Tackling Tradition 86: 2 Different Legal Codes?
Some people think the thief on the cross & we ourselves are not under 2 different systems of law & that the New Testament itself was not in effect at that time. First, this belief assumes that the Bible speaks of something called The New Covenant. That’s not true. The term “New Covenant” is confessional language drawn from Historical Theology that people read back into the text due to several centuries of Ecclesiastical Tradition. In truth, the term “new” is an adjective that describes every covenant emanating from God when the covenants are considered in relation to one another. Consider the Abrahamic Covenant & the Mosaic Covenant. In relation to one another, the Abrahamic Covenant is the old covenant & the Mosaic Covenant is the new covenant. Likewise, in relation to the Davidic Covenant the Mosaic Covenant is old & the Davidic is new. The term ne...