I tell you I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." A "covenant" is a sacred or solemn agreement. The first covenant was ...
to God the Father. Christ is the unspotted Lamb. He sets all people free from the slavery of sin and establishes the eternal alliance between creature and Creator, the New Covenant. More than that ...
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant ... “the son of God” (3:38). There is an intimate familial relationship established by the covenant.
The Bible says, 1 Chronicles 16:15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; Once again, covenant-keeping is necessary because the covenant is a ...