Jane
Jane_Doe22 ~
You are partly correct about the Old Covenant-
It absolutely did have to do with "offspring", but not limited to "offspring".
It had to do with Men, as the HEAD OF THE FAMILY, the Patriarch, who were the same who were ALLOWED to ATTEND Temple.
The ORDER and WAY in ancient times, was for the HEAD of the Family, the Man to attend Temple, sit, be quite and LEARN from the Temple Priests.
In turn the HEAD of the Family would TEACH his wife, his servants and his children, in the word, laws, statues, and precepts of God, and thus such things TAUGHT, would be in Practice within the family.
It was in these times, "IF" the Head of the House was Obedient to God....part of that obedience WAS TEACHING and MAINTAINING his family in Godly things, and WHY what applied to the man, applied to the FAMILY.
{If one was FAMILIAR with Jewish customs, JEWS were not typically SERVANTS of Jewish Families.}
Catholics MIX Old Covenant with the NEW, in claiming to MAINTAIN, "IF" the parents are SAVED, and they drip water on the baby's head, so also is the Child ... not only Saved, according to BOL...but also BORN AGAIN.
The NEW Covenant, DID NOT Obliterate the OLD Covenant....FOR THOSE TO WHOM IT WAS GIVEN....Hebrews and Jews.
They can CONTINUE following their LAWS, STATUTES, PRECEPTS, traditions, festivals,
And IF THEY DO SO, tell the end of their life, they also are SAVED and QUICKENED...THEN.
(Catholics apparently do not know they are not Jews!!)
Jesus gave us instruction to INDIVIDUALS...
It requires an individual TO:
Believe IN GOD "and" Christ Jesus.
AND Confess their "heartfelt belief"...
AND that "IF" they do that ^....
THEY SHALL receive "THEN" once and forever,
Forgiveness, their soul restored and savED, a new circumcised heart, their spirit born again from Gods Seed, and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit....(which has NOTHING to do with Water, and Expressly has to do with Receiving the Indwelling Spirit of God).
BOL, claimed he became "born again", at his baby water baptism.....without repentance, without a confession, without his knowledge.
Even IN the OT Covenant, receiving Salvation and receiving Baptism of the Holy Spirit...was not given UNTIL their natural life ended, and they HAD BEEN DURING their lifetime, obedient to God. And it is the SAME for today's Jews, who continue in obedience.
The GOOD NEWS of Jesus' Gospel, is "WAITING" to receive Salvation and Quickening, is no longer necessary.
It can be received (unto the WILLING), by and through Christ the Lord Jesus
God Bless you abundantly,
Taken