THE COVENANT - TCOG

THE COVENANT

Jeremiah 31:31-33 Exodus 19:5
“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." Jeremiah 31:31-33.

Exodus 19:5 "Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:"

 What does Covenant means?
According to the English-speaking encyclopedic dictionary says: Covenant, an agreement, usually formal, between two or more persons to do something specified.

There is no doubt that when we talk about this issue, we realize that God has always liked to get along with humans through covenants (agreements). In a pact or agreement should be two or more parties. In this case there are two entities: God and man.

In a pact or agreement there are duties or obligations on one hand and on the other hand if it complies with the duties and obligations there is profit, result, for having fulfilled the duties and obligations. So for a covenant to be effective, must comply with the clauses that are in the contract (the duties and obligations) and the clauses that are in our favor will be fulfilled to the letter. Adam in their covenant had the obligation not to take the tree of good and evil and then receive the benefit of living in the most beautiful garden known as the paradise of God. The covenant with Abraham was to follow the Lord out of their land and leaving his family and then receive the blessing of God. Abraham complied with this covenant and God blessed him.

One thing that is difficult to understand is that when man makes a pact or covenant with God is linked or attached to God through the covenant. For this reason the apostle Paul makes the comparison of the Marriage Covenant (union of Man and Woman) with respect to Christ and the church in Ephesians 5:28-32. This was a prophetic fulfillment of Isaiah 62: 1-5; V. 1"For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth." This was true when it came salvation in Jesus Christ. After the Lord Jesus Christ, the prophets stopped there were no more prophets of rank or appointment as the Lord Jesus says in Matthew 11:11-13. Matthew v.11 " that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist "V.13"For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John" Obviously the law was a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ (Galatians 3:24 and Romans 10:4). Isaiah 62: 2 says, "The nations will see your righteousness, and all thy kings your glory ... "If we go back to Isaiah 62:1. we see that the prophet spoke to Zion (the prophetic name of his people) but in this verse 2 says "thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name." The mouth of the Lord on earth was the Lord Jesus Juan 1:1 says "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." No doubt that Christ was the mouth of God here on earth, John 12:49 and 50 says: “For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak" In Matthew 16:18 is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 62:2 "... thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name." In Matthew 16:18 is putting his name when he said "My Church."

In these same verses from Matthew 16: 18 and 19, there are three things that the Lord Jesus Christ fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 62:1-5

1. Would build "His Church." He bought it so it is of Him (1 Peter 1:18 and 19 and 1 Corinthians 6:20)
2. We put a new name.
3. Peter receive the keys of the kingdom and would link (join) that enter into the kingdom. To enter the kingdom is entered through the New Birth and is to be added through the Covenant.

Let me explain a bit more than this because the prophecy of Isaiah 62:1-5 speaks:

1. The end of no more prophets to Christ (Matthew 11:13). No more Law and Prophets as being and the Lord Jesus Christ came the grace, Isaiah 62:1
2. People would look at the Lord's righteousness and salvation at the same time, Isaiah 62:2.
3. I would put a new name that the mouth of the Lord would appoint, Isaiah 62:2B.
4. That Zion (the church) would never be helpless but to be called Hephzibah (my delight is in it) and Beulah (married).
5. That their land would be "Married" Isaiah 62:4 B. No doubt the symbolism of land is the people. In this verse refers literally to the ground. Marriage is the joining between 2 people as Paul said in Ephesians 5:22-32. We can talk literally of the marriage covenant between men and women to explain the union between Christ and the church.
6. Isaiah 62:5 tells us what kind of joint or ligament would Zion (the Church). How serious the union or ligament "As a young man marries a virgin (Union) to marry your children (those born again John 3:3). According to the fulfillment of this prophecy born (children) would have to be "united, married, linked, added" (Isaiah 62:5 and Ephesians 5:30-32).
7. In Matthew 16:19 the Lord Jesus Christ says "And you give the keys of the kingdom of heaven (new birth) and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven (the Covenant).

What we see here? It is the fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah 62:1-5, the Lord Jesus not only organized his church (Mark 3:13, 14), but gave Peter the keys of the kingdom, salvation, new birth (Matthew 16: 16-19). In addition we are talking about linking them, add them, join them as Isaiah 62:5 said "For as a young man marrieth (Covenant) a virgin, so shall thy sons marry (Unite, Add, Linked) thee (Zion): and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride (with the Covenant, together, we’re the wife of the Lord), so shall thy God rejoice over thee” (Isaiah 62:5). "

In the days of Pentecost Peter used the keys of the kingdom with the power of the Holy Spirit. Three thousand were saved, but read as a historian Luke says in Acts 2:38 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ (New Birth) for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts 2:41 says, "Then those who gladly received his word (saved), they were baptized (born again children;) and were added to them that day about three thousand souls." Here are 2 things I want to note. A historian or writer writes what he sees so Lucas was looking at something, remember that God liked ceremonies. Lucas saw that they were baptized and were added in response to what the Lord Jesus Christ said to Peter, using the keys of the kingdom and put them into the kingdom (baptism) but also add them according to the text of Matthew 16:19 and said the Lord Jesus Christ in response to what the prophet Isaiah said in chapter 62:5. Now Lucas as a writer, historian, tells what he sees. Obviously, a writer, historian writes what he sees and he is seeing that those who were saved were baptized and were also added (to them) as three thousand people. In support of this assertion see in 2 Corintios11: 2 Paul says the church "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you (together, married, added) to one husband (Christ), that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ”

When someone is saved it needs to be added to the Body of Christ (the Church) as the word of God says. The Kingdom (salvation) is entered through the New Birth and the Church (The Body of Christ) is coming through the Covenant.

As for discipline in the Church and its members (which were added through the covenant).

 Matthew 18:15-18 confirms that an additive is a member of the church because here in these verses concerning discipline in the church body if the member fails to be disciplined and if not then it will be up in isolation from the body as required Matthew 18:15-18"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee (the body), go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. V.16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. V.17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican (a sinner). V.18. Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth (covenant), shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven (Delink of membership)." In Matthew 18:19 and 20 says the Lord Jesus,"Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven" If we follow a sequence of Matthew 18:18 which speaks of releasing the member, no connection to the idea because the Lord says, "Again" means they have already talked about this meeting but in Matthew 18:20 says that "... where 2 or 3 are gathered in my name ... "When we go to the counsel of the apostle Paul to the Church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians 5:1-4 where the Apostle exhorts the church to decouple a member who is in fornication . Paul advised in 1 Corinthians 5:4 "In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" (as advised Christ in Matthew 18:20),Gather yourselves together, you and my spirit, with the power (authority) of our Lord Jesus Christ. "1 Corinthians 5:5 says" this will be handed over to Satan ... "and Jesus said in Matthew 18:17 if you do not hear the church" ... let him be ethnic and collector ... (as a sinner)." So with the League covenant is added or attached to the church and someone with the board or church meeting in compliance (two or three shall agree) will be detached from the church or be dropped from membership and will be like before member as ethnic and publican or sinner.