Jesus
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Life, Death, & Resurrection of Jesus
Birthed the New Covenant
Birth/Incarnation of Jesus fulfilling Old Testament prophecy, the New Covenant formally activated and ratified by his blood on the cross.
John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Romans 5:7-11 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
I was looking for information on the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. It has been said the old covenant has passed away with Jesus, and believers are not in old covenant they reside in Jesus and the new covenant, which was birthed with crucifixion and the blood of Jesus with his death and resurrection. This exit of the Old Covenant is not in any way exiting Old Testament. The Word of God is forever and all the light of life. How the Old Testament and New Testament interconnect is with many an amazing beautiful and many miracles easily seen.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 prophesies a new covenant, fundamentally different from the Mosaic covenant, characterized by internal transformation, direct knowledge of God, and total forgiveness of sins. Fulfilled by Jesus Christ, this covenant is written on hearts rather than stone, with Christ’s blood establishing its everlasting power.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 The days are coming,” declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them,” declares the Lord. “This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,” declares the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”
Israel mentioned in Jeremiah 31 refers to the covenant people descended from the patriarch Jacob, who was renamed Israel after wrestling with a divine being.
Genesis 32:28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.
Jesse and David are pivotal figures in the genealogy of Jesus, representing his royal lineage and fulfilling Old Testament messianic prophecies. Jesse was a sheep farmer in Bethlehem and the father of King David.
Isaiah 11:1-3 The Branch From Jesse. A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord— and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
Before Jesus brought in the New Covenant the Old Covenant Jewish sacrificial system in Israel and surrounding areas was still in place. This is the Old Covenant—an agreement to obey God and His law, where disobedience would bring consequences and curses.
An example of this system still being in place is seen when David went to fight Goliath. When he spoke to King Saul, the king was in and out of tormenting, dreamlike states, and music would soothe him. King Saul was tormented by a “harmful spirit” or “distressing spirit” sent by God after the Spirit of the Lord departed from him. There are many other stories like this, but this one is recent for me since I just wrote about David and Goliath. I felt a connection with many similarities to my battles with darkened sorcerists, criminal fools and thugs on drugs. I also fell in love with David.
As I was saying, this is the Old Covenant. The New Covenant was formed through Jesus. He lived a sin-free life—the way out—and chose to offer Himself. His supreme role was as the final, ultimate sacrifice for sin, replacing all previous animal sacrifices.
Hebrews 9:12 Christ entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of His own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Jesus is the Lamb of God. He did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it, acting as the ultimate sacrificial substitute.
1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Unlike animal sacrifices, which were offered repeatedly, Jesus offered Himself once on the cross, providing eternal forgiveness. The Old Covenant is a shadow of the New Covenant brought to us by God through His Son.
It is interesting because, under the Old Covenant, external laws revealed the hardened hearts and sinful ways of people—they could not escape sin. But Jesus made a way. To join Him and believe in Him is to internalize the law of God. The Holy Spirit renews your heart, and your former enslavement to sin is replaced with righteousness. The old self, with its hardened heart, has passed away.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws
Now, through the Holy Spirit, you have direct access to God. You are in God, and God is in you.
People can ask me questions about this, and here is the answer I will always give: I truly know what it is like to be enslaved to righteousness—because I am.
2 Corinthians 3:14-16 But 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. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
From what I have read in the New Testament, and from parts of the Old Testament, the New Testament and New Covenant carries forward many of the same calls to love and righteousness. For instance, we do not disagree that idolatry, dishonoring parents, adultery, murder, stealing, lying, and coveting are morally wrong and go against the command to love. Also as I can show over and over with love and ease; The Old Testament contains over 300 messianic prophecies fulfilled by Jesus, confirming his identity as the Messiah and establishing the new covenant prophesied in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
Key fulfillments
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Include his virgin birth
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Matthew 1:22-23 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).
Luke 1:35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of God.Immanuel (not name) Derived from Hebrew, it directly translates to “God with us,” with Immanu meaning “with us” and El meaning “God“.
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Brith Location
Micah 5:2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.
