“Know the Lord,” for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. —Jer. 31:31–34 Whereas Jeremiah foresees the establishment of a new covenant—a covenant based on the forgiveness of sins, one in which all will know God intimately and will obey his commandments readily—he says nothing about the place of the Spirit in this transformation of the human heart. If we turn to Ezekiel, however, we
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