https://www.aent.org/
The New/Renewed Covenant is spoken of multiple times in the Hebrew Scriptures giving a basic outline of what this covenant consists of. This post will not debate over if this Covenant is called "New" or "Renewed," but rather of what this Covenant consists of. We will look directly at the Scriptures to identify an answer:
[Jeremiah 31]
(31) “Behold! The days are coming,” says YHWH, “when I will
make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah— (32)
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I
took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which
they broke, though I was a husband to them,” says YHWH. (33) “But this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says YHWH:
“I will put My Torah(instruction) in their minds, and write it on their hearts;
and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. (34) No more shall every
man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know YHWH,’ for
they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” says
YHWH. “For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no
more.”
[Ezekiel 11]
(14) Again the Word of YHWH came to me, saying, (15) “Son of
man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of
Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have
said, ‘Get far away from YHWH; this land has been given to us as a possession.’
(16) Therefore say, ‘Thus says Master YHWH: “Although I have cast them far off
among the Gentiles, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet
I shall be a little sanctuary for them in the countries where they have gone.”’
(17) Therefore say, ‘Thus says Master YHWH: “I will gather you from the
peoples, assemble you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I
will give you the land of Israel.”’ (18) And they will go there, and they will
take away all its detestable things and all its abominations from there. (19) And
I will give them one heart, and I will put a new Spirit within them, and take
the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, (20)
that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances(laws) and do them; and
they shall be My people, and I will be their God. (21) But as for those
whose hearts follow the desire for their detestable things and their
abominations, I will recompense their deeds on their own heads,” says Master
YHWH.
[Ezekiel 36]
(16) Moreover the Word of YHWH came to me, saying: (17) “Son
of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by
their own ways and deeds; to Me their way was like the uncleanness of a woman
in her customary impurity. (18) Therefore I poured out My fury on them for the
blood they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had
defiled it. (19) So I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed
throughout the countries; I judged them according to their ways and their
deeds. (20) When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My
Holy Name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of YHWH, and yet they
have gone out of His land.’ (21) But I had concern for My Holy Name, which the
house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.
(22) Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says Master
YHWH: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My Holy Name’s
sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. (23) And I
will sanctify My great Name, which has been profaned among the nations, which
you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am YHWH,”
says Master YHWH, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. (24) For I
will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and
bring you into your own land. (25) Then I will sprinkle clean water on
you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and
from all your idols. (26) I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit
within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a
heart of flesh. (27) I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to
walk in My statutes, and you will keep My ordinances(laws) and do them. (28)
Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My
people, and I will be your God. (29) I will deliver you from all your
uncleannesses. I will call for the grain and multiply it, and bring no famine
upon you. (30) And I will multiply the fruit of your trees and the increase of
your fields, so that you need never again bear the reproach of famine among the
nations. (31) Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were
not good; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight, for your iniquities
and your abominations. (32) Not for your sake do I do this,” says Master YHWH,
“let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house
of Israel!”
[Deuteronomy 18]
(15) YHWH your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me(Moses)
from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, (16) according to all
you desired of YHWH your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let
me not hear again the voice of YHWH my God, nor let me see this great fire
anymore, or else I die.’
(17) And YHWH said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. (18)
I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will
put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. (19)
And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which he speaks in My Name,
I will require it of him.
What are the differences between the New/Renewed Covenant
and the Mosaic Covenant?
(Old --->
New/Renewed)
We were commanded to write the Torah on our hearts ---> Now God
Himself writes the Torah on our hearts(Jeremiah 31:33)
We were commanded to follow God’s Torah(instructions) by our strength ---> God’s Spirit helps us to obey God’s Torah(instructions), His
statutes, ordinances/judgements/laws(Ezekiel 11:19-20; Ezekiel 36:27)
The Levitical Priesthood was the leading priesthood ---> the higher
Priesthood of Melchizidek is restored as the leading Priesthood(book of Hebrews)
Faith in numerous animal sacrifices were used for atonement,
a covering of sins ---> faith in the single sacrifice of the suffering-servant
Messiah is our atonement, sins washed away(Isaiah 53)
There was a promise of a coming Messiah we were supposed to listen to
---> we now have the words of the Messiah to follow and learn by(Deuteronomy 18:15-19)
Just as the rest of Scripture has been preserved by God
through men, God has also preserved for us the New/Renewed Covenant Writings
consisting of the 4 B’sora accounts, the book of Acts, the Letters to the
congregations, and the Book of Revelation.
We have a complete book: the beginning- Genesis, through the ending-
Revelation. God has proven to be faithful
in fulfilling His promise.
