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The Bible comprising both the Jewish Old Testament and the New Testament is a book about Covenants. One thing is guaranteed and that is this: if you don't understand correctly the subject of Covenants then you will not be able to understand correctly Divine Revelation concerning your own Covenant with God let alone the Covenant stipulations within it. This means often in your life you will be disobedient to God and never know it. Hopefully this is not your desire and you should want to make sure your understanding of Covenants in the Bible is correct.
More than likely, you have probably heard messages in your churches telling you that Hebrews 10:1-12 does away with all the Laws of Yahweh BECAUSE GOD HAS REPLACED THE LAW WITH GRACE AND AS CHRISTIANS YOU HAVE A NEW COVENANT. It will be shown that this "NEW" Covenant of Jer. 31 has not yet commenced and to say that you are anyone are under some "NEW COVENANT" is a total misunderstanding of the passages at hand.
Dear Christian brother and sister, nothing could be farther from the
truth. I will show you in
this article that God has only RE-NEWED THE EXISTING COVENANT and NOT
REPLACED HIS EXISTING COVENANTS and I can prove it. This
fact will have an unmistakable effect upon your understanding of the
Scriptures let alone you life-style before God once this information and
knowledge sinks into your mind and spirit. Let us investigate.
Answer for yourself: Would the same man who told you of Yahweh's Renewed Covenant in Hebrews, and of the FACT that Yahweh's Laws would be written in the hearts and minds of His People (Hebrews 8:10, Hebrews 10:16), then turn around and teach that these same Laws are done away with? Don't YOU 'believe' it for one minute!
Hebr 8:10
For <3754> this <3778> [is]
"the"
covenant <1242> that <3739> I will make <1303> (5695)
with the house <3624> of Israel <2474> after <3326>
those <1565> days <2250>, saith <3004> (5719) the Lord <2962>;
I will put <1325> (5723) my <3450> laws
<3551> into <1519> their <846> mind <1271>, and <2532>
write <1924> (5692) them <846> in <1909> their <846>
hearts <2588>: and <2532> I will be <2071> (5704) to <1519>
them <846> a God <2316>, and <2532> they shall be <2071>
(5704) to <1519> me <3427> a people <2992>: {put: Gr.
give} {in: or, upon}
Hebr 10:16 (KJS) This <3778> [is] "the" covenant <1242> that <3739> I will make <1303> (5695) with <4314> them <846> after <3326> those <1565> days <2250>, saith <3004> (5719) the Lord <2962>, I will put <1325> (5723) my <3450>laws <3551> into <1909> their <846> hearts <2588>, and <2532> in <1909> their <846> minds <1271> will I write <1924> (5692) them <846>;
Answer for yourself: Are these both
New Testament passages? Yes
Answer for yourself: Don't you find it
strange that the New Testament is proclaiming the writing of God's Laws
into the minds and hearts of believers since the vast majority of
Christendom believes the Law of God has been replaced and made void by the
cross of Christ?
For you English majors out there I must ask you something. "The" is a definite article which designates and signifies the "particular" or "identifies" as to one and not many. In both Heb. 8:10 and Heb. 10:16 we have recorded for us that this IS [however "is" is in italicsand omitted in the Greek manuscripts]. Since "is" is not there in the oldest manuscripts we should try to read the text omitting "is."
Thus "this...THE covenant" refers to THE or "particular
Covenant"!
God has not made MANY covenants, but He has made MANY Covenant Renewals! All of God's Covenants are a series of Covenant renewals that culminated in the best of all Covenants with the best of all promises in Yeshua as he re-newed the Abrahamic Covenant at the last supper.
Answer for yourself: In both Heb 8:10 and Heb. 10 does it not say that God will in the future put his laws in our minds and write them in our hearts (even the hearts of Christians)? He sure does.
Answer for yourself: How can that be possible that God will write His Laws in the minds and hearts of believers when we have been taught our whole lives under the "New Covenant" that we are under grace and not under law and that the law has passed away? God must have made a mistake or possibly my preacher and teacher failed to understand the matter correctly.
Answer for yourself: Is there the
remotest possibility that you may have been taught in error and, as we
have shown in previous teachings, the Law is still valid today and applies
to Christians regardless if they are aware of it or not? Not only is there
the remotest possibility but that is what has actually happened!
