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as the "habitation of righteousness, O mountain of holiness.” When the exiles returned from Babylon after the captivity, in ho sense can one say Zion was the hab itation of righteousness and the mountain of holiness, It can only be such when He who is "our righteousness” is there in person, when Satan, the deceiver of the world, is cast into the bottomless pit dur ing the thousand-year reign. VI. Individual Responsibility. Vs. 27-30. In these verses again the prophet re iterates the promise of regathering Israel to her own land, which promise was typi fied by the restoration from Babylon (in no sense can the restoration from Baby lon be said to exhaust this wonderful prophecy). According to verse 29, the current proverb in those days was, "The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge,” which simply was a proverb to justify one’s sin ning. Those using it bewailed their lot, claiming that their sufferings were due to the sins of their ancestors. In verse 30 the Lord predicts that that proverb shall cease and each man shall realize that he suffers on account of his own sins. VII. The Spiritual Nature of the New Covenant. Vs. 31-34. The covenant which God made with Is rael at Sinai was fleshly and temporary. It was given as a schoolmaster to bring Israel to Christ (Gal. 3:24), being "carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of refor mation” (Heb. .9:10). The covenant which God promises here will be of a spiritual nature and will not be engraved Upon tables of stone but will be planted in the very soul and heart of man. It will have the spiritual urge from within and not the outward coercion of the Law. VIII. The Unchangeable Character of God’s Covenant with Israel. Vs. 35-37. God created the heavens with all of their hosts, and the earth. It is by His power that they have continued with un varying certainty through the centuries. The prophet uses God’s control of these heavenly bodies to illustrate His un changeable character. The fact that God has been faithful in His keeping the cov enant yof.jda^y, and night is a sure evidence that He will keep His covenant with Israel. IX. Jerusalem to be Rebuilt. Vs. 38-40. Once more God affirms that the city of Jerusalem, which is now “old, filthy, squalid Jerusalem,” shall be rebuilt. He speaks of local places in Jerusalem and environs to which the city shall extend. Zechariah likewise (chap. 14) spoke of its being rebuilt, in terms of this historical data. In chapter 3 Jeremiah spoke of the time when Jerusalem shall be the city of our God. X. Contrast between Law and Gospel. Jno. 1:17. The Law came through Moses but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ, ac cording to Jno. 1:17. The Law was perfect and met the conditions of the people. When it had served its purpose, Christ came in the fulness of time and brought a message of grace and truth whereby man may be re stored to fellowship with God and have the promise of life eternal with God. XL The Church’s Anticipation pi the Blessings of the New Covenant. Heb. 8 :7-13.
to the right hand of the Throne of God. During His session there He is calling out a people for His own name. This group of people is known as the Church of Jesus Christ. It consists of regenerated, saved, born-again people. This group of people in the spiritual sense anticipates the blessings which Israel nationally shall enjoy when Messiah returns and re gathers them to their own land. Born- again people today, when they are thor oughly surrendered to Christ, enjoy the spiritual blessings of this new covenant. The fact that the writer of Hebrews quotes Jeremiah’s prophecy and applies it to the saved of the Christian dispensation, does not prove that it has been completely fulfilled. It will never be completely fulfilled until Israel nationally turns to her Messiah and accepts Him.
FRED S. SHEPARD ’S BLACKBOARD OUTL INE C HRIST IVEN OVENANT OF VJTRACE Grace and truth through Jesus Christ. —John 1:17. In the original prophecy the new cov enant is to be made with Judah and Israel. When Jesus Christ, the Jewish Messiah, came, Israel as a nation rejected Him, hence He could not enter into a covenant with them. Being rejected, He, according to such predictions as Psa. 110:1, returned
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