Israel and Judah"s New Covenant - Part 3
Judah's Impenitence Later, Judah, followed the footsteps of her treacherous sister Israel, (Jeremiah 3:6-10) and was punished in Babylonian captivity for 70 years, according to the prophecies of Jeremiah, (25:10-12).
The tragedy Daniel mourns over was after the 70 years captivity, Judah was yet not broken of her sins, (Daniel 9:1ff).
Thus, we see the southern tribes in rebellion against God, by rejecting his son Jesus Christ, (the Seed and heir of the promise of Abraham).
Their rejection led to his crucifixion.
While Christ was born of a woman and born under the law, (Galatians 4:4) he came to redeem Israel (national Israel or Judah) from the law, i.
e.
the curse through which they had no forgiveness via the blood of bulls and goats, (Hebrews 10:4), and no legitimate right to the inheritance, (Galatians 3:21).
As was the case of Ishmael, they were Abraham's allegorical sons who would be cast out, Galatians 4:21ff.
The New Covenant With Israel and With Judah God's plan of redeeming Israel was marvelous.
One, he would reach out to Judah first through Christ via the gospel, (Romans 1:16).
Secondly, he would call Israel, the 10 northern tribes whom he had cut off from the covenant and cast off from his presence.
However, he would not and could not do this through the Old Covenant.
Thus, as prophesied in Jeremiah, 31:31-34, God would make a new covenant with the house of Israel (10 tribes who were scattered among the Gentiles) and Judah, who had remained in the land.
(Hebrews 8:6-13).
In this manner "all Israel" would be saved, (Romans 11:25-28).
The new covenant would reestablish Israel as God's people, (Hosea 1:10; 1 Peter 2:10; Romans 9:25, 26) by making them Christians (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 2:9).
The new covenant was that instituted under Christ, through his blood, (Matthew 26:28) which provided what Israel could not receive under the law of Moses, (remission of sins and access into God's presence).
To reject it is by God considered an insult to the Spirit of grace, (Hebrews 10:29).
It is this covenant in which God promised to make of Abraham a great nation.
For this reason, Abraham did not possess a shoe sole of real estate in Palestine.
He saw that which was eternal and heavenly.
Those who accept Christ, are blessed with Abraham and as sons, inherit the "not of this world," kingdom of God, (John 18:36).
"For you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus, For as many of you as were baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you are Christ's then are you Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.
(Gal.
3:26-29).
The destruction of Jerusalem in A.
D.
70, was God's farewell to national Israel as a covenant people through the law of Moses.
Their only hope for salvation was through the gospel of Christ for that is the covenant God made with Abraham and his Seed (Christ) and confirmed with Isaac, and Jacob.
National claim of covenantal favor by any nation today is a concept foreign to the Bible and one we all would do well to abandon.
The tragedy Daniel mourns over was after the 70 years captivity, Judah was yet not broken of her sins, (Daniel 9:1ff).
Thus, we see the southern tribes in rebellion against God, by rejecting his son Jesus Christ, (the Seed and heir of the promise of Abraham).
Their rejection led to his crucifixion.
While Christ was born of a woman and born under the law, (Galatians 4:4) he came to redeem Israel (national Israel or Judah) from the law, i.
e.
the curse through which they had no forgiveness via the blood of bulls and goats, (Hebrews 10:4), and no legitimate right to the inheritance, (Galatians 3:21).
As was the case of Ishmael, they were Abraham's allegorical sons who would be cast out, Galatians 4:21ff.
The New Covenant With Israel and With Judah God's plan of redeeming Israel was marvelous.
One, he would reach out to Judah first through Christ via the gospel, (Romans 1:16).
Secondly, he would call Israel, the 10 northern tribes whom he had cut off from the covenant and cast off from his presence.
However, he would not and could not do this through the Old Covenant.
Thus, as prophesied in Jeremiah, 31:31-34, God would make a new covenant with the house of Israel (10 tribes who were scattered among the Gentiles) and Judah, who had remained in the land.
(Hebrews 8:6-13).
In this manner "all Israel" would be saved, (Romans 11:25-28).
The new covenant would reestablish Israel as God's people, (Hosea 1:10; 1 Peter 2:10; Romans 9:25, 26) by making them Christians (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Peter 2:9).
The new covenant was that instituted under Christ, through his blood, (Matthew 26:28) which provided what Israel could not receive under the law of Moses, (remission of sins and access into God's presence).
To reject it is by God considered an insult to the Spirit of grace, (Hebrews 10:29).
It is this covenant in which God promised to make of Abraham a great nation.
For this reason, Abraham did not possess a shoe sole of real estate in Palestine.
He saw that which was eternal and heavenly.
Those who accept Christ, are blessed with Abraham and as sons, inherit the "not of this world," kingdom of God, (John 18:36).
"For you are all the sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus, For as many of you as were baptized into Christ, have put on Christ.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
And if you are Christ's then are you Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise.
(Gal.
3:26-29).
The destruction of Jerusalem in A.
D.
70, was God's farewell to national Israel as a covenant people through the law of Moses.
Their only hope for salvation was through the gospel of Christ for that is the covenant God made with Abraham and his Seed (Christ) and confirmed with Isaac, and Jacob.
National claim of covenantal favor by any nation today is a concept foreign to the Bible and one we all would do well to abandon.
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