Monday, December 29, 2008
The New Covenant (point 1)
We should first note that the New Covenant is made with the Houses of Judah and Israel. Jeremiah 30-33:26 (with the proclaimed new covenant in the midst of these chapters) centers around the restoration of Judah and Israel. "Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel." (31:4) The New Covenant speaks of restoration.
And as James, Peter and Paul confirmed with the apostles and elders: "After this I [God] will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old." (Acts 15:16-17 quoting Amos 9:11-12)
"As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:5)
"Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely separate me from his people' ... For thus says the LORD: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant--these 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 peoples." (Isaiah 56:3-7)
"Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope." (Hebrews 3:5-6)
Must read: Eph 2:11-22
"You know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth." (1 Tim 3:15)
Therefore, the House of Israel will be restored, that is God's Assembly, his church, and it will now include the rejected eunuch and foreigner. This is not a theology of replacement but a theology of restoration or re-establishment!
(see posts back in June 2006 for a detailed analysis of the church)
And as James, Peter and Paul confirmed with the apostles and elders: "After this I [God] will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will restore it, that the remnant of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who makes these things known from of old." (Acts 15:16-17 quoting Amos 9:11-12)
"As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:5)
"Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, 'The LORD will surely separate me from his people' ... For thus says the LORD: 'To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it, and holds fast my covenant--these 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 peoples." (Isaiah 56:3-7)
"Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope." (Hebrews 3:5-6)
Must read: Eph 2:11-22
"You know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth." (1 Tim 3:15)
Therefore, the House of Israel will be restored, that is God's Assembly, his church, and it will now include the rejected eunuch and foreigner. This is not a theology of replacement but a theology of restoration or re-establishment!
(see posts back in June 2006 for a detailed analysis of the church)
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How blessed it is to be part of God's Household, God's Family, God's Assembly, God's People, Spiritual Israel . . . Gentile that I am . . . by faith and faith alone . . . Soli Gloria Deo!
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: 12/30/2008 2:08 PM
: 12/30/2008 2:08 PM
Through grace beginning, middle, and end so that all the glory goes to Him who accomplished it. I am so thankful to be included and He establishes and re-establishes the church and spiritual Israel.
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