The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[JesusFollowerForever]

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."​

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"So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone (Deuteronomy 4:13, NKJV)​

This clearly states that the Ten Commandments are the covenant. When we look at Jeremiah 31:31-33, we see God speaking of a new covenant, but notice what He says:

"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.​

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."​

This passage does not say the law itself would change. Instead, it tells us that instead of being written on stone, it would be written in our hearts and minds. That means the law remains the same, but its place changes, from external tablets to internal conviction. This is why we see in the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke and Mark, Jesus teaching the commandments and magnifying them.

Now, let's connect this with the Ark of the Covenant. In Deuteronomy 10:1-5, God commanded Moses to place the two tablets of the Ten Commandments inside the Ark:

​

"At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood... Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.’"​

This shows the special place of the Ten Commandments, inside the Ark, symbolizing their central role in the covenant. But what about the rest of the law? In Deuteronomy 31:24-26, Moses wrote the book of the law and placed it beside the Ark:

"So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: ‘Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.’”​

This distinction is important. The Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark, showing their eternal, unchanging nature as the foundation of the covenant. The rest of the law was placed beside the Ark, acting as a witness.

Now, when Jeremiah speaks of the law being written in our hearts, he is speaking of the same law—the Ten Commandments. The "new" part of the covenant is not that the law changes but that God Himself ensures it is within us, guiding us from within rather than being an external set of rules. This aligns perfectly with how Jesus upheld and fulfilled the law, always pointing back to love for God and neighbor as the foundation of obedience (Matthew 22:36-40).

So, the New Covenant is not about replacing the Ten Commandments but about making them part of who we are, just as they were placed inside the Ark.

Blessings

 

[JesusFollowerForever]

In Revelation 11:19, the Ark of the Covenant is seen in God’s Heavenly Temple, revealing the enduring significance of His law and covenant. The Ark, which holds the Ten Commandments (Deuteronomy 10:1-5), was the earthly symbol of God’s presence and throne, as He declared, “There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat” (Exodus 25:22).

Its appearance in heaven at the sounding of the seventh trumpet signals that God’s law remains the foundation of His kingdom and judgment. Just as the Ark was placed in the Most Holy Place on earth, its revelation in Heaven confirms that God’s Covenant, written in the hearts of His people (Jeremiah 31:33), is still in effect. The surrounding lightnings, thunderings, and earthquake mirror the signs of divine presence at Mount Sinai (Exodus 19:16), emphasizing that this moment marks the final stage of God’s plan. The Ark’s unveiling declares that God’s justice and mercy are fully revealed, and His kingdom will be established forever.

 

[JesusFollowerForever]

The idea that the Old and New Covenants are only for Israel is based on a misunderstanding of God’s plan. While the covenant was first given to Israel, the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus show that God’s law and His covenant were always meant to include all who follow Him, not just physical Israel. Let's look at the evidence.

Old Testament Evidence: The Covenant Extends to All Who Follow God

Isaiah 56:6-7 – The Covenant Includes Foreigners

"Also the sons of the foreigner who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath, and holds fast My covenant— even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.”​

This passage shows that non-Israelites who follow God's covenant are accepted as His people. The covenant was never meant to be exclusive to Israel.

Exodus 12:48-49 – The Law is the Same for Israelites and Strangers

"And when a stranger dwells with you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you."​

God gave one law for both Israelites and non-Israelites who joined them, showing that His covenant was always open to those who chose to follow Him.

Numbers 15:15-16 – One Law for All Who Follow God

"One ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you."​

This confirms that God’s covenant and commandments are the same for Israelites and all others who choose to follow Him.

Jesus' Teachings: The Covenant is for All Nations​

Matthew 8:10-11 – The Kingdom Includes Gentiles

"When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel! And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.'"​

Jesus praises a Gentile centurion's faith and declares that many from other nations will enter the Kingdom, proving that God's covenant is not just for Israel.

Matthew 28:19-20 – The Great Commission

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you."​

Jesus commands His disciples to teach all nations to obey His commandments, showing that the New Covenant applies to all who follow Him.

