As our pastor was preaching Sunday in Hebrews concerning the superiority of Jesus Christ and the new covenant as compared to the old covenant, I thought:
Same God, two covenants.
Now that’s not exactly something we don’t already know and have for some time. But sometimes a familiar truth becomes new when we see it for just what it is, uncovered from our biases, out from under the layers of previous knowledge.
Some struggle with “the Law” and “the angry God” of the Old Testament.
But wait a minute, dude.
Same God, two covenants.
There is only one God.
He hasn’t changed.
He is eternal.
His character is the same: He is holy; he is love; he is light.
And he is sovereign. So if he chooses to interact with his human creation in different ways at different times, then who are we to question that.
If you allow God to speak to you as you read the Old and New Testaments, you can’t help but see the same God.
Romans 11:33-36 ESV Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! (34) “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” (35) “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” (36) For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
