A CONTRAST OF THE OLD AND NEW COVENANTS The vast Difference between the Two Covenants - the Old, given at Mount Sinai, and the New, given on the Day of Pentecost ----- is forceably shown in the following comparison: |
- THE OLD COVENANT - |
- THE NEW COVENANT - |
The First Covenant - Heb. 9:1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Its rewards were carnal & temporal - Heb. 7:16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It held a discouraging, imperfect hope - Heb. 7:19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Offered temporal, finite life only - Heb. 9:8-11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was weak and unprofitable - Heb. 7:18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Made nothing perfect - Heb. 7:18-19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was sealed with animal blood only - Heb. 9:18-21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It could not take away sin - Heb. 10:4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It did not reveal the way to eternal life - Heb. 9:8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's Law and Priesthood changeable - Heb. 7:12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Its priests & sacrifices were earthly - Heb. 7:23, 27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Priets appointed by an imperfect law - Heb. 7:28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Its high priests were under infirmities - Heb. 7:28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Had a man-pitched, earthly tabernacle - Heb. 9:11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lasted only until reformed by Christ - Heb. 9:10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was unable to purge the conscience - Heb. 9:9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was only a pattern, type, or shadow - Heb. 10:1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Imposed carnal ordinances only - Heb. 9:10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Made old & had to vanish away - Heb. 8:13, 14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dedicated with animal blood only - Heb. 9:18-20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was a mere copy of heavenly things - Heb. 8:4-7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It could never make man perfect - Heb. 10:1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It could never take away sins - Heb. 10:11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It kept its subjects under a curse - Gal. 3:10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It could never justify any man - Gal. 3:11; 5:4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was a law of works - Rom. 3:19-21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ordained by angels (servants) only - Gal. 3:19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Could not make alive (give life) - Gal. 3:21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was to last only till Christ - Gal. 3:19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Only a Jewish schoolmaster till Christ - Gal. 3:24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The allegorical covenant "Hagar" - Gal. 4:24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bore children only unto bondage - Gal. 4:25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bore fleshly children only - Gal. 4:23, 28, 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was a divorced "handmaid" - Gal. 4:30, 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Its subjects lived "severed from Christ" - Gal. 5:4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was "the letter, which killeth" - 2 Cor. 3:6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was "the ministration of death" - 2 Cor. 3:7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Written on tables of stone - Deut. 9:10; 2 Cor. 3:7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Its glory was to pass away - 2 Cor. 3:7, 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was a "ministration of condemnation" - 2 Cor. 3:9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was with glory - Ex. 34:29; 2 Cor. 3:11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was "done away in Christ" - 2 Cor. 3:13-14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abolished in the flesh of Christ - Eph. 2:14-15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nailed to the cross of Christ - Col. 2:14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Was blotted out - Col. 2:14-16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
The Second or New Covenant - Heb. 8:7-8; 9:15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- It consists of "better promises" - Heb. 8:6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- It brings a "better hope" - Heb. 7:19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Offers "endless life" - Heb. 13:20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is strong, reaching within the veil - Heb. 6:19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brings perfection - Heb. 10:14; Jas 1:25 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sealed with the blood of God's Son - Heb. 9:11-15 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sins remembered no more forever - Heb. 8:12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Way to eternal life revealed - Heb. 6:18; Jno 14:6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Law and Priesthood unchangeable - Heb. 7:24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavenly Priest, Divine Sacrifice - Heb. 8:1,4; 9:24 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priest appointed by the oath of God - Heb. 7:28 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its High Priest forever lives to intercede - Heb. 7:25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Heavenly, Lord-pitched tabernacle - Heb. 8:2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Given to last till end of time - Heb. 13:20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thoroughly purges the conscience - Heb. 9:14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is the substance, the real - Heb. 10:1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its ordinances are spiritual - 1 Pet. 2:5; Rom. 8:2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is the new and extends to eternity - Heb. 9:15 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dedicated with Christ's blood - Heb. 10:19, 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The heavenly things themselves - Heb. 9:23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Makes all perfect - Heb. 10:14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Takes away all sin - Heb. 10:17; 1 John 1:7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redeems men from the curse - Gal. 3:13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It can justify all men - Gal. 3:24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a law of faith - Rom. 3:27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ordained by the Son (Christ) - Heb. 2:1-4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "Law of the Spirit of Life" - Rom. 8:2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is to continue everlastingly - Rev. 14:6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- No longer under the schoolmaster - Gal. 3:25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The allegorical covenant "Sarah" - Gal. 4:23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bears sons of liberty - freedmen - Gal. 5:1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bears spiritual children only - Gal. 4:4-7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Free Woman, the legal Wife - Gal. 4:31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It creates joint-heirs with Christ - Rom. 8:17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is "the Spirit, which giveth life" - 2 Cor. 3:6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is "the ministration of the Spirit" - 2 Cor. 3:8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written in hearts of flesh (men) - 2 Cor. 3:3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Its glory remains forever - 2 Cor. 3:11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a "ministration of righteousness" - 2 Cor. 3:9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is in glory - 2 Cor. 3:11 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Was created new in Christ - Eph. 2:14-19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to light in His resurrection - Rom. 1:4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the cross universally promulgated - Acts 2:36 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- An eternal covenant - Heb. 13:20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
