Fundamentalist Christians are fond of advertising to the world
that they believe the Bible is the divine word of God.
They claim to believe that everything in the Bible was directly
inspired by God himself and that everyone else should believe as
they do.
In fact, if a person doesn't accept Christian theology and a
character called Jesus as their personal savior, they will be
condemned by God and sent to an eternal place of punishment
called hell.
One of the most deceptive assertions made by Christians is that
they are under the "new covenant" of God.
According to Christians, the New Testament represents the New
Covenant.
They claim that they are forgiven their sins because they are "washed
by the precious blood" of Jesus, who was a human
sacrifice for the sins of all mankind.
Christians claim that's what the "new covenant"
is really about. Jesus provided the ultimate vehicle of salvation
which replaced the old system and laws that God had previously
set up.
In other words, God changed his mind about people having to
follow his perfect(Psa 19:7) and eternal(Psa
119:152,160) laws and replaced them with a new system of
faith in a human sacrifice.
In this new improved brand of theology, Jesus was really God,
and God sacrificed himself to himself so he could change rules
which he set up in the first place.
Such is the kinky world of Christian theology.
But what about all this Christian advertising that they are under
a "new covenant" from God?
Does the Christian version of the new covenant hold up to what
the Bible really says about the new covenant, or is it a
concocted doctrine, based on expediency and another agenda
entirely?
Here is what the Bible says about the new covenant which is
promised by God to his people.
Jer 31:27-36
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house
of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with
the seed of beast.
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them,
to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to
destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and
to plant, saith the LORD.
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a
sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
But every one shall die for his own iniquity:
every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on
edge.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new
covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the 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 an
husband unto them, saith the LORD:
But this shall be the covenant that I will
make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I
will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their
hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people.
And they shall teach no more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they
shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of
them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and
the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night,
which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of
hosts is his name:
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then
the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me
for ever.
Note the key items of the new covenant:
** A covenant is a contract.
Under the new covenant, God will reaffirm his existing laws
with the people under a new contract.
** In the days of the new covenant, each person will
die for their own sin.
This is confirmed by Ezek 18:20-28, where God declares
that each man will die for his own sin and will redeem himself
through his own actions and faithful obedience to God's Law.
** Unlike the old covenant, God will put his existing
Law directly inside people and will write it on their hearts so
that they follow it without fail. Each person will be in
direct contact with God's will.
** No longer will people need to be taught by others about
God, for each person will know God personally and directly
without the need for any intermediary.
** God will remember the people's sin no more, as their
sins will be forgiven.
Also note the following:
There is no mention of any type of human sacrifice needed
to die for the sins of others.
There is no mention of God's existing laws being replaced,
canceled, or done away with.
The new covenant described by God in Jer 31:27-36
obviously hasn't arrived yet.
If it had already arrived, people would be following God's Law
completely because it would be written in their hearts and minds
so that they would not disobey it.
If it had already arrived, people would not need to be taught
through Bible study or preached to, for every person would know
God, just as he promised.
If the new covenant had already arrived there would be no need
for missionaries to spread the word, for everyone would already
have it directly from God.
The new covenant which the New Testament defines, and which
Christians claim is the "real" new covenant
doesn't even come close to conforming with what God described in
the Old Testament.
The Christian version of the new covenant is wrapped around a
doctrine which claims God canceled his laws, by sending a
Messiah to become a human sacrifice, which voids out all the laws
which God established.
This human sacrifice would provide salvation for all people
instead of salvation being provided by following God's holy and
righteous laws. People wouldn't need to comply with God's Law
because they could be saved from their sins by putting their
faith in a human sacrifice.
A cascade of contradictions is exposed when one compares the Old
Testament(OT) word of God with the New Testament(NT) alleged word
of God regarding the issue of the new covenant.
NT claim: God's Law was really a curse.
Gal 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one
that hangeth on a tree:
Contradicted by the OT:
Psa 119:174
I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and
thy law is my delight.
The law is not a curse, but the source of salvation.
NT claim: God's law stood against the people and was canceled
by Jesus.
Col 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances(Law)
that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took
it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Contradicted by the OT:
Psa 119:152,160
Concerning thy testimonies(statutes), I have known of old that thou
hast founded them for ever.
Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy
righteous judgments(laws) endureth for ever.
God's Law is eternal, and is not canceled at any time.
Deut 4:8
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and
judgments so righteous as all this law,
which I(God) set before you this day?
God's Law was not, as Christianity claims, "against
the people" but represented righteousness which uplifted
his people over others.
NT claim: Faith in a human sacrifice replaces obedience to the
Law.
Gal 5:18
But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the
law.
