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Re: the timing of Hebrews 8:13
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Originally Posted by Esaias
Thank you! This is basically what I was hoping you would elaborate on.
When God said through Jeremiah that He was going to make a new covenant, it is clear that God reckoned the existing covenant as old. Not just old in age, or in the fact it was "before" the new covenant, but that it was old in the sense of - as Paul says - becoming old and feeble and ready to be set aside. The reason is because Israel was constantly breaking the covenant, it was basically doing them no good. They had themselves rendered it essentially useless by their shenanigans and disobedience. Thus, the need for a new one that could actually get something done.
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Amen!!
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