Lesson 8 Flashcards
According to Robertson, what are the seven broad motifs that relate to prophecies of the New Covenant in Jeremiah and Ezekiel?
1). Return of the exiled to the Land
2). Full restoration of blessings
3). Fulfillment of all previous covenant commitments
4). Emphasis of God renewing the heart
5). A full forgiveness of sins
6). Reunion of Israel and Judah
7). Permanence
According to Robertson, how is the New Covenant both Continuous and New?
Jeremiah mentions that this covenant was established on the day God brought them out of Egypt.
Forgiveness of sins provides the basic structure as the means by which sins were forgiven (Levitical priests) was not a full removal of sins; rather, it was God passing over.
The actual (Christ) will replace the typical (sacrificial system).
“The new covenant can be understood in no other way than as a bringing to fruition of that which was anticipated under the old covenant.”
According to Robertson, how is the covenant both internal and external?
The new covenant is external because it refers to the return of exiled Israelites to the Land and the reunification of Israel and Judah.
It is internal because it addresses the hearts of the covenant people and the forgiveness of their sins.
How does Jeremiah 31 anticipate and prophesy the New Covenant?
The new covenant will be unlike the one that was broken.
God will write the Law on the hearts of believers.
They will no longer need sacrificial systems or mediators, God will bring forth the ultimate sacrifice and final mediator between God and man, e.g. Christ.
How does Jeremiah 31 display the seven motifs of New Covenant prophecies?
3. Themes in Jeremiah 31:31-34
a. Emphasis on present judgment
i. Jer 31:32a – Present Judgment
1. Plucking up, tearing down, over throwing
2. Our fathers eat sour grapes and our teeth are set on edge
3. Not our fault
ii. When New Covenant comes
1. We will not point fingers to someone else.
2. We eat sour grapes and our teeth are set on edge
iii. They broke the covenant – not God
iv. Punishment is not indication that God’s promises have failed.
b. A new day is coming
i. Days are coming when it will be different
ii. Jer 31:31
iii. Judgment now – different in New Covenant
c. Promise of a new covenant
i. Jer 31:31 – Only place where NC is used
ii. Parallel passages will use
1. Covenant of Peace
2. Covenant of Salt
3. Everlasting Covenant
d. God is going to do something with the house of Israel and the house of Judah
i. Jer 31:31 – New Covenant with Israel and Judah
ii. Represents all of God’s people
e. This new covenant will not be like the covenant that they broke
i. Jer 31:32 – Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers that they broke.
f. Specific blessings are spelled out in the New Covenant
i. I will put my law within your heart (33)
ii. I will be your God and you will be my people (33) (Immanual Principle)
iii. They will ALL know me – from the least to the greatest (34)
1. Personal relationship with God.
iv. Forgiveness of Sins (v34)
g. Declaration of the certainty of this promise
i. Jer 31:35-37
Explain the significance of the phrase found in Jeremiah 31:34.
The term “knowing God” becomes an important way for Paul to express what it means to have a personal relationship with God. This is the ultimate blessing of the new covenant and the Immanuel Principle.
Compare and contrast the blessings found in Jeremiah 31-33 and Ezekiel 37.
Jeremiah:
-Judah and Israel will be united
-God’s law will be written on the hearts of His people
-Immanuel Principle
-Forgiveness of sins
-The city shall be rebuilt
-The scattered people will be reunited
-Everlasting covenant
-Fields will be bought and there will be peace
Ezekiel:
-Immanuel Principle
-Joining of Israel and Judah (two sticks to one stick)
-Returning the scattered people of Israel from the nations
-One king (David) will rule over the kingdom
-everlasting covenant
-peace
-Forgiveness of sin
-The people will multiply
