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So many times in these threads I see the claim that the prophecy in Jeremiah 31, that the law that will be written on our hearts, is the OLD Covenant Law of Moses. However, according to the Scriptures, what is written on our hearts is YESHUA'S NEW Covenant, not the Old.
Jeremiah 31:31-34
The New Covenant
31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the L-rd. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L-rd: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the L-rd,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the L-rd. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Verse 31
Behold, the days are coming, declares the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
a) Prophecy about a NEW Covenant which was coming. The Old Covenant and Law were in effect, so this is not speaking of them, but a NEW entity. The days are coming means it was going to happen at a later date. Not referring to what was already in existence and effect.
b) Behold, the days are coming, declares the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
NEW Covenant. Not OLD with new paint. Not renewed. Just NEW.
Verse 32
a) not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the L-rd.
Clear proof text that the NEW Covenant which was coming, was NOT LIKE the Old Covenant Law of Moses made at Sinai. This is irrefutable proof of a new, different NEW Covenant.
b) not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the L-rd.
The Old Covenant of Moses, including the Law, was broken, says G-d. It was never designed to stand on its own, it was only a shadow of what was to come through Yeshua, it was then to pass away as Yeshua gives us His NEW Covenant prophesied here. The Old was broken.
Verse 33
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L-rd: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people.
a) For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L-rd:
Again, clear proof that "after those days" i.e., to come, in the future and that the Covenant which was broken was the one in existence and effect, AFTER THOSE DAYS, refers to the Mashiach coming to institute the New Covenant in His blood. Luke 22:20
b) I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people.
This was only possible by the filling of the Ruach haKodesh, the Holy Spirit of G-d, indwelling us, teaching us Yeshua's commands, His words and His New Covenant. G-d did not EVER write His law on our hearts because the Holy Spirit was not given individually yet, He only was given by Yeshua after His resurrection.
Yeshua told us:
John 14
18“ I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
YESHUA'S WORDS AND COMMANDS NOT THE OLD COVENANT LAW and this is G-d's plan for the NEW Covenant, His Words.
25“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
HOW Yeshua's NEW Covenant Laws are written on our hearts.
Verse 34
34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the L-rd,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the L-rd. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Again, only possible via the Ruach haKodesh, AFTER Yeshua's ascension and His NEW Covenant. We all will know Him and our sins will be completely wiped out, permanently. That was not possible under the Old Covenant Law of Moses, sin had to be atoned for with blood, over and over again. However, because of Yeshua's sacrifice, once for all and all time, and His NEW Covenant of grace, IF we are truly born again by faith in Yeshua as G-d, forgiven of our sins by His grace, filled with the Holy Spirit, and walk in HIS ways (not the Old Covenant), He remembers our sin no more. That did not happen under the Old Covenant Law of Moses.
As proof of this, Hebrews tells us the blood under the Old Covenant Law was not enough, ONLY Yeshua's sacrifice and His NEW Covenant fulfilled Jeremiah 31:31-34. It was specifically addressed here telling why the Old was simply not enough and not permanent, but only stood until Yeshua came and fulfilled it, giving us His NEW Covenant.
Hebrews 10
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christhad offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,
“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
Jeremiah 31:31-34
The New Covenant
31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the L-rd. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L-rd: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the L-rd,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the L-rd. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Verse 31
Behold, the days are coming, declares the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
a) Prophecy about a NEW Covenant which was coming. The Old Covenant and Law were in effect, so this is not speaking of them, but a NEW entity. The days are coming means it was going to happen at a later date. Not referring to what was already in existence and effect.
b) Behold, the days are coming, declares the L-rd, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
NEW Covenant. Not OLD with new paint. Not renewed. Just NEW.
Verse 32
a) not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the L-rd.
Clear proof text that the NEW Covenant which was coming, was NOT LIKE the Old Covenant Law of Moses made at Sinai. This is irrefutable proof of a new, different NEW Covenant.
b) not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the L-rd.
The Old Covenant of Moses, including the Law, was broken, says G-d. It was never designed to stand on its own, it was only a shadow of what was to come through Yeshua, it was then to pass away as Yeshua gives us His NEW Covenant prophesied here. The Old was broken.
Verse 33
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L-rd: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people.
a) For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the L-rd:
Again, clear proof that "after those days" i.e., to come, in the future and that the Covenant which was broken was the one in existence and effect, AFTER THOSE DAYS, refers to the Mashiach coming to institute the New Covenant in His blood. Luke 22:20
b) I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people.
This was only possible by the filling of the Ruach haKodesh, the Holy Spirit of G-d, indwelling us, teaching us Yeshua's commands, His words and His New Covenant. G-d did not EVER write His law on our hearts because the Holy Spirit was not given individually yet, He only was given by Yeshua after His resurrection.
Yeshua told us:
John 14
18“ I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
YESHUA'S WORDS AND COMMANDS NOT THE OLD COVENANT LAW and this is G-d's plan for the NEW Covenant, His Words.
25“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
HOW Yeshua's NEW Covenant Laws are written on our hearts.
Verse 34
34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the L-rd,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the L-rd. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Again, only possible via the Ruach haKodesh, AFTER Yeshua's ascension and His NEW Covenant. We all will know Him and our sins will be completely wiped out, permanently. That was not possible under the Old Covenant Law of Moses, sin had to be atoned for with blood, over and over again. However, because of Yeshua's sacrifice, once for all and all time, and His NEW Covenant of grace, IF we are truly born again by faith in Yeshua as G-d, forgiven of our sins by His grace, filled with the Holy Spirit, and walk in HIS ways (not the Old Covenant), He remembers our sin no more. That did not happen under the Old Covenant Law of Moses.
As proof of this, Hebrews tells us the blood under the Old Covenant Law was not enough, ONLY Yeshua's sacrifice and His NEW Covenant fulfilled Jeremiah 31:31-34. It was specifically addressed here telling why the Old was simply not enough and not permanent, but only stood until Yeshua came and fulfilled it, giving us His NEW Covenant.
Hebrews 10
For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3 But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4 For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5 Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,
“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
but a body have you prepared for me;
6 in burnt offerings and sin offerings
you have taken no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
8 When he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), 9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. 10 And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11 And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But when Christhad offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. 14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those days, declares the Lord:
I will put my laws on their hearts,
and write them on their minds,”
17 then he adds,
“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
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