Thematic Bible: The Covenant


Thematic Bible



You people are descendants of these prophets and [recipients] of the Agreement God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham [Gen. 12:3], 'And through your seed [i.e., your descendant Jesus] all the people of the earth will receive the blessings [of God].' Verse ConceptsAbrahamBlessedAbraham, Family And DescendantsHeirsMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristGod Is JustAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod, Impartiality OfSons Of The ProphetsBlessing Through God's PeopleBlessings For Jew And GentileChildren Of AbrahamGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsFamily StrengthSons Being A Blessingcovenantprophets



in order to show mercy to our forefathers and to remember His holy Agreement. [This Agreement was] the oath by which He swore to Abraham, our forefather, that we would be delivered from the [destructive] hand of our enemies and [then] serve Him without fear read more.
by living holy and righteous lives before Him all of our days.

Now [specific] promises were made to Abraham and to his seed [i.e., descendants]. [God] did not say "seeds" [plural] as though He were referring to many persons but "seed" [singular] showing that He meant one [descendant]; [Gen. 13:15 says] "And to your seed," referring to Christ. Verse ConceptsAbrahamBlessings, To AbrahamChrist, The Seed OfMission, Of IsraelScripture, Inerrancy OfProphecies Concerning ChristChildren Of AbrahamChrist's OriginGod's Promise To AbrahamThe promises of GodPromises concerningDescendants of


Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep [i.e., the church], through the blood of the never ending Agreement [i.e., Christ's blood], Verse ConceptsBlood, of Jesus ChristCovenant, the newGod our ShepherdSheepPerfectionChrist, The ShepherdSpiritual PeaceChrist, Names ForThe New CovenantThe Eternal CovenantGod Raising ChristBlood Of The CovenantGod Of PeaceShepherdsThe Blood Of Jesus




[So], by saying "a New Agreement," God has made the first one obsolete. And that which is becoming obsolete and getting aged is ready to [completely] disappear. Verse ConceptsLaws, AbolishedPast, TheOld ThingsGrowingcovenant

[A summary of Jer. 31:31-34 says], "And I [i.e., God] will make this Agreement with them [i.e., Jewish and Gentile believers] when I take away their sins." Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGod Will Forgive


For God found fault with the Israelites [or, possibly with the first Agreement], saying [Jer. 31:31ff], "Look, the Lord says, the time will come when I will make a New Agreement with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. [It will] not be like the Agreement that I made with their forefathers on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the country of Egypt. For they did not [continue to] keep my Agreement, so I did not regard them [as acceptable], says the Lord. For this is the Agreement that I will make with the people of Israel in the coming days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will also write them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.




Here is what I am saying: The Agreement originally made by God [with Abraham], with its attending promises, was not canceled when the law of Moses was given some four hundred and thirty years later. Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Law Given To Israelthe Law of moses





For this is the Agreement that I will make with the people of Israel in the coming days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will also write them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. Verse ConceptsMorality, And RedemptionTabletsWritingReceptive HeartsWriting On PeopleI Will Be Their GodTaking The Law To HeartJournalizing



and to Jesus, the Mediator of a New Agreement [between God and mankind], and to the sprinkled blood [of Jesus], which says better things [to us] than [the blood of] Abel did. [Note: The contrast seems to be that "Abel's blood called for vengeance and death (See Gen. 4:10) whereas the blood of Christ provides mercy and life"]. Verse ConceptsAbel and CainSealing A CovenantAbelCovenant, the newBlood, of Jesus ChristMediationMoses, Significance OfNewnessPast, ThePurity, Moral And SpiritualSprinklingChrist, The MediatorTypes Of ChristChrist, Types OfAdvocatesSprinkling BloodHuman Blood ShedPrivileges of saintsThe Blood Of Jesus

But now Jesus has obtained a ministry that is as far superior [to that of the Levitical priesthood] as the [New] Agreement, of which He is the Mediator, is better [than the old one], because it has been enacted on better promises. Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newMediationMediatorUniquenessJesus Christ, PriesthoodChrist, The MediatorPreeminence Of ChristAdvocatesGreatness Of ChristPromises concerningPromisesMinistryExcellencecovenant

Therefore, Christ is the Mediator of a New Agreement, so that [all] those people who have been called [by God] can receive the promise of the never ending inheritance. [This is possible because] a death has taken place for the redemption of [people's] sins who lived under the first Agreement. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristCovenant, the newAtonement, in NTHeirsReceiving An InheritanceInheritance, SpiritualMediationMoses, Significance OfNewnessRansomRedemption, In NtRevelation, In OtTypesChrist, The MediatorGod's Call, ResultsAdvocatesEternal PossessionThe Effect Of Christ's DeathRedemptionPromisesThe Blood Of JesuscovenantNew





in order to show mercy to our forefathers and to remember His holy Agreement. Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAncestorsGod Remembering His CovenantGod Showed Mercy


For this is the Agreement that I will make with the people of Israel in the coming days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will also write them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. And everyone will not [have to] teach his neighbor or his brother [anymore], telling them to 'Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me [as their Lord], from the least [important] ones to the most important ones. For I will be merciful to their wickedness [i.e., by forgiving them] and I will not remember their sins anymore."









You people are descendants of these prophets and [recipients] of the Agreement God made with your forefathers when He said to Abraham [Gen. 12:3], 'And through your seed [i.e., your descendant Jesus] all the people of the earth will receive the blessings [of God].' Verse ConceptsAbrahamBlessedAbraham, Family And DescendantsHeirsMission, Of IsraelParticipation, In ChristGod Is JustAbraham, New Testament ReferencesGod, Impartiality OfSons Of The ProphetsBlessing Through God's PeopleBlessings For Jew And GentileChildren Of AbrahamGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsFamily StrengthSons Being A Blessingcovenantprophets




How much more severely do you think a person deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God and has regarded the blood of the [New] Agreement, with which he was set apart for God, an unholy thing and has insulted the Holy Spirit, through whom God's unearned favor is shown? For we know God, who said [Deut. 32:35], "Revenge belongs to me; I will pay back [for wrongdoing]." And again [Deut. 32:36], "The Lord will judge His people."



Here is what I am saying: The Agreement originally made by God [with Abraham], with its attending promises, was not canceled when the law of Moses was given some four hundred and thirty years later. Verse Concepts100 Years And MoreGod's Covenant With The PatriarchsThe Law Given To Israelthe Law of moses

"May the Lord be praised, [who is] the God of the Israelites, for He has come to [the aid of] His people and bought them back [i.e., from bondage]. He has provided a horn of salvation [i.e., His saving strength] for us from a descendant of His servant King David [i.e., Jesus, born of Mary] (as He spoke through the message of the holy prophets of long ago). read more.
[He has provided] salvation from our enemies, and from the [destructive] hand of all those who hate us, in order to show mercy to our forefathers and to remember His holy Agreement. [This Agreement was] the oath by which He swore to Abraham, our forefather, that we would be delivered from the [destructive] hand of our enemies and [then] serve Him without fear by living holy and righteous lives before Him all of our days. Yes, you [my] child [i.e., John], will be called the prophet of the Highest [i.e., God], for you will go ahead of the Lord's presence to prepare His ways. And [you will] provide the knowledge of salvation to His people, by [granting them] the forgiveness of their sins because of God's merciful compassion. Therefore, the morning sun from above will arise to shine on those who are sitting in darkness and [are under] the shadow of death, and to direct our feet into the way of peace."