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New Covenant as Kingdom #19

Closed sjanhunen closed 5 years ago

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

After being taught by the resurrected Christ for 40 days, the disciples ask a question: "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"

Is the book of Acts the start of something new? Absolutely! Is the book of Acts about restoring and completing something old? No doubt! He had to take away the old to establish the new!

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Does Levi represent in some ways a faithful remnant under the New Covenant? It would make a lot of sense that the 12 Disciples under the headship of the Great High Priest Himself were replacing the leadership structure of Israel. This was the new priesthood that would help lead the nation under the kingdom.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

So the Abraham promise must be a related but distinct promise that Paul was especially concerned with.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

How do the promise and the relationship aspects reveal themselves in the New Covenant? The New Covenant is definitely different than the Old. We don’t see the same scenes unfolding exactly as they did with Moses at Sinai.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Since it was about the Spirit and not the letter, we would expect this to be different.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Since Christ was the Passover Lamb, we would expect the sacrifice to be different.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

The book of Acts helps set the theme of the New Covenant: "Kingdom Restored" (Acts 1:6). The NT begins with a Promise and the idea of restoration of the Kingdom. The calling of Abraham was a promise about the kingdom (Gen 12) both people and land.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Once we see that the promises never do get old and are in fact enabled by the death of Christ, we realize that the new covenant is the kingdom answer to the contract that was rendered obsolete by the death of Christ.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

And a kingdom absolutely requires a King and laws.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

Even at Passover, we can see the close association with the blood of the New Covenant (Testament) and the Father's Kingdom:

[Mat 26:27-29 KJV] 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave [it] to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

The key components of the New Covenant:

Some key differences from the Old Covenant:

sjanhunen commented 5 years ago

The key point is to see that a "Kingdom" is a package deal that includes all of this. And the New Covenant is about this Kingdom.