died on Passover, He was buried during...