Hebrews 8:9
"Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord."
To get a hold on this we need to look at Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 29:25, 31:16-18 and those that these verses may have reference to in your study Bible provided you have a good one.
Well, we went through that explicitly back in chapter 3 especially, when we rehearsed their unbelief at Kadesh-barnea. And what did the Lord say? "They entered not because of unbelief." And the warning is even for us then, don’t harden your hearts as they did - keep trusting and keep believing. Now verse 10 for something totally fresh.
Hebrews 8:10
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, (after all the years - 1500 at the time Paul writes this. So that after all those years) saith the Lord; I will (future tense) put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will (future) be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:"
Now they haven’t been that since way back in Old Testament history before the Shekinah Glory left the Temple. Remember when God was speaking to Daniel and said, "Thy people." Why? Because they were no longer God’s people, they had turned away in unbelief and in lawlessness. But the day is coming when once again they will be the people of God, and we’re getting closer and closer to that day. At the end of the time of the Gentiles or until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. Now before we go back to Jeremiah 31, and see this New Covenant in its original setting. Let's suggest that we're fast approaching the year 6000 because we're in 5912 or there abouts. And we get that from what the Hebrews use and that is 5777, to this we have to add what they've hidden because of their refusing of the Messiah and that is all of chapter 53 of Isaiah or approximately 135 years. And then you’ll readily see that this has direct or indirect, yes - direct bearing on the Gentile Church. This is a covenant that God has made with Israel to be fulfilled more fully of course, when Christ returns. The difference is that its by way of personal revelation and that only through inspiration of the Holy Spirit to the heirs of Salvation through Grace. As it is they who have the Law of God impressed within them or upon their hearts and minds. This is what is to happen while we're under the tutorship of the Holy Spirit while in our first estate of redemption through which we all are to pass because its within it that we learn both God and Christ and acquire His Love or the Love of Him.
Jeremiah 31:31
"Behold the days come, (a promise for the future) saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:" See how perfectly the Apostle Paul quoted this?
Jeremiah 31:32
"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."
When God gave the Law to the Hebrews (and those trusting, the Israel of God), and as we’re going to see when we get into chapter 9, He gave them the Tabernacle and the whole sacrificial system of worship. He gave them the priesthood; my they had everything going for them. God was present, remember, in that pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day.
For forty years after they had rejected Canaan, He fed them in the wilderness. He provided the water, provided everything they needed. And yet, what did the Nation of Israel do with it? Rejected it. They spurned Him for the most part, see? And so, because of their unbelief, this covenant of Law became nothing but a broken covenant waiting for the last days (the days of Jesus' ministry and His proclaiming of the kingdom message), when this new one will take center stage. Now it tells us that Abraham saw the day of Christ's being but only as a shadow or as a light at the end of a tunnel as it was a far off. Which is what the term "the last days" means. Alright, now verse 33.
Jeremiah 31:33a
"But (See there’s that flip-side again. Oh they just scorned the first covenant. But) this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD,…"
In other words, "after those days" of unbelief and of breaking the original covenant, the Mosaic Law, "After those days, saith the LORD": the what? Last days, when all of this would become moot and of no good.
Jeremiah 31:33b
"…I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; (not on tables of stone but He’s going to literally implant it in the heart of every Israelite, and then what will happen?) and (I) will be their God and they shall be my people."
Now, has this taken place within you or are you so blind as NOT to understand what has taken place within you? The moment that you receive the Holy Spirit He became to you the New Law and the New Covenant in the power of an Endless Life. At the moment we've passed through the cross and it has had its intended effect on us. For this is how we enter into this great Salvation. I’m going to just read on because there’s some good stuff in here.
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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