Contradicted by the OT:
Psa 119:1-5
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who
walk in the law of the LORD.
Blessed are they that keep his testimonies(laws), and that seek
him with the whole heart.
They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Thou(God) hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Deut 6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of
the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes(laws),
which he hath commanded thee.
Anyone who wants to be righteous in God's eyes will seek and
obey God's Law.
Psa 119:110,115
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred
not from thy precepts(laws).
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I
will keep the commandments of my God.
Those who teach that God's Law doesn't have to be followed
anymore are wicked and evil.
NT claim: People are not justified by following God's Law,
they must have faith in a human sacrifice instead.
Gal 2:16
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the
law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have
believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by
the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law:
for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Contradicted by the OT:
Psa 119:41,44
Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation,
according to thy word.
So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
Psa 119:144-146
The righteousness of thy testimonies(laws) is
everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall
live(have salvation).
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy
statutes.
I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy
testimonies(laws).
Eccl 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep
his commandments(laws): for this is the whole
duty of man.
Deut 6:25
And it shall be our righteousness, if we
observe to do all these commandments before
the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
Righteousness and salvation are obtained by following
God's Law.
People are justified by doing the works of the Law.
NT claim: Jesus, the Christ or Messiah, is the end of God's
Law.
Rom 10:4
For Christ(or Messiah) is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth.
Contradicted by the OT:
The expected king Messiah will not be an end to the Law at
all!
In fact, the Law will be observed fully in the era and
reign of the expected Messiah.
Ezek 36:26-28
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put
within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to
walk in my statutes(laws), and ye shall keep my judgments, and do
them.
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and
ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Ezek 37:24
And David my servant(the Messiah) shall be king over them; and
they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my
judgments, and observe my statutes(laws), and do them.
The Christian claim in Rom 10:4 is a blatant lie and
laughs in the face of God's Old Testament proclamations.
NT claim: The New Testament writers also introduced a new
ritual for salvation.
Matt 26:26-28 (also Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, John 6:53-54)
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this
is my body.
And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
saying, Drink ye all of it;
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many for the remission of sins.
Claiming that a valid king Messiah would tell people to eat his
flesh and drink his blood to obtain eternal life and
salvation is the essence of heresy and wickedness in the
eyes of God.
Contradicted by the OT:
Lev 17:10,12
And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the
strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any
manner of blood; I will even set my face against that
soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his
people.
Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul
of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger
that sojourneth among you eat blood.
The consumption of any blood, symbolic or otherwise, is
utter abomination to God.
People who practiced the abomination of consuming blood
were committing sin.
The idea that God would send a Messiah to tell people to do such
a thing is ludicrous and makes a mockery of God's law regarding
this heathen practice. Recognizing and adding a heathen
practice, such as drinking the blood of a sacrifice, is
exactly what God told his people not to do in Deut 4:2:
Deut 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I
command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it,
that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I
command you.
Christianity laughs in the face of God, as it both adds
heathen practices to his word and at the same time diminishes
his word by claiming the existing laws no longer need to be
followed.
Furthermore, Jesus not only lacked the basic genealogical
qualification to be a valid king Messiah, he didn't perform even
the basic requirements of what a king Messiah was to accomplish (Jer
23:5-6 also Jer 33:15-16).
Jer 23:5-6
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto
David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and
shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel
shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be
called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
In his days, Jesus accomplished none of these required
things in order to be considered the valid king Messiah that God
promised to his people.
Nor is the human sacrifice of Jesus even legal according to God's
Law.
Jesus did not comply with any of the regulations and
requirements for a valid sin sacrifice according to God.
Yet, all these issues are pushed aside by Christians who want an
easy way to salvation, instead of doing the hard work of
following the Bible God's Law.
Christians invented a new system, their own new covenant,
and a new religion which replaced the God of the Old
Testament with the God of the New Testament.
NT claim: Christians are ministers of God's new covenant which
is not based on the letter of God's written Law, but is now based
on faith in a human sacrifice called Jesus instead.
2 Cor 3:6
Who(God) also hath made us(Paul and his followers) able ministers
of the new testament(covenant); not of the
letter(law), but of the spirit: for the letter(law) killeth, but
the spirit giveth life.
Contradicted by the OT:
Deut 26:16-17
This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these
statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and
do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk
in his ways, and to keep his statutes(laws), and his
commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto
his voice:
Those who wish to represent God do not toss aside the Law
as Christians do, claiming it is no longer needed.
Those who truly want to serve God observe and obey the
laws with all their heart and with all their soul.
Jer 31:33
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my
law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts;
and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
The new covenant will be based on God's existing written
Law, which will be put directly into the people by God so that
they will obey and follow it.
