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Isaiah 42:6; 49:8 – Jesus Is Our Covenant
How much better is the New Covenant than the Old? Excluding all the “betters” of Hebrews, the Servant Songs of Isaiah say Yahweh will appoint Jesus to be a covenant for the people (42:6; 49:8). Just think about that. We don’t have a covenant with God. Jesus is God’s covenant with us, and our covenant with God!
The base meaning of the Hebrew translated covenant is “to cut.” Jesus was cut for our sins; and in initiating the Lord’s Supper He said about the fruit of the vine, “this is my blood of the covenant” (Matthew 26:28).
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