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NASB | Hebrews 8:13 When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Hebrews 8:13 When God speaks of "A new covenant," He makes the first one obsolete. And whatever is becoming obsolete (out of use, annulled) and growing old is ready to disappear. |
Subject: New Covenant beginning |
Bible Note: Thanks Doc for your prompt answer. The point I was trying to make was the four books called the gospels are not in the New Testament (Covenant). There could be no New Covenant until the sins committed under the old were paid for. The New Covenant could not begin until the Book of Acts after the cross. Also, speaking of Christ’s death Paul says it’s like a last will and testament: "He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives" (Heb. 9:15-17). Paul told the Galatians church: "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (Gal. 3:13). …when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons" (Gal. 4:4-5). Here we see that all those before were under the law by the passages from the Galatians letter and that would include all four books called the gospels. To add finality to what Paul said: "…when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, saying, "This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you." Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission" (Heb. 9:15-22. In view of all the confusion it has caused, it’s a mystery to me how we could go for two millennia without correction being made. There is no end to the confusion in the Body of Christ because of the present incorrect division. In His grace movingon |