Luke 24:46-47 – Repentance for All Nations

"Then He said to them, ‘Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."​

Jesus made it clear that salvation and the covenant were not just for Israel but for all nations.

The Old Testament shows that God’s covenant and His law were always meant for anyone who chose to follow Him, not just Israel. Jesus confirmed this by teaching that the Kingdom of God is open to all nations and commanding His disciples to spread the truth everywhere. The New Covenant is the same law written on our hearts, and it applies to everyone who follows God, whether they are from Israel or any other nation.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

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 you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone (Deuteronomy 4:13, NKJV)​

This clearly states that the Ten Commandments are the covenant. When we look at Jeremiah 31:31-33, we see God speaking of a new covenant, but notice what He says:

"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.​

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."​

This passage does not say the law itself would change. Instead, it tells us that instead of being written on stone, it would be written in our hearts and minds. That means the law remains the same, but its place changes, from external tablets to internal conviction. This is why we see in the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke and Mark, Jesus teaching the commandments and magnifying them.

Now, let's connect this with the Ark of the Covenant. In Deuteronomy 10:1-5, God commanded Moses to place the two tablets of the Ten Commandments inside the Ark:

​

"At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood... Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.’"​

This shows the special place of the Ten Commandments, inside the Ark, symbolizing their central role in the covenant. But what about the rest of the law? In Deuteronomy 31:24-26, Moses wrote the book of the law and placed it beside the Ark:

"So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: ‘Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.’”​

This distinction is important. The Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark, showing their eternal, unchanging nature as the foundation of the covenant. The rest of the law was placed beside the Ark, acting as a witness.

Now, when Jeremiah speaks of the law being written in our hearts, he is speaking of the same law—the Ten Commandments. The "new" part of the covenant is not that the law changes but that God Himself ensures it is within us, guiding us from within rather than being an external set of rules. This aligns perfectly with how Jesus upheld and fulfilled the law, always pointing back to love for God and neighbor as the foundation of obedience (Matthew 22:36-40).

So, the New Covenant is not about replacing the Ten Commandments but about making them part of who we are, just as they were placed inside the Ark.

Blessings

The New Covenant will not be like the Old Covenant as scripture indicates. The New Covenant is more than keeping the 10 Commandments because it is now based on Love through His Holy Spirit.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

The New Covenant is not like the other, it is established on better promises Heb 8:6, not better laws as it still has God’s law now written on a better surface- from tables of stone to tables of the heart Heb 8:10 2 Cor 3:3 no longer based on our efforts but on what God will do Heb 8:10 as long as we don’t rebel what God wrote in our our hearts Rom 8:7-8 Mat 15:3-14

The Ten Commandments has always been kept through love Exo 20:6 1 John 5:3 Rom 13:9 and no one can keep the Ten Commandments without the Holy Spirit John 14:15-18.

 

[fhansen]

The New Covenant will not be like the Old Covenant as scripture indicates. The New Covenant is more than keeping the 10 Commandments because it is now based on Love through His Holy Spirit.

Yes, which occurs as the branch is grafted into the Vine, as we turn to Him in faith. A new and vital bond, a communion: "I will be their God and they will be my people." Jer 31:33

 

[fhansen]

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 you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone (Deuteronomy 4:13, NKJV)​

This clearly states that the Ten Commandments are the covenant. When we look at Jeremiah 31:31-33, we see God speaking of a new covenant, but notice what He says:

"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.​

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."​

This passage does not say the law itself would change. Instead, it tells us that instead of being written on stone, it would be written in our hearts and minds. That means the law remains the same, but its place changes, from external tablets to internal conviction. This is why we see in the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke and Mark, Jesus teaching the commandments and magnifying them.

Now, let's connect this with the Ark of the Covenant. In Deuteronomy 10:1-5, God commanded Moses to place the two tablets of the Ten Commandments inside the Ark:

​

"At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood... Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.’"​

This shows the special place of the Ten Commandments, inside the Ark, symbolizing their central role in the covenant. But what about the rest of the law? In Deuteronomy 31:24-26, Moses wrote the book of the law and placed it beside the Ark:

"So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: ‘Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.’”​

This distinction is important. The Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark, showing their eternal, unchanging nature as the foundation of the covenant. The rest of the law was placed beside the Ark, acting as a witness.

