A covenant is a promise. Did God cancel His first promise?
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“No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one.
If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new
will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he
does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins
will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins. And no one
after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ” Luke 5:36-39
Nobody except Judaizers, that is.
If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new
will not match the old. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he
does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins
will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins. And no one
after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ” Luke 5:36-39
Nobody except Judaizers, that is.
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Yes Paul’s explaination in Galatians is wonderful I think , as well particularly clear and understandable if we read the entire chapter and let it be an explaination of the things we wonder about
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
Acts 2:38-39
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
Acts 2:38-39
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You are, as usual, wholly correct .
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amen
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Matthew 5:17-18 KJV
Jesus later interpreting this
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, ( ot was the only scripture at this point ) and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved 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 among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”
Luke 24:44-49 KJV
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”
Matthew 5:17-18 KJV
Jesus later interpreting this
“And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, ( ot was the only scripture at this point ) and said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved 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 among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things.
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.”
Luke 24:44-49 KJV
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You bring up a good point of discussion: words with multiple meanings. Such words exist in the Old and New Testaments.
Eternal is one such word. It can mean "until the end of the age" or "from age to age" or "from age to age for endless ages". It can also define the origin of another thing like saying "southern sandwich". The origin of the sandwich, or at least its character, is derived from a place in the south. "Eternal life" for example, originates in "eternity" and it also possesses the characteristics of eternity: it's a life that was eternally in God and a life that will never pass away.
World is like this. We know that we are to be like God. we are told "God so loved the world" but then we are told "Love not the world". Same word. One, we know to mean people, the other, we know to mean systems.
And here's the catch: in order to know the meaning of the these types of words one must know the One who wrote them. This requires revelation by the spirit in us from the Spirit who wrote the words. A doctorate in etymology will not help you know God. Revelation, the Holy Spirit to man's spirit, is the only way.
For example, if you found a letter written by my wife to me and you had it examined by the most prestigious language professors in the world and they concluded that my wife meant "thus and such" by her letter BUT then I read the letter and I say "No, she does not mean "thus and such", she means "this". Who will you believe? Well, you should believe the one who knows my wife the best: me. I know her idiosyncrasies, her desires, the pattern of her words and so on. No amount of education in language can help you know my
wife.
Where people go wrong with doctrine is that they only know the words and not the One who wrote them. This has cause 1000's of variations of belief to spawn from one book.
That's enough for now.
Eternal is one such word. It can mean "until the end of the age" or "from age to age" or "from age to age for endless ages". It can also define the origin of another thing like saying "southern sandwich". The origin of the sandwich, or at least its character, is derived from a place in the south. "Eternal life" for example, originates in "eternity" and it also possesses the characteristics of eternity: it's a life that was eternally in God and a life that will never pass away.
World is like this. We know that we are to be like God. we are told "God so loved the world" but then we are told "Love not the world". Same word. One, we know to mean people, the other, we know to mean systems.
And here's the catch: in order to know the meaning of the these types of words one must know the One who wrote them. This requires revelation by the spirit in us from the Spirit who wrote the words. A doctorate in etymology will not help you know God. Revelation, the Holy Spirit to man's spirit, is the only way.
For example, if you found a letter written by my wife to me and you had it examined by the most prestigious language professors in the world and they concluded that my wife meant "thus and such" by her letter BUT then I read the letter and I say "No, she does not mean "thus and such", she means "this". Who will you believe? Well, you should believe the one who knows my wife the best: me. I know her idiosyncrasies, her desires, the pattern of her words and so on. No amount of education in language can help you know my
wife.
Where people go wrong with doctrine is that they only know the words and not the One who wrote them. This has cause 1000's of variations of belief to spawn from one book.
That's enough for now.
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AH --But Wait-------
God the Father and God the Son ARE ONE ------
God the Father and God the Son ARE ONE ------
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2 Corinthians 3:6 - who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 7 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory.
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It’s hard to read and really hear Galatians 3 for some because of this
“and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: but their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament;
which vail is done away in Christ.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.”
2 Corinthians 3:13-15 KJV
if I’m convinced what Moses said is Gods word spoken to me ….it’s going to be really hard for me to hear what God is really saying
“and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: but their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament;
which vail is done away in Christ.
But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart.”
2 Corinthians 3:13-15 KJV
if I’m convinced what Moses said is Gods word spoken to me ….it’s going to be really hard for me to hear what God is really saying
Agree. So one substance, but different persons.
My only point is that there was a covenant made between God and Israel. In like manner, there was a covenant made between God the Father and God the Son. God the Father didn't covenant with God the Father.
As far as Jesus being eternal Father, it doesn't mean that He is at one time the Father and at another the Son. It simply means that as God the Father exercises fatherly attributes towards people, so too does Jesus. A good example is when He spoke of how He would have gathered Israel under His wings as a hen does her chicks.
My only point is that there was a covenant made between God and Israel. In like manner, there was a covenant made between God the Father and God the Son. God the Father didn't covenant with God the Father.
As far as Jesus being eternal Father, it doesn't mean that He is at one time the Father and at another the Son. It simply means that as God the Father exercises fatherly attributes towards people, so too does Jesus. A good example is when He spoke of how He would have gathered Israel under His wings as a hen does her chicks.