Answer for yourself: Being a Christian, how is it possible that Heb. 8:10 says that this "New Covenant" will be made with Israel (and not the Christian church) and Heb. 10:16 says that this "New Covenant" will be made with THEM? Who is "them"?
Answer for yourself: I bet your not sure...then let us look at Jeremiah 31:31.
31 Behold, the
days <3117> come <935> (8802), saith <5002> (8803) the
LORD <3068>, that I will make <3772> (8804)
a new <2319> covenant <1285> with the
house <1004> of Israel <3478>, and with the house <1004>
of Judah <3063>:
Answer for yourself: In both Heb. 8:10 and Heb. 10:16 Paul, or a pro-Pauline writer, was using rhemez (a Rabbinical method of teaching of referring back to what had already been said) when he referred back to the original Scripture of Jer. 31:31. It was from this original source that Paul would refer and use for his reference when teaching about the "New" covenant to come.
Answer for yourself: Just what was "New" to mean? Was "New" to mean:
To answer that question we must look at the word "new" as
used in Jer. 31:31:
31 Behold, the
days <3117> come <935> (8802), saith <5002> (8803) the
LORD <3068>, that I will make <3772> (8804) a
new <2319> covenant <1285> with the
house <1004> of Israel <3478>, and with the house <1004>
of Judah <3063>:
I am so excited for
you because you are about to learn one of the most important facts of
Biblical knowledge which will literally astound you and cause you to
re-think most of what the Church has taught you since you were a child.
Let us go deeper.
The Hebrew word for "new" as used by Jeremiah the prophet:
Lexicon Hebrew 2319 02319 chadash {khaw-dawsh'} from 02318; TWOT - 613a; adj AV - new 48, new thing 4, fresh 1; 53
1) new, new thing, fresh
This word really does
not say much to us but we only need to look at the "root" word
to find it's true meaning.
Notice the root word from which Paul referred in Hebrews is "chadash" and has a Strong's # of 02318:
Lexicon Hebrew 2318 02318 chadash {khaw-dash'} a primitive root; TWOT - 613; v AV - renew 7, repair 3; 10
Notice a related word (#613) above .....is as follows:
Lexicon Greek 613 613 apokrupto {ap-ok-roop'-to} from 575 and 2928; TDNT - 3:957,476; v AV - hide 6; 6
Answer for yourself: Did not "new" in Jer. 31:31, from which Paul would draw his teaching in the New Testament, mean that God will in the future do a "fresh, new thing," or better yet, God will "RENEW" and "REPAIR" and "MAKE ANEW" the EXISTING COVENANT which was in itself an eternal Covenant? It sure does!
Read the
above question again and think about it for a second
Answer for yourself: If you "renew" THE EXISTING covenant and make it "fresh", does that mean REPLACE it with another and discard the former? NO WAY!
Answer for yourself: If you "renew"
THE EXISTING covenant and "repair" it, does that mean replacing
it with another and discard the former? No way!
Answer for yourself: How can you "repair"
something if it is discarded and replaced with a brand new replacement?
You can't!
Answer for yourself: If God wanted to
discard the "old" for the "new" then why should we
wish to "repair" the "new?" Would God replace an old
and worn out old covenant with a "new" one that also needed
repair? Is God giving the children He loves something "broken?"
I surely doubt it.
Answer for yourself: If Paul was
QUOTING a passage from the Old Testament and using the word "new"
which means "RENEW" and "REPAIR" then is it proper for
us TO CHANGE the MEANING of the SAME WORD Paul used in the New Testament
in his quote in Hebrews (the
word "new" as used in the Greek in the book of Hebrews does not
carry the Jewish ideas of renewed or reestablished..but "replaced)
and teach that "New" in Hebrews 8:10 and
Hebrews 10:16 no longer means what it did in Jeremiah 31:31, but NOW it
means SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM THE SOURCE WORD from which he drew
his teaching in the Old Testament? THINK!
No way.
Answer for yourself: What would Paul
think today if he were to know that the vast majority of Christianity has
incorrectly misunderstood his writings of "new-renewed" and
erroneously arrived at the improper understanding as in "discarded,
passed away?" He would be horrified that we have created a new
religion and literally undone all the foundational work he accomplished in
his 3 missionary journeys.
