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From: "Slade Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The covenant needed to be renewed because the King who made the covenant died and was resurrected. -- slade jt: Don't think so Slade. Covenants require a
death and Covenant necessitates Blood (Hebrews 9:16) Jesus is
mediator of a New Covenant (Hebrews 8:8). It is a better Covenant enacted on
better promises (Hebrews 8:6-8) and this Covenant was not validated
until He entered the Holy Place in heaven with his own blood.
Renewed Covenant is not an option because the first
was in the process of becoming obsolete ie: "When He said a New Covenant,
He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing
old is ready to disappear" (Hebrews 8:13) judyt
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Miller Slade wrote: ... use this forum as a way to practice vocalizing your opinions David M: Let me help you practice vocalizing your opinions, Slade.
:-)
I have observed your tendency to view the New Covenant as a Renewed
Covenant. I have heard some arguments for the "Renewed Covenant" being the
proper translation, but I also have observed that you are not too dogmatic about
that point. So let me ask you to express your viewpoint about the
Covenants by asking for your commentary on the following passage:
Romans 7:1-4
(1) Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? (2) For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. (3) So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. (4) Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. Please do not post the commentary of others unless you simply must credit
them with a quote that you believe best expresses your viewpoint. Feel
free to consult whoever or whatever resources you like, but ultimately I would
like to hear directly from you about this passage and be able to respond
directly to your comments.
It seems to me that this passage (Rom. 7:1-4) sets up a situation whereby
those in Christ must not only divorce themselves from the law, but be dead to
the law, that they might be MARRIED TO ANOTHER. Can you explain what this
means in terms of your view of a "Renewed Covenant"
versus a "New Covenant." Would you view a widow
who married another man to have "renewed" her marriage contract, or would you
view her as being in a "new" marriage contract?
Peace be with you.
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