The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

The new covenant that became clear with Jesus was prophecied in Jeremiah 31. Here the LORD tells the people that this new covenant will "not be like the covenant I made with your forefathers."

"But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts." (31:33)

The new covenant will be internally written. God's laws will become inner principles that enable his people to delight in doing his will. The old covenant was written on tablets or scrolls.

"And he [the LORD] gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. " (Ex. 31:18)

And after they were written on stone, God asked the people to internalize it--"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart." (Deut. 6:6)

However, God will write the new covenant on our hearts from the start. For "through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set [you] free from the law of sin and death. ... You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you." (Romans 8:2, 9)