By Ron Webster
Where does the New Covenant come into play, since both were given to the children of Israel, and both being forever covenants? The old in Genesis 9:9-17 with Noah and Genesis 17:7-8 to Abraham and their seed after them would include all of mankind since there is no doubt that we are all of the seed of Adam, and all of the seed of Noah. Since Abraham, the Old Covenant has included different promises to different people to meet their needs of different purposes and callings in an ever-changing world. The second, or New Covenant, is first mentioned in Jeremiah 31:31-35, made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. “Behold the days come… I will make a new covenant… Not according to the (old) covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was husband unto them, saith the Lord.”
Throughout history, God has kept His same covenant, “I will be your God” with mankind as a Husband and wife relationship. Isaiah 54:5 also states, “Thy maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is His name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall He be called.” Also in Isaiah 61:8-11 which states, “For I the Lord love judgment (4941-hearing a case, and rendering a proper verdict, discernment), I hate robbery for burnt off ...
