“In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.”
Hebrews 8:13 KJV
The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the Bible as holy men of God spoke as they were moved by God. Here the writer is clear that God, by establishing this new covenant has made the first now obsolete, ready to expire, and about to disappear. Does that mean that we don’t read the Old Testament? Of course not! The difference is that we read the Old Testament in the light of the New. We see Jesus and His Blood sacrifice in establishing the New Covenant, in every page of the Old Testament. The whole Bible is about the Lord Jesus Christ and it is the Living Word which transform humans to have the image of God restored in us to be like Christ. Sin distorted the image but the New Covenant restored it, entirely through faith in the finished work of the Cross. The Old Testament was needed only for the time that the law brought about the awareness of sin. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. That is why we read the old in the light of the New Covenant because the Lord Jesus made the law obsolete and established the New Covenant of Grace. We read the Old Testament with the Grace that the Lord Jesus established in our hearts by forgiving our sins and accepting us in the Beloved. Thank You Jesus for the New Covenant of Grace!
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