Some possible presuppositions of New Covenant Theology 1. God has only one purpose. That purpose is the revelation of his glory as He establishes His sovereign rule in Christ over His entire redeemed creation 2. The establishment of Israel as a nation was only a means that god used pursuant to his eternal purpose. God has only one people. God grants the spiritual inheritance only to those in Christ 3. Christ, and those united to Him by faith, are the true seed of Abraham to whom God made the promise 4. We must interpret old covenant prophecies in the light of their new covenant fulfillment 1. The New Testament writers understood the relationship between Israel and the church as that of type and promise to antitype and fulfillment. 2. The fulfillment of God’s promises does not exhaust them. Promises to the nation of Israel that were literally fulfilled in the old covenant period, (deliverance from captivity) find their final or antitypical realization in the experience of God’s new covenant people (deliverance from sin) 3. There may be a restoration of ethnic Israelites to God’s favor through faith in Christ but not a retrogression to Judaism. There may be a fulfillment of promises that God has, in the higher, new covenant sense, literally fulfilled already. (In keeping with the nature of typological fulfillment, the future fulfillment must be of the same kind that has already occurred). So, there may be a future restoration of Israel that is fuller in quantity, but not different in quality from what is now occurring in the conversion of a remnant of ethnic Israelites through the preaching of the Gospel. 4. There can be discontinuity between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant without rendering the Old Testament Scriptures irrelevant for the new covenant believer. Let’s discuss these a bit further. Some more Scriptural considerations Would OT people or Jesus’ contemporaries have understood Malachi 4:5 and said that it would be John the Baptist? In Matthew 17:10-13 Jesus said He was that Elijah. According to Ezekiel 34:23-24 and Ezek. 37:24-26, who is David? Who is Israel in Ps.73:1 and as Paul uses Israel in Rom. 9:6-8 Joe Krygier > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <ic2@...> > To: <soundofgrace@...> > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:41 PM > Subject: [soundofgrace] Your understanding of the New Covenant. Moe to > All > > >> Dear All, >> >> This request is rather simplistic but perhaps if those of you who >> have a serious interest in NCT would layout (define) with Scripture >> what you believe is the New Covenant (promise & fulfilment) we might >> be able to make some headway. >> >> Moe >> >> Ps., Perhaps Doug would like to be the first to step to the plate and >> then perhaps Chad, etc.. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Read the Sound of Grace pages at >> http://www.soundofgrace.com >> >> To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: >> soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... >> >> To view our online archive go to our web page at >> http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace >> >> > > -- > Read the Sound of Grace pages at > http://www.soundofgrace.com > > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... > > To view our online archive go to our web page at > http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace > > > -- Read the Sound of Grace pages at http://www.soundofgrace.com To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: soundofgrace-unsubscribe@... To view our online archive go to our web page at http://www.associate.com/groups/soundofgrace