"In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away." - Heb. 8:13
Other epistles show that the Law Covenant is still in effect for Jews who have not accepted Christ. The only way the Law Covenant waxes old is that by faith, we perceive the days are numbered wherein the old covenant will pass away. Progressively, then, we can figuratively say that the Law Covenant is vanishing. The New Covenant will be made with the house of Israel. Many Christians erroneously think that the New Testament is the New Covenant and that, therefore, the Christian is under the New Covenant. However, the Christian is under a third covenant, which is sometimes called the Grace Covenant. The New Covenant, which is the “sure mercies of David” from one standpoint, pertains to the world (Isa. 55:3); it is referred to in Ezekiel 37:26,27, “Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.”
No, that’s not “progressive revelation” — that’s progressive
confusion.
There are not
three covenants at play here like some divine card trick.
There are
two:
1. The
Old Covenant — of law, shadows, and sacrifice.
2. The
New Covenant — fulfilled and ratified in the blood of Christ.
Everything else is just theological fan fiction.
You say the New Covenant is “not for the Church”?
Paul would like a word:
“This cup is the
new covenant in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
—
1 Corinthians 11:25
That’s
not addressed to Israel.
That’s
not spoken at a Sanhedrin.
That’s Jesus speaking directly to His
disciples — the foundation of the
Church.
You claim the Law Covenant is still in effect for Jews who reject Christ?
Then why does Hebrews — written to Jews — say this
explicitly:
“In speaking of a new covenant, He makes the first one
obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.” —
Hebrews 8:13
That’s not symbolic.
That’s not future tense.
That’s
done.
This “Grace Covenant” you're talking about?
Not one verse in the entire Bible calls it that.
Not one apostle taught a third path.
It’s a Scofield fabrication — a desperate attempt to hold onto a divided system Jesus came to unite.
“He has made both one, and has broken down in His flesh the dividing wall of hostility.”
— Ephesians 2:14
Jews and Gentiles are
not on separate covenant tracks.
There is
one people of God — one body, one baptism, one Spirit, one King.
“If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to the promise.”
— Galatians 3:29
So don’t twist Ezekiel and Isaiah to resurrect an expired covenant.
All the promises of God are “Yes and Amen”
in Christ — not outside Him, not after Him, not around Him.
The Cross
didn’t pause the plan of God.
It
fulfilled it.
There are no holy promises waiting for Christ-rejecting nations.
There is only the New Covenant — ratified in blood, extended to all who believe.