SALVATION IN THE OLD TESTAMENT vs THE NEW TESTAMENT

Comparing the Old and New Covenants


Both OT and NT derive from God’s covenant promises to Abraham and his descendants and disciples (Exo 3:). But the two Covenants offer two types of salvation – OT Social national temporal salvation and NT Spiritual international eternal salvation.

 

Salvation in the Old Covenant is from ENEMIES and Domination.

Luk 1:70-71

70 As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began:

71 That we should be saved from our ENEMIES, and from the hand of all that hate us;

 

Salvation in the New Covenant is from SIN and Damnation.

Luk 1:76-77

76 And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their SINS. 


The OLD COVENANT compared with the NEW COVENANT.

The Old Covenant of natural Promised Land which was for Jacob’s national Political Israel, partitioned and FAVOURED Israelites APART FROM other nations, only stands temporally in this world.

But the New Covenant of messianic Heavenly Paradise which is for Jesus’ universal Commonwealth ‘Israel’, unpartitions and SAVES Christians FROM BOTH natural Israel and all natural nations, surely endures eternally beyond this world.

So Israel and her Old Covenant is the SHADOW of that which the Church and her New Covenant is the REALITY (Heb_8:5; Col_2:17).

These two covenants should not be confused, substituted or antagonised with each other.



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