Galatians 4:1-3
"Now I say, That the heir, (one with the God-child restored) as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so (he’s just using this as an example, for Jesus came as a servant) we, when we were children (with the Satan-child nature), we were in (what?) bondage under the elements of the world:"
What are elements? First elements are those substances from which all things become such as, air, earth, water, and fire. Then there's another form basic for all and that is the Law, the law of life, nature, and creation. And so you see, this constant reference through Scripture is that to live under a legalistic system is not freedom, it’s not liberty; but rather it’s bondage. And that’s why Paul comes out then and says, "you’re not under the Levitical Law; you’re under Grace." And oh, what a difference! Elements of the world: “rudiments”; rudimentary religious teaching of a non-Christian character: the elementary lessons of outward things (literally, “of the [outward] world”); such as the legal ordinances mentioned, Galatians 4:10 (Colossians 2:8, 20). Our childhood’s lessons (Hebrews 5:12). Definition taken from Thayer's Dictionary
Let’s come back to Hebrews once again, to verse 8. Since the Law was full of faults. Since it was a system of bondage. Since there was no liberty in it.
Hebrews 8:8a
"For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold the days come…."
Now that was prophecy, that was foretold in the Old Testament that this thing of the Levitical Law was a stopgap only leading up to the coming of Israel’s Messiah and the Savior of the world. With His advent all of this was to be stopped or done away with as it served its purposes. The pointing to the promised one of Genesis 3:15 and Deuteronomy 18. And so his promise was:
Hebrews 8:8b
"…Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:"
Now whenever you see God saying "I will" whether it’s back in Abrahamic Covenant or any other time, what is it? It’s a promise of something future that’s coming. And so here He’s promising the Nation of Israel that the day is coming when they will come out from under this covenant of Law. And they will go into a New Covenant that God is going to make with the House of Israel and the House of Judah. When we come through the proper way into a relationship with Him which is His Will and desires for all of us we become one in Christ and the New Covenant applies to all of the "all in all", us as well. Why or How by way of heirship. One of the mysteries revealed to Paul.
Hebrews 8:9a
"Not according to the covenant that He made with the fathers…"
Speaking again of Moses and Aaron and the Tabernacle and so forth in the wilderness. Jeremiah and Ezekiel are only two of the prophets through whom God reveals this coming change. They apply to us through Paul's writings and his exposing of them. Had he not made reference to them under the leading of the Holy Spirit they would have remained only for Israel as a Nation. Now there are many who miss use the things which were, or are only meant for Israel as applying to us which they don't. Why? Because we're not Israel nor are we under their religious form, we're in God's New Covenant or Church Age dispensation wherein Christ's likeness is to be reformed, or restored within us. And then verse 10.
Hebrews 8:10
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord.; I will put my laws in their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:"
Let’s go all the way back to where we had the promise of that New Covenant. And that’s in Jeremiah chapter 31 and, by the way, we in this Age of Grace are getting the overflow of the promise of this Covenant, but we are not actually under the Covenant. That’s waiting for the Kingdom Age when God will set up His Kingdom here on the earth, and believing Hebrews will become the top-dog of the nations and they will enjoy this Covenant. As will the heirs of Christ who are in Christ before they fall to sleep or are taken out as part of His Body. The heirship to this New Covenant is open to all who will become the willing to prove this I'll show you Matthew record of what the Lord said:
Matthew 22:14 "For many are called, but few are (this word "are" is in italic and a lighter shadow which means it was not in the original text, what fits here is the word "have") chosen." Now lets read it with that understanding, "for many are called, but few have chosen" they have chosen to do the Will of God which is what we're all about revealing and bring to Light.
Jeremiah 31:31
"Behold, the days come, (here’s the prophecy) I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah."
Now this is the covenant in verse 34.
Jeremiah 31:34
"And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
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