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Jesus: The New Covenant

Contracts: Covenants: Deal with things Engages the services of people Made for a stipulated period of time Can be broken with material loss to the contracting parties Deal with people Engage people Are forever Cannot be broken, but if violated, they result in loss and broken hearts

Contracts: Covenants: Are secular (non-religious) affairs and belong to the market place Are best understood by lawyers Are witnessed by people with the state who carries out the action Are sacred affairs and belong to the heart, the temple, or the church Are appreciated by people who study God Are witnessed by God, who carries out the action

God’s First Covenant God promises Adam and Eve: Their descendants will fill the earth and subdue it. Condition/Curse - Do not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil/death will result. The Sign - The Sabbath - Keep it holy The Family Form - Marriage

God’s Second Covenant God promises Noah and his family: He will never flood the entire earth again. The Condition/Curse - Do not drink the blood of animals or shed human blood The Sign - A Rainbow The Family Form- Traditional Family

God’s Third Covenant God promises Abraham: Land and many blessed descendants Condition/Curse- Circumcision Sign- Circumcision Family Form - Tribe

God’s Fourth Covenant God promises Moses: Israelites will become God's chosen people Condition/Curse- They MUST keep God's law and the Commandments Sign- The Passover Family Form - A holy nation

God’s Fifth Covenant God promises David: He will become our Father, and we will become His child Condition/Curse- Chastisement with the rod of men Sign- Solomon's Temple Family Form - An eternal royal kingdom

Jesus is the New Covenant The relationship with God that Jesus proclaimed is different from the one that came through Moses Like Moses, Jesus went up a mountain and spoke to his disciples but his language was radically different Jesus introduced the Beatitudes In the Beatitudes, Jesus declared certain people to be blessed With Jesus there was a shift from obligation to generosity

The Highest Principle Love is the highest principle of the new covenant God’s agape love (unconditional) God’s love dwells in our midst because of Jesus We must live out that love Jesus shows us how life can be lived at its most generous

Sources: “Covenants in the Bible.” Retrieved from Catholic Bible 101: http://www.catholicbible101.com/covenantsinthebible.htm Christ and Culture. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.