Galatians 3:17 KJV
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
The Old Testament is sometimes called the old covenant, and the New Testament, the new covenant. (See Hebrews) but today I am calling the promise of salvation in Jesus Christ the oldest old covenant, because this text declares it was "of God in Christ" before the law. The Old Testament law is not first and then the New Testament truth a development after it. The promise of saving grace in Jesus Christ was first. The Old Testament law was merely apart of God's plan to bring that promise of grace in Christ to full effect.
God's grace has been the overwhelming principle in His dealings with mankind throughout the history of man. Christ has forever existed and His plan to live righteously and die vicariously has been His intention before the foundations of the world.
Praise God for such grace!
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
The Old Testament is sometimes called the old covenant, and the New Testament, the new covenant. (See Hebrews) but today I am calling the promise of salvation in Jesus Christ the oldest old covenant, because this text declares it was "of God in Christ" before the law. The Old Testament law is not first and then the New Testament truth a development after it. The promise of saving grace in Jesus Christ was first. The Old Testament law was merely apart of God's plan to bring that promise of grace in Christ to full effect.
God's grace has been the overwhelming principle in His dealings with mankind throughout the history of man. Christ has forever existed and His plan to live righteously and die vicariously has been His intention before the foundations of the world.
Praise God for such grace!
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