Answer for yourself: Can you begin to
fathom the magnitude of errors taught and practiced by the vast majority
of Christians today because of the mistranslation of this three letter
word (new)? I believe you are beginning to see the light. It
is not proper to translate "new-renewed" as "replaced with
another," yet that is what has been done, thus creating a New
Religion that stands opposite of what Jesus both believed and taught his
disciples to teach the Gentiles!
Answer for yourself: Did you notice a
related word that enlarges the meaning of "renew and repair" as
it relates to the Old Covenant in Jer. 31:31? If you did, did you also
notice that this "renewing and repairing of THE covenant by God"
was to be done in such a way that it would be concealed
and kept a secret? You better had because this is of
major importance to the Christian church.
Answer for yourself: God said He was
to renew and repair THE existing covenant with Israel and Judah in Jer.
31. Are you aware that Israel (the Northern Ten Tribes) had been in
captivity for over 150 years when Jeremiah wrote this and they ceased to
be a people at the time of the writing of the prophet Jeremiah? To whom
could "Israel" refer since the Ten Northern Tribes had been
assimilated into pagan lands? Stumped? Read on.
Out of the exile of
Israelites into Gentile nations would come mixtures of Jew-Gentiles that
would cover the face of the European Continent and eventually come to
America in the colonization of this great land. These Gentile lands would
produce through intermarriages remnants of God-fearers (half Jew, half
Gentile) from the captives and their posterity that was taken in the Exile
of the Ten Northern Tribes. Over time the Jewish element would be further
watered down and almost vanish. These "Gentiles" literally sit
in the churches of our land unaware of their possible heritage. Only God
knows for sure our heritage, but be not mistaken, in the churches all over
the world we are seeing in this day a spiritual awakening of the desire
and hunger to restore the Jewish Roots to the Christian church. God is
reviving Israel to their heritage in preparation of the establishment of
the Jer. 31:31 Renewal which can only come when the Gentile (who has
Jewish leanings) and the Jew become one again and accepts and obeys the
one message of God; that being faith in and obedience to each's Covenant
which is comprised by various positive and negative admonitions to obey
the Commandments of God. I refer to the Law and Covenant of Noah which HAS
NEVER BEEN REPLACED as seen by James in Acts 15 long after Jesus' death as
well as the Law and Covenant of Moses for the Jewish people which exists
today. It it way past time to rectify this great error as taught in
Gentile Christianity and call the Christian believer out of his apostate
denominations and sound the shofar for his return to the Covenant God made
with him and out of those false covenants created by the traditions of
men. It will be this unification that precedes the coming of Messiah and
which will be an example to the rest of the Gentile nations of the world.
Answer for yourself: Since God is going to renew and repair THE EXISTING COVENANT with Israel (which today no longer exists except in the multitudes of Gentiles who worship God as Christians today) and Judah (which came back to the land in 1948 when Israel became a nation), then can you not see how that in the end of time that God will again NOT CREATE ANYTHING NEW THAT REPLACES HIS EXISTING COVENANTS....BUT ONLY RENEW THE ONLY COVENANTS that He made and not those of men's making (Denominational creeds and bylaws and dogmas) and AT THIS TIME WRITE HIS LAWS ON THE MINDS AND HEARTS OF BOTH JEWS AND GENTILE CHRISTIANS as "both sticks" of the Olive Tree which is held in Joseph's hands become one again?
We as followers of Yeshua and Christians have bought a lie as this article and others have diligently tried to show you. The texts of our New Testament are not even quoted correctly; many passages are forged on purpose to replace the revelation of God with the will of the Roman state done 1700 years ago. We sadly grow up with preachers who have more zeal than knowledge and fall into the trap of those who came before us by accepting this anti-Semitic Gentile Christianity which is totally opposed to the historical Jesus and his religous belief system. Not only are we deceived in so many areas due to the lack of personal study but most of our spirital leaders are not equipped with knowledge to teach the truth as they have called emotion anointing instead of truth. There is no "new Covenant" to day and to adhere to such a childish and misled conception guarantees that your spiritual walk is outside of the ONLY COVENANT GOD GAVE YOU....this is a fearful position to find youself in when you die. May God enlighten your mind and spirit to not just believe but to study for yourself these very life and death issues concerning your relationship with our Creator.