Luke 22
These verses are where Christ tells us there’s a new covenant. God wants a close relationship with us, based on the perfect sacrifice of Jesus. It is going to replace the old way of doing things, a new way to get right with God. No more repeated sacrifices, one perfect sacrifice. This New Promise is the Good News.
I gave a meditation on this back on September 15, 2024.
The Old Testament prophets foretold the New Covenant. I need to meditate, pray, and reflect on the depth of this every day.
“The day is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
Jeremiah 31:31
And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.
Ezekiel 36:26
And in Hebrews:
‘But now Jesus, our High Priest, has been given a ministry that is far superior to the old priesthood, for he is the one who mediates for us a far better covenant with God, based on better promises. If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second covenant to replace it. But when God found fault with the people, he said: “The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. This covenant will not be like the one I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand and led them out of the land of Egypt. They did not remain faithful to my covenant, so I turned my back on them, says the Lord. But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel on that day, says the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. And they will not need to teach their neighbors, nor will they need to teach their relatives, saying, ‘You should know the Lord.’ For everyone, from the least to the greatest, will know me already. And I will forgive their wickedness, and I will never again remember their sins.” When God speaks of a “new” covenant, it means he has made the first one obsolete. It is now out of date and will soon disappear.’