We are all living in a really good time right now. I’m not referring to the amazing technological advancements we’re able to enjoy, the freedom to share Christ openly in America, or the leaps and bounds we’ve made over the past few decades concerning equality in the United States. No, I’m referring to the past 2,000 years where we’ve enjoyed living within the new covenant. When Jesus came to earth and died for our sins, a new set of rules were put in place - well, it was more of a revision on the old rules. This new covenant; this new way of connecting with God, changed everything for us - so much so, that the Bible needed to be divided into two parts: the Old Testament, and the New. God says this through the prophet Jeremiah in Jeremiah, chapter 31, verses 31 through 34:
“‘The time is coming,’ declares the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,’ declares the Lord. ‘This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,’ declares the Lord. ‘I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,’ declares the Lord. ‘For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.’”
This new covenant isn’t only for the Israelites and the Jewish nation, it is for everyone. God said that he will be our God and we will be his people. This was the plan from the very beginning before the fall of Adam and Eve. But once man fell, this utopia wasn’t to be. So God gave us the old covenant with its laws and commands, the most famous of which are the ten commandments. But today, we live in the new covenant; a time where we do not rely solely on the rules and ways of the old covenant; a time when we can know him through the Spirit. From the least to the greatest, we all have access to the Father. We can all be in relationship with him. Through Jesus, a way was made. God said “for I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” That is good news - no, that is great news! We live in a time that those who walked the earth before Jesus’ arrival could only dream of. I hope you can appreciate that today.
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Today, we live under the New Testament - the new covenant. No longer is there a need to sacrifice animals for the forgiveness of our sins. Jesus paid that price. And at that moment, a new covenant was made; one where we are truly able to know God. When Jesus left the earth, he sent the Holy Spirit. Now, every believer has him living inside of us. He can guide us, teach us, encourage us and heal us. I encourage you to allow your heart to be sensitive to him. Listen to his promptings, obey his leadings, and though him, walk in close relationship with our creator. Today is indeed a good day to be alive. We have the New Testament. I encourage you to read it. If you do, and I’m not one to usually give away spoilers, but you will learn that Jesus is coming back for you, me and every believer.
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