The new covenant is not based on faith in a human sacrifice.
Jer 31:27-36 never says one word about a Messiah human
sacrifice replacing any of God's eternal Law.
NT claim: Jesus is a priest who brings and establishes the new
covenant.
Heb 8:6
But now hath he(Jesus) obtained a more excellent ministry, by how
much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was
established upon better promises.
Contradicted by the OT:
Jesus isn't qualified to be a high priest of anything. Only
Levites could be high priests(Exo 32:9, Jer 33:18).
NT claim: The old covenant had not yet passed away at the
death of Jesus, but was "getting ready"
to pass away.
Heb 8:13
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.
The author of Hebrews expected the old covenant to be completely
replaced when Jesus made his quick second return to earth.
The New Testament writers were sure Jesus would return
within the lifetimes of some of his immediate associates(Matt
16:27-28), and the author of Hebrews was no exception.
This author boldly claimed that Jesus would have a glorious
second coming.
Heb 9:28
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto
them that look for him shall he appear the second time
without sin unto salvation.
This author also claimed that Jesus was coming back very soon.
Heb 10:37
For yet a little while, and HE
that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
It should be noted that the author of Hebrews in Heb 10:37
has used an Old Testament verse to suit his fancy.
The author of Hebrews has only partially quoted, has also
misquoted, and has deliberately altered the Old Testament verse Hab
2:3 to suit his agenda.
The full and actual quote from the Old Testament is:
Hab 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time,
but at the end it(the vision) shall speak,
and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;
because it(not he) will surely come, it
will not tarry.
The vision relates to a events when God will restore Israel and
punish the wicked nations of the earth.
Notice that the author of Hebrews chopped off the first part of Hab
2:3 which is speaking about a vision being manifested at some
future date. The author of Hebrews then dishonestly changed the
text and replaced the word "it" with the word "he".
The alteration is:
For yet a little while, and HE(instead of IT)
that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
The actual verse is speaking about a vision/event and is not
about a particular individual.
The reason the author of Hebrews altered the original scripture
was to make it appear Jesus was the subject of the original Old
Testament verse.
In other words, the author of Hebrews rewrote God's word
to suit his story about a new savior who brings a new covenant.
This type of dishonesty by the Christian writers is rife in the
New Testament.
There is no doubt that the New Testament writers expected Jesus
back very soon.
The New Testament trumpets that very message over and over
again.
So there is no mistake about this issue of a quick return of
Jesus in his glorious second coming:
Rev 1:1-3
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew
unto his servants things which must shortly come to
pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto
his servant John:
Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus
Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for
the time is at hand.
Rev 3:11
Behold, I(Jesus) come quickly: hold that
fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Rev 22:7,12,20
Behold, I(Jesus) come quickly: blessed is he
that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward
is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come
quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Contradicted by the OT and facts:
Jesus has never returned quickly or at all, as he
promised.
Nor does the Old Testament ever declare that a king Messiah
would need two tries, separated by thousands of years, to
accomplish what he was supposed to do the first time on earth.
NT claim: Jesus was needed to redeem mankind from the sins
committed under the old covenant.
Heb 9:15
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that
by means of death, for the redemption of the
transgressions that were under the first testament,
they which are called might receive the promise of eternal
inheritance.
Contradicted by the OT:
God doesn't require a human sacrifice to redeem sins. Such a
sacrifice isn't even legal under God's perfect and eternal Law.
Ezek 18:20-22
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the
iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be
upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he
hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is
lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be
mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he
shall live.
Each person will die for their own sin and will redeem
themselves by turning from their past sins, and by doing what
is lawful and right, which means keeping all of God's
statutes(laws).
Let there be no mistake about this issue:
Ezek 18:27-28
Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that
he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and
right, he shall save his soul alive.
Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his
transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he
shall not die.
There is no need for a human sacrifice savior called Jesus in the
first place. All of the Christian advertising about Jesus being
needed to fix God's faulty system of laws and salvation is
man-made, invented dogma.
The author of Hebrews apparently also couldn't resist the urge to
toss a threat in at the end of his writing to scare people into
believing his agenda was directly from God himself.
Heb 12:25
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.
For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much
more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh
from heaven:
As is standard with much of Christian theology, pious threats are
used to intimidate people into accepting the Christian mantra as
being the only proper, factual, and valid representation of an
all powerful cosmic being called "God".
In summary, the new covenant as advertised by Christians has
nothing to do with the actual new covenant defined by God in the
Old Testament. Christians simply took the basic concept, grafted
their theology into it, and transformed it into what they wanted
it to represent.
It's simply another form of rationalization, all dressed up as
the new improved word of God.
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