Hi Truther,
Can you elaborate on this?
Much love!
Gladly my friend...
I will back up into the O.T....
God made a promise to Abraham to one day save his descendants.
God confirmed this through the Prophets such as this passage in Jer 31....
31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:
33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
However, this promise has never been fulfilled to Abraham yet.
Later the church is born in Acts 2, which has no Promise of the fathers as Abraham.
The writer of Hebrews quotes the O.T. promise to Abraham in chapter 8....
8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Then 2 chapters later in chapter 10, includes the 1st century church in this part of the future promise to national Israel(Abraham's descendants).....
15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness
to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
But, we get only this particular section of the entire promise...that's it(God does not save every person nor does witnessing cease per Jer 31).
The rest is reserved for future national Israel at the beginning of the millennial reign of Jesus Christ and His return to save them... finally fulfilling his promise to Abraham.
So, in a nutshell...we are now getting a dark glass, partial glimpse into the future millennial reign of Christ....AKA, we have hitched a ride on their future promise....AKA, we are included in a partial, pre-millennial experience.