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The Old Covenant Was Made With One Nation
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Exodus 19:3-8 - Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD
called to him from the mountain and said, "This is what you are to say to
the house of Jacob and what you are to tell the people of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen what I did to
Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if
you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured
possession.
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Psalm 147:19-20 - He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to
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The New Covenant Includes Many Nations
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Galatians 3:8 - The Scripture foresaw that God would
justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham:
"All
nations will be blessed through you.“
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Revelation 7:9 - After this I looked and there before me
was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe,
people and language,
standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb.
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The Old
Covenant Included Believers
and Unbelievers
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Believers
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Hebrews 11:23-40 - Moses' parents . . . Moses . . . Rahab, . . . Gideon, Barak,
Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets . .
. These
were all commended for their faith
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Unbelievers
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Jeremiah 2:8 The priests did not ask, 'Where is the
LORD?' Those who deal with the law did not know me; the leaders rebelled against me. The
prophets prophesied by Baal, following worthless idols.
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Jeremiah
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The New Covenant Includes Believers Only
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Jeremiah 31:34 - No longer will a man teach his neighbor,
or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know
me, from the least
of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive
their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."
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The Old Covenant Focused on Physical Blessings
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Physical Health
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Deuteronomy 7:15 - The LORD
will keep you free from
every disease. He will not inflict on
you the horrible diseases you knew in
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Physical Wealth
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Deuteronomy 28:11-12 - The LORD
will grant you abundant prosperity-- in the fruit of your
womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground-- in the land he
swore to your forefathers to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, the
storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all
the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations
but will borrow from none.
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Military Victory
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Deuteronomy 28:7 - The
LORD will grant that the enemies
who rise up against you will be defeated
before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
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The New Covenant Focuses on Spiritual Blessings
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Spiritual Health
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1 Timothy 4:8 For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to
come.
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Spiritual Wealth
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1 Timothy
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James 2:5 - Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God
chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised
those who love him?
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Revelation 2:9 - I know your afflictions and your poverty-- yet you are rich!
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Spiritual Victory
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Ephesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the
authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
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2 Corinthians 10:5 We demolish
arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the
knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to
Christ.