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The Sum of His Word being Truth...

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So "covenant" is synonymous with "testament"
The first word implying a 2-sided agreement, while the second doesn't
The second implying a promise, a gift really - the only condition being one remains properly "related" to the testator
 
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How does blood "cleanse?" I can see a need for cleansing, but here blood seems to be equated with what typically cleanses - water (cf baptism - I Pet 3:21 etc.), yet blood is different; water washes away dirt, blood washes away sin. Hmmm... :prayer:
 
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(NASB) - Hebrews 9:26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
 
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