Matthew 2:5-6 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written: “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”Israel misguided use; Biblical texts frequently emphasize rule over the people the Israelites and their relationship with God. The Mosaic/Old Covenant with Israelites people of God, not a modern geopolitical state. The Old Testament indicates that God designated the land for the Israelites (descendants of Abraham), but the focus of leadership, particularly in theocratic terms, was frequently on guiding the people. Ancient rulers (such as Kings David and Solomon) did hold land-based authority over a defined territory in the region not a country but territory and lands of Israelites. The modern state of Israel is a political entity founded in 1948 and is not the Israel in bible it does have some Israelites. Broken Covenant; Almost immediately, they broke the first two commandments by worshiping the golden calf. The prophets, such as Jeremiah, recorded that both Israel and Judah continuously violated the law of Moses. Breaking the covenant led to national disaster, including the destruction of the temple, severe hardships, and exile. Because the Old Covenant was broken by the people (Israelites), God announced a future, new covenant in Jeremiah 31:31-33, which would not be broken.
Genesis 32:28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.
Jacob was renamed Israel by God in the Bible after wrestling with a divine being (an angel or God himself) at Peniel, marking a profound spiritual transformation. The new name, signifying “one who struggles with God” or “God prevails,” was bestowed upon him
- Descendant of David
2 Samuel 7:12-16 and Isaiah 11:1-10 established the Messiah as a descendant of Jesse and King David; fulfilled in Matthew 1:1 and Luke 3:31.
- The Suffering Servant
Isaiah 53 provides a detailed account of the Messiah’s suffering, rejection, and death for the sins of others; fulfilled in the New Testament crucifixion narratives.
- Betrayal for 30 Pieces of Silver
Zechariah 11:12-13 predicted the betrayal price and the use of the money for a potter’s field; fulfilled in Matthew 26:14-15 and 27:3-10.
- Piercing of Hands and Feet
Psalm 22:16, written about 1,000 years before, predicted the crucifixion method; fulfilled in John 19:34-37.
- Mathematical Probability
The commonly quoted number is that there are around 300 prophecies in the Old Testament that are said to be fulfilled in the New Testament. Mathematician Peter Stoner calculated that the odds of one person fulfilling just eight of these prophecies are 1 in 100000000000000000, and 1 in 1 followed by 157 zeros for 48 prophecies, highlighting how unlikely this would be by chance.
- Foreshadowing Types
Beyond direct predictions, many Old Testament people and events served as types or pictures of the Messiah, such as the Passover Lamb in Exodus 12 or the bronze serpent in Numbers 21
- Preparation for Christ
These prophecies together show that Jesus was the promised King of Israel and Savior of his people
Jesus was God in the flesh—a representation of God’s character. God is love. The moral standards for believers today are not binding simply because they appear in the Ten Commandments or the Old Covenant, but because they reflect the character of God.
From the New Testament—from the New Covenant—we understand which moral truths still apply. They remain true because they express who God is.
There are even indications in the covenant with Adam and the covenant with Noah—essentially a continuation of what was established at the beginning—that these moral truths existed before the Mosaic law. Marriage was defined at creation. It is designed as a monogamous union of one man (man) and one woman (his wife) who “become one flesh” Genesis 1:26; 2:18–25
Prohibition of murder. Genesis 9:6. and complete devotion to the Lord are present from the beginning. Following the Flood, God established a covenant with Noah that included a specific, binding law against taking human life: “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man”. The reasoning—that humans are made in the “image of God”—establishes this as a universal, abiding moral principle rather than a ceremonial law meant only for Israelites. While Cain was punished for murder, the specific authority given to humans to execute murderers (the death penalty) is instituted in the Noahic covenant, a “pre-Mosaic” law for all mankind.
The New Testament is saturated with references to the Old Testament, fulfilling prophecies regarding Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. Interconnected redemptive thread that runs from Genesis to Revelation, connecting stories of God’s love and His plans for All.
Exodus 20:3. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. I see this commandment and it’s fulness; not just a prohibition against worshipping polytheistic deities, it is a broader command against idolatry, which is elevating anything—including oneself—above God.
This love shows that the commands to love God and love your neighbor. Matthew 22:34–40. are rooted in creation itself.
The Old Testament God Breathed out all Living Word, it must be read. In the New Covenant and in light of the fulfillment found in Christ Jesus the Son of God, for fullness in understanding and Love of God with all our Heart, Mind and Soul.
Jeremiah 31:31-34
“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“when I will make a new covenant
with the people of Israel
and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant
I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of Egypt,
because they broke my covenant,
though I was a husband to[a] them,[b]”
declares the Lord.
“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel
after that time,” declares the Lord.
“I will put my law in their minds
and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be my people.
No longer will they teach their neighbor,
or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’
because they will all know me,
from the least of them to the greatest,”
declares the Lord.
“For I will forgive their wickedness
and will remember their sins no more.”
Revelation 2:9-11 (9-11) I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich! I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.
Revelation 3:7-13 These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says.
