THE BETTER COVENANT* (I)


*DAILY DEW 7TH/SEPTEMBER/2021*

*THE BETTER COVENANT* (I)

_Key Bible Text:_
*But now, Jesus has been given priestly work which is superior to theirs, just as the covenant which He arranged between God and His people is a BETTER ONE, because it is based on promises of better things.* (Hebrews 8:6(GNB))

_Bible Insight:_

Jesus arranged a BETTER COVENANT between His people (first, those who are Isrealites and second & eventually, those who believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus, i.e. the Gospel) and God. This covenant is based, built on promises of better things. Indeed *If there had been nothing wrong with the first covenant, there would have been no need for a second one.*

But God finds fault with His people when He says, *The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will draw up a NEW COVENANT with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with them, and so I paid no attention to them.*

*"Now", says God, "this is the covenant that I will make with the people of Israel in the days to come, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. None of them will have to teach their friends or tell their neighbors, 'Know the Lord.' For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs.*

Worthy of note and mention, is the promises of better things upon which this new covenant is built: 1. "I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts."; 2. "I will be their God, and they will be my people."; 3. "None of them will have to teach their friends or tell their neighbors, 'Know the Lord.' For they will all know me, from the least to the greatest."; and 4. "I will forgive their sins and will no longer remember their wrongs."  Wow.

These promises actually make the new covenant a better one.

We celebrate God for the new covenant!

*MEDITATION*
*By speaking of a new covenant, God has made the first one old; and anything that becomes old and worn out will soon disappear.* (Hebrews 8:13 (GNB))

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