Everlasting Covenant

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Everlasting Covenant vs. Covenant in Horeb

Gen 17:5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Gen 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

Gen 17:7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee

Gen 32:12 And thou saidst, I [the LORD] will surely do thee good, and make thy [Jacob's] seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

We know from Genesis 26:5 "Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws" that the above everlasting covenant included all of the Torah, but that it is not the same one as the following one made in Horeb:

Deu 29:1 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb

Deu 5:1 And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.

Deu 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.

Gen 17:18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Gen 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

Gen 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Gen 17:21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

Psa 105:6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

Psa 105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

Psa 105:8 He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

Psa 105:9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;

Psa 105:10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

Before embarking upon this study of Hebrews 8 which shows how completely the true meaning of the Word of God can be lost in translation, please see the analysis of Hebrew 9 and the study of "jew", "gentile", and "greek" by Pastor Ted Weiland which illustrate the creative techniques used by churches and jews to deny, ignore, and refute His Word. The center of attention in this study is the following passage from Paul:

Heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Heb 8:7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

As with any analysis of the KJV translation, the italicized words, the ones which the translators acknowledge they added, must be removed:

Heb 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Heb 8:7 For if that first [ ] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

We can now see that this is a direct quotation from Jeremiah:

Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt [the covenant in Horeb]; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD:

We see that verse 32 is not a reference to the everlasting covenant God made with Abraham through Jacob, but rather the covenant God made with the Israelites during the Exodus in Horeb. Conversely, Galatians 4:28 is in reference to the everlasting covenant God made with Abraham, and not to the covenant God made with Abraham through Ishmael at Mt. Sinai.

Gal 4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.

Gal 4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Paul uses an allegory to clarify that:

The covenant God made with Abraham's son Ishmael at Mt. Sinai refers to Arabs who are "begotten after the flesh".

The everlasting covenant God made with Abraham through Jacob refers to Israelites who are "the children of promise" or "begotten after the spirit".

In the following verse it should be noted that the original Hebrew texts for the words "cha^dash" [#2318], "cha^da^sh" [#2319], "cho^desh" [#2320], and "cho^desh" [#2321] are indistinguishable from one another, so it's not clear how the KVJ translators (and all subsequent translators) were able to distinguish between #2319 which is usually translated as "new" and #2318 which is usually translated as "renewed":

Jer 31:31 Behold,^{2009
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Judah:3063}

The following Scripture which is translated from #2318 as "renewed" illustrates that this Hebrew word could just as easily be translated as "renewed" rather than "new":

2Ch 15:8 And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

Psa 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.

If Paul understood that Jeremiah had written "renewed" rather than "new" in Jeremiah 31:31, then what Paul was talking about here was:

Not the Everlasting Covenant God made with Abraham through Jacob.
Not a *new* covenant like the one in Horeb, but a *renewal* of that covenant:

Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a renewed covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

Or perhaps:

Heb 8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will renew my covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

This would be consistent with the numerous positive statements Paul made about the Torah in which the everlasting covenant God made with Abraham is described:

But we know that the Torah is good, if a man use it lawfully;1Ti 1:8

For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the Torah: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision, Romans 2:25

Do we then make void The Torah through faith? By no means: but we establish The Torah, Romans 3:31

But the Torah is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good. Rom 7:12

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is] fully preaching the Torah, Rom 13:10

Why would Paul write so admiringly of the Torah, that it "is good", that your circumcision is irrelevant if you don't "keep the Torah", that "we establish the Torah" rather than making it void, and that "love is pleroo the Torah", if he intended in Hebrews 8 to simply toss it out? This would be a complete reversal of his own writings, not to mention a slap across God's Face, not to mention blasphemy.

H2319

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cha^da^sh

khaw-dawsh'

From H2318; new: - fresh, new thing.

Psa 105:11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

Psa 105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.

Psa 105:13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;

Psa 105:14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;

Psa 105:15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Psa 105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.

Psa 105:17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:

Psa 105:18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:

Psa 105:19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.

Psa 105:20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.

Psa 105:21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:

Psa 105:22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

Psa 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

Psa 105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

Psa 105:25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtlely with his servants.

Psa 105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.

Psa 105:27 They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Psa 105:28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.

Psa 105:29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.

Psa 105:30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.

Psa 105:31 He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.

Psa 105:32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.

Psa 105:33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their coasts.

Psa 105:34 He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number,

Psa 105:35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.

Psa 105:36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.

Psa 105:37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

Psa 105:38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.

Psa 105:39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

Psa 105:40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Psa 105:41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.

Psa 105:42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.

Psa 105:43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:

Psa 105:44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people;

Psa 105:45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

Modified Tuesday, November 02, 2010