The Covenant of Peace Messianic Age (Kingdom) The problem with a theology that has God replacing covenants and peoples is that there is nothing to stop God from replacing those replacements either. Covenant Theology should scare the Church and Christians half to death for their future. The sins of the Church are even more pervasive than what Israel did. You can measure that any way you want. The Church has no righteousness to commend itself. The Church would be well advised to look for their replacement covenant according to Covenant Theology. But thank God, He does not do that. Our God makes a covenant and does not break it, even if we mess up. The truth is that there is another covenant prophesied in the future, but it won’t be replacing the New Covenant. Our God has promised us a seventh covenant which seems to get even better than the Hebrews writer’s definition of a better New Covenant. Unlike the logic of the writer of Hebrews, this future covenant won’t replace any commandment either. The Covenant of Peace will not replace the covenants made with Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, or with the Messiah; it will be added to them to make the Everlasting Covenant. Isaiah describes this future covenant, once we are in the Messianic Kingdom (when the Messiah has returned). “For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, but My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, and My covenant of peace will not be shaken,” Says the Lord who has compassion on you. Isaiah 54:10 The prophet Ezekiel says this: And I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. Ezekiel 34:25-26 We don’t know a lot about the Covenant of Peace. It is a future covenant that will be brought to us when we dwell with the Messiah in His Kingdom. However, there is one tantalizing element of the covenant of peace we have already seen. Someone previous to us has already received it. His name is Phinehas. He was the priest who slew Zimri and Cozbi after listening to the counsel of Balaam, just before the children of Israel crossed the Jordan into the promised land. It is not a very long story in the Scripture. What is interesting is that God kind of “fast forwarded” to the kingdom and gave Phinehas the seventh covenant. Therefore say, “Behold, I give him [Phinehas] My covenant of peace;” Numbers 25:12 The scribes of the Torah have also indicated this special thing by writing the word “peace” in the verse in a unique way. The word for peace is Shalom. The third letter in the word is a Vav. The scribes write the letter in two parts. The vertical stroke of the letter has a gap in the middle. It is the only place in the Bible where this occurs. It is sometimes called the “broken Vav.” It is like the letter has been “cut” in two. But what does it mean? It seems to be a secret in the Scripture. The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him, and He will make them know His covenant. Psalms 25:14 Maybe you know His covenant now… sprinkle a little salt on it. He always cuts something when He makes a covenant.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 20:00:01 +0000
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