Now, when Jeremiah speaks of the law being written in our hearts, he is speaking of the same law—the Ten Commandments. The "new" part of the covenant is not that the law changes but that God Himself ensures it is within us, guiding us from within rather than being an external set of rules. This aligns perfectly with how Jesus upheld and fulfilled the law, always pointing back to love for God and neighbor as the foundation of obedience (Matthew 22:36-40).

So, the New Covenant is not about replacing the Ten Commandments but about making them part of who we are, just as they were placed inside the Ark.

Blessings

Yes, the law was always meant to be written in our minds and on our hearts. But the Fall separated us from God, and His voice became dimmer, more distant, with man becoming his own "god", so to speak, listening to his own voice, determining morality for himself, often based on selfishness, covetousness, with disastrous results. Augustine put it this way
"God wrote on tablets of stone that which man failed ro read in his heart."

The new covenant, "in the fullness of time", is about man being reconciled with God, personally appropriated and realized and experienced as we turn to Him in faith which is to embrace and acknowledge Him as our God again. This is the right and just order of things. "I will be their God and they will be my people". That is to be connected to the Vine where His life-giving righteousness/justice may now begin to flow. This is a new righteousness, apart from the law but one that the law and the prophets nonetheless testify to (Rom 3:21), because the law is based on and reflects this righteousnsess even though it cannot produce it in us. Only God can do that, only God can "justify the ungodly". The law is merely the Letter at the end of the day, not the true motivating factor, itself, not the Spirit, not grace. So this is a righteousness based on faith and not the law (Phil 3:9) and the primary name of this righteousness is love, as only love can authentically fulfill the law (Rom 13:10). With love we can obey the law without even necessarily hearing it (Rom 2:13). That love is what Jesus shows us, calls us to, and makes possible for us,

"And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us." Rom 5:5

The old covenant was not revoked, just made obsolete by a new and better covenant, one that can actually accomplish what the old could not.

 

[The Liturgist]

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 you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone (Deuteronomy 4:13, NKJV)​

This clearly states that the Ten Commandments are the covenant. When we look at Jeremiah 31:31-33, we see God speaking of a new covenant, but notice what He says:

"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord.​

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."​

This passage does not say the law itself would change. Instead, it tells us that instead of being written on stone, it would be written in our hearts and minds. That means the law remains the same, but its place changes, from external tablets to internal conviction. This is why we see in the Gospels of John, Matthew, Luke and Mark, Jesus teaching the commandments and magnifying them.

Now, let's connect this with the Ark of the Covenant. In Deuteronomy 10:1-5, God commanded Moses to place the two tablets of the Ten Commandments inside the Ark:

​

"At that time the Lord said to me, ‘Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make yourself an ark of wood... Then I turned and came down from the mountain, and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.’"​

This shows the special place of the Ten Commandments, inside the Ark, symbolizing their central role in the covenant. But what about the rest of the law? In Deuteronomy 31:24-26, Moses wrote the book of the law and placed it beside the Ark:

"So it was, when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: ‘Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.’”​

This distinction is important. The Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark, showing their eternal, unchanging nature as the foundation of the covenant. The rest of the law was placed beside the Ark, acting as a witness.

Now, when Jeremiah speaks of the law being written in our hearts, he is speaking of the same law—the Ten Commandments. The "new" part of the covenant is not that the law changes but that God Himself ensures it is within us, guiding us from within rather than being an external set of rules. This aligns perfectly with how Jesus upheld and fulfilled the law, always pointing back to love for God and neighbor as the foundation of obedience (Matthew 22:36-40).

So, the New Covenant is not about replacing the Ten Commandments but about making them part of who we are, just as they were placed inside the Ark.

Blessings

That’s incorrect. The Decalogue was part of the Covenant with Israel, but Christ our True God explicitly declares His Blood, which we partake of in the Eucharist, to be the blood of the New Covenant, by which we are saved through His grace, by virtue of His all-atoning sacrifice on the Holy Cross.

