The New Covenant
“By calling this covenant "new," he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.” – Hebrews 8:13
The American Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States, on November 15, 1777. However, ratification of the Articles of Confederation by all thirteen states did not occur until March 1, 1781.
The Articles created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government, leaving most of the power with the state governments.
An abundance of weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation soon surfaced.
The national government could not force the states to obey its laws. It did not have the power to tax. It did not have the power to enforce laws. There was no national army or navy, no national postal system, no federal courts, nor a national currency.
The need for a stronger Federal government soon became apparent and eventually led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
The present United States Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation on March 4, 1789.
Today the original Articles of Confederation resides in the National Achieves. The obsolete document’s ink has badly faded through the years.
Old, fragile covenants have disappeared and are replaced by the “new” living and eternal covenant we have in Jesus Christ. Today in prayer, praise the Lord that the old covenant has faded and we have a vibrant new life found in Jesus.
“It is a new heart-righteousness which the prophets foresaw as one of the blessings of the Messianic age. ‘I will put my law within them, and I will write it upon their hearts.’ God promised to Jeremiah. How would he do it? He told Ezekiel ‘I will put My Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in My statutes.’” – John Stott
God’s Word: “In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” – 1 Corinthians 11:25
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