What’s so new about the new covenant? (OT/NT Synthesis)

1. New Covenant Theology Series Steve Atkerson ~ Atlanta, Georgia New Testament Reformation Fellowship www.NTRF.org What’s so new about the new covenant? (OT/NT Synthesis)

2. Is there continuity or discontinuity between the Old Covenant and the New Testament?

3. Is there continuity or discontinuity between the Old Covenant and the New Testament? Are Israel and the church the same?

4. Is there continuity or discontinuity between the Old Covenant and the New Testament? Are Israel and the church the same? What effect did the start of the new covenant have on the old covenant?

5. Is there continuity or discontinuity between the Old Covenant and the New Testament? Are Israel and the church the same? What effect did the start of the new covenant have on the old covenant? Is the new covenant believer under the law of Moses?

6. ESV Matthew 24:2 ~ But he (Jesus) answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down (kataluo).”

7. ESV Matthew 24:2 ~ But he (Jesus) answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down (kataluo).” ESV Matthew 26:61 ~ "This man said, 'I am able to destroy (kataluo) the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'“

8. ESV Matthew 24:2 ~ But he (Jesus) answered them, "You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down (kataluo).” ESV Matthew 26:61 ~ "This man said, 'I am able to destroy (kataluo) the temple of God, and to rebuild it in three days.'“ ESV 2 Corinthians 5:1 ~ For we know that if the tent, which is our earthly home, is destroyed (kataluo), we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

9. ESV Luke 24:44 ~ Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."

11. What is “antinomianism?”

12. NAS ~ Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.‘

13. NAS ~ Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.‘ NAS ~ 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness?

14. NAS ~ Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.‘ NAS ~ 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? ESV ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day (the day of the Lord) will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction . . .

15. NAS ~ Matthew 7:23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.‘ NAS ~ 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? ESV ~ 2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day (the day of the Lord) will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction . . . NAS ~ 1 John 3:4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

16. NAS Matthew 28:19-20 ~ "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you”

17. Inquiring Minds Want To Know: Jesus said that the Law would not disappear until everything in it is accomplished. Since Jesus came to fulfill the Law, is it now abolished?

18. ESV Mark 7:15-19 ~ There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him . . . Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him, since it enters not his heart but his stomach, and is expelled?" ( Thus he declared all foods clean.)

19. NIV Romans 7:7 ~ I would not have known what sin was except through the law.

20. ESV Romans 6:14 ~ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

21. ESV Romans 6:14 ~ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. ESV Romans 6:15 ~ What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means!

22. ESV Romans 6:14 ~ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. ESV Romans 6:15 ~ What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ESV Romans 7:4 ~ Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ

23. ESV Romans 6:14 ~ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. ESV Romans 6:15 ~ What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ESV Romans 7:4 ~ Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ ESV Romans 7:6 ~ But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit.

24. ESV Romans 6:14 ~ For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. ESV Romans 6:15 ~ What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ESV Romans 7:4 ~ Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ ESV Romans 7:6 ~ But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve not under the old written code but in the new life of the Spirit. ESV Galatians 5:18 ~ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

25. NIV Acts 15:5 ~ Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.“

26. NIV Acts 15:5 ~ Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.“ NIV Acts 15:10 (Peter) ~ Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

27. NIV Acts 15:5 ~ Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.“ NIV Acts 15:10 (Peter) ~ Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear? NIV Acts 15:19 (James) ~ "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

28. NIV Acts 15:5 ~ Then some of the believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees stood up and said, "The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.“ NIV Acts 15:10 (Peter) ~ Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear? NIV Acts 15:19 (James) ~ "It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. ESV Acts 15:24-18 (Council) ~ Since we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions . . . it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements . . .

29. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10)

30. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19)

31. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24)

32. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24) “burden” (Ac 15:28)

33. Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” — Hebrews 5:5-6

34. Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” — Hebrews 5:5-6 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. — Hebrews 5:9-10

35. Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; as he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” — Hebrews 5:5-6 And being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, being designated by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. — Hebrews 5:9-10 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. — Hebrews 6:19-20

36. For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham . . . and blessed him,  and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything . . . And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people . . . But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.  It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior . . . One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,  for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him. — Hebrews 7:1-10 (ESV)

37. ESV Hebrews 7:11 ~ Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron?

38. ESV Hebrews 7:11 ~ Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? NAS Hebrews 7:12 ~ For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also.

39. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24) “burden” (Ac 15:28) “change of law” (Heb 7:12)

40. NIV Hebrews 7:18 ~ The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless

41. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24) “burden” (Ac 15:28) “change of law” (Heb 7:12) “former regulation” (Heb 7:18)

42. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24) “burden” (Ac 15:28) “change of law” (Heb 7:12) “former regulation” (Heb 7:18) “set aside” (Heb 7:18)

43. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24) “burden” (Ac 15:28) “change of law” (Heb 7:12) “former regulation” (Heb 7:18) “set aside” (Heb 7:18) “weak” (Heb 7:18)

44. “yoke” ( Ac 15:10) “difficult” (Ac 15:19) “troubling” (Ac 15:24) “burden” (Ac 15:28) “change of law” (Heb 7:12) “former regulation” (Heb 7:18) “set aside” (Heb 7:18) “weak” (Heb 7:18) “useless” (Heb 7:18)

45. NIV Hebrews 7:22 ~ Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

46. NIV Hebrews 7:22 ~ Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. BETTER

47. NIV Hebrews 7:22 ~ Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. NIV Hebrews 8:6 ~ But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises. BETTER

48. NIV Hebrews 7:22 ~ Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. NIV Hebrews 8:6 ~ But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises. BETTER SUPERIOR

49. “old” (Heb 8:6)

50. NIV 2 Corinthians 3:14 ~ . . . their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away.