Harvest 1874
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see your points but where I get confused is how saying: all those who have died in His name are not of the New Testament. Jeremiah 31:33 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.
“I will put my law in their inward parts” in that which is inward and incorruptible as the word says; as God described: Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: [29] But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. —written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God.
do not understand pushing way out as if it is come instead of already in all those are born of God. Circumcision of the heart made without hands. Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:
Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Romans 15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
My best advice my sister is to follow along with our current study entitled, "The Church under the Abrahamic Covenant not the New Covenant", many of your questions may be answered there. You might likewise take a look at "The Mediator and the New Covenant" for further insights.
If you take the time to read through the study thoroughly (and not merely glance over it like some do simply to find something to argue about) you may actually gain the understanding you seek.