Jeremiah 31:33-34
Hi folks!
Tomorrow for our Creation to Consummation scripture passage, we will be reading Jeremiah 31:33-34.
"For 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. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
Here God promises to establish a new covenant (a solemn agreement) with his people, a covenant that is not like any of the previous covenants God had established with the nation of Israel (see v.32). The covenants previously made with Israel were based on laws that were external that were written on tablets of stone (i.e., the Ten Commandments) and were established with a visible mixed community of believers and unbelievers. But the new covenant God will establish will be based on laws that are internalized, that are written "on their hearts," and will be established with a community who are all believers "from the least of them to the greatest of them." Christ establishes and inaugurates this new covenant by his death and resurrection. Hence, at the last supper he says, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matt 26:27-28). But the real beauty of the new covenant and all those who are brought into the new covenant by faith is found in the final words of v.34, "For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." What an amazing and comforting truth. Looking forward to tomorrow!
Blessings,
Hexon
Tapestry Community Church