Tag: covenant
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Jesus and Ritual Purity: Life Near God, Not a Language of Sin One of the most common misunderstandings many Gentile believers inherit when reading the Gospels is the idea that ritual purity equals moral sin. When we hear words like unclean or see Jesus touching lepers, corpses, or interacting with those considered impure, we often…
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What Is the New Covenant? Promise, Purpose, and Faithfulness The phrase “new covenant” is often confused with the New Testament itself, as if the Bible were divided into an obsolete “old covenant” section and a replacement “new covenant” section. Scripture never makes that equation. The New Testament writings testify to the new covenant, explain it,…
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How God Makes Covenants: Understanding the Structure Behind the Bible’s Promises When the Bible speaks about covenants, it is not inventing a new religious concept out of thin air. God chose to communicate His relationship with humanity using a form that people in the ancient world already understood. That form is what scholars call a…
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What Is a Covenant? Why the Bible’s Most Important Idea Is Often Misunderstood When people read the Bible, they often notice promises, commands, blessings, and warnings, but miss the structure holding it all together. That structure is covenant. A covenant is how God chooses to define His relationship with humanity. Without understanding covenants, much of…