 

[The Liturgist]

The New Covenant is not like the other, it is established on better promises Heb 8:6, not better laws as it still has God’s law now written on a better surface- from tables of stone to tables of the heart Heb 8:10 2 Cor 3:3 no longer based on our efforts but on what God will do Heb 8:10 as long as we don’t rebel what God wrote in our our hearts Rom 8:7-8 Mat 15:3-14

The Ten Commandments has always been kept through love Exo 20:6 1 John 5:3 Rom 13:9 and no one can keep the Ten Commandments without the Holy Spirit John 14:15-18.

Since everyone except the Theotokos and other saints alive with Christ in Heaven awaiting the Last Judgement and the Life of the World to Come, continues to sin, even having the Holy Spirit, although it is true we can manage to sin less, no one can keep the commandments consistently.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Since everyone except the Theotokos and other saints alive with Christ in Heaven awaiting the Last Judgement and the Life of the World to Come, continues to sin, even having the Holy Spirit, although it is true we can manage to sin less, no one can keep the commandments consistently.

I know this is a popular teaching of man,, which is essentially saying that the devil has more power to keep us in sin than Jesus does to save us from sin, I believe the promises of the Scripture.

Jesus said He came to save us from sin Mat 1:21 we are to confess and forsake our sins Pro 28:13 we are not saved in our sins Heb 10:26-30. I believe the teaching we can’t overcome is what the devil wants us to believe 1 John 3:8

While we can’t keep the commandments on our own power we can through Christ Mat 19:26 John 15:5-10

John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another [e]Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

We are told there is a people who overcomes

Rev 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
Rev 22:14 14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

That’s incorrect. The Decalogue was part of the Covenant with Israel, but Christ our True God explicitly declares His Blood, which we partake of in the Eucharist, to be the blood of the New Covenant, by which we are saved through His grace, by virtue of His all-atoning sacrifice on the Holy Cross.

The New Covenant is still with Israel

Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

We are grafted into God’s Israel and the Promise through faith, not nationality Gal 3:26-29 Rom 9:6-9 Rom 2:28-29

 

[The Liturgist]

I know this is a popular teaching of man,, which is essentially saying that the devil has more power to keep us in sin than Jesus does to save us from sin, I believe the promises of the Scripture.

Strawman, I made no such argument.

Clearly, people can improve and sin less and overcome the sinful passions, because we have the example of Orthodox saints who did exactly that. But they never ceased to repent, for example, Abba Sisoes.

We also have the example of our Glorious Lady Theotokos and Ever Virgin Mary, who did not commit any voluntary sin during her life, but still had to be saved by her Son from death, which results from original sin, which in Orthodoxy we call ancestral sin.

Sin in the West is misunderstood as forensic - it is regarded as being like religious crime, when in reality sin is a disease, a hereditary disease, inherited from Adam, which Christ, our savior, provided us a salve to cure us from it, in the form of the grace of Holy Baptism, which washes away sin, and the Eucharist, which remits sin, and other means of grace clearly established in the New Testament.

If we understand sin as a disease, we can understand why it is that people continue to return to the same sins over and over despite their desire not to. But God being merciful wants to deliver us from the harm of sin, and provides us with the grace of the Holy Spirit in order to do so.

However, if we adopt a Pelagian attitude, or take the view that with the grace of the Holy Spirit we should expect to be able to perfectly adhere to, for instance, the Decalogue, which was the view of some early Anglicans, and is expressed in the very unpleasant Anglican liturgy known as the Commination, in which those who violate the Decalogue are cursed (such a service was unprecedented and exists nowhere else in Christendom, and most modern day Anglicans I know of reject the idea of the service utterly), we create a situation wherein we set ourselves up for the danger of pride, even fi we are successful in keeping the commandments, or for despair, if we are unsuccessful. Pride and despair are extremely harmful for Christian salvation.

 

[The Liturgist]

The New Covenant is still with Israel

Only insofar as Israel is equated with the Church. Since in Galatians we are told that there is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither male nor female, neither slave nor free, since all are one in Christ Jesus.

