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In Jeremiah 31, God declares he will make a New Covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. How we understand that covenant has tremendous importance for every area of theology. An Introduction to the New Covenant examines the covenant to discover who are the recipients of the promised blessings and concludes that the New Covenant is intended exclusively for Israel and Judah. While...

In defense of the notion that blood sacrifice might be the instrument by which a covenant was enacted, appeal might be made to Psalm 50:5 which refers to “those who have made [lit. “cut”] a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” The verse appears to suggest that sacrifice was the instrument by which the covenant was cut; however, this notion is based on the way the Hebrew has been translated (or mistranslated). The English “by” translates the Hebrew preposition עַל. While in English, “by” may carry an instrumental
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