 

[The Liturgist]

Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Indeed, but this clearly is referring to the Christian Church. Since we know from the epistles of St. Paul that the Eucharist was observed by the Gentiles, and that the Eucharist entails partaking of the Blood of the New Covenant.

 

[The Liturgist]

By the way @ViaCrucis I recently noticed you had become active again on the forum and I and my dear friend @Ain't Zwinglian , who like our friend @MarkRohfrietsch and yourself is a confessional Lutheran, I would enjoy seeing your opinion on this.

In my experience you together with my Eastern Orthodox coreligionist @prodromos are the most learned of active members in terms of Christian theology. And this thread seems to be one where you have historically had important points.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

Indeed, but this clearly is referring to the Christian Church. Since we know from the epistles of St. Paul that the Eucharist was observed by the Gentiles, and that the Eucharist entails partaking of the Blood of the New Covenant.

The blood is what ratified the Covenant, the Covenant itself is God‘s law written in the heart and mind and keeping God’s commandments based on what God will do Heb 8:10 if we don’t rebel against what He placed in our hearts and minds Rom 8:7-8 Mat 15:3-15. God’s church is made up of a body of believers who keep His commandments- His version and have the faith of Jesus Rev 14:12. We as individuals can overcome sin through Christ, we are grafted in Christ through faith Ga 3:36-28, not because we belong to a church.

 

[The Liturgist]

The blood is what ratified the Covenant, the Covenant itself is God‘s law written in the heart and mind and keeping God’s commandments based on what God will do Heb 8:10 if we don’t rebel against what He placed in our hearts and minds Rom 8:7-8 Mat 15:3-15. God’s church is made up of a body of believers who keep His commandments- His version and have the faith of Jesus Rev 14:12. We as individuals can overcome sin through Christ, not thru a church.

No, the covenant is the promise by Christ our True God to forgive us if we believe on Him as expressed in John 3:16. Christ atoned for all of our sins on the Cross, and in so doing, being both fully God and fully human, recreated humanity in the image of God, on the sixth day, just as He had created humanity on the sixth day in Genesis 1.*

* That Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son and Word of God, created us together with the Father and the Holy Spirit is made abundantly clear in John 1:1-3.

 

[trophy33]

So, the New Covenant is not about replacing the Ten Commandments but about making them part of who we are, just as they were placed inside the Ark.

I think it would be a better idea to learn about the New Covenant from Christ and the apostles than from the dimmed, blurred ideas of the Old Testament.

 

[The Liturgist]

I think it would be a better idea to learn about the New Covenant from Christ and the apostles than from the dimmed, blurred ideas of the Old Testament.

That’s a fundamental misunderstanding of the Old Testament. The Old Testament is an essential part of the Gospel message - all references to the Scriptures we encounter in the New Testament refer to it.

And furthermore, at the ending of the Gospel according to St. Luke, Christ our True God revealed to the Apostles that the Old Testament, all the books of the law and prophet, were about Him.

If we read the Old Testament as Christological prophecy, it makes sense, and ceases to be “Dim and blurry.” The dimness and bluriness results when people attempt to use the Old Testament to interpret the New, rather than vice-versa, or attempt to read the Old Testament as a literal historical text rather than as Christological prophecy. Both cases do not work, because they ignore the actual function of the Old Testament as revealed to the Holy Apostles by God Himself in the Gospel according to St. Luke the Evangelist.

 

[SabbathBlessings]

No, the covenant is the promise by Christ our True God to forgive us if we believe on Him as expressed in John 3:16. Christ atoned for all of our sins on the Cross, and in so doing, being both fully God and fully human, recreated humanity in the image of God, on the sixth day, just as He had created humanity on the sixth day in Genesis 1.*

* That Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son and Word of God, created us together with the Father and the Holy Spirit is made abundantly clear in John 1:1-3.

Sorry, please read what this says……

Heb 8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Those who believe in Christ keep what God placed there. His Sacrifice is what allows us to go to Christ for forgiveness of our sins when we repent which means a sorry heart and a change of direction. The New Covenant is established on the better promise of God doing, writing His law in our hearts and minds so we are embodied by His Word and safeguard what God placed there and not allow anyone to change our mind, which reconciles us Rev 22:14