Who does God make the New Covenant with in Jeremiah 31:31?
Jeremiah 31:31–32 declares that God will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. Scripture specifies Israel alone as the covenant partner; believers in the Age of Grace enjoy the covenant’s benefits but are not themselves in that covenant relationship.
Les teaches that Jeremiah 31:31 says the days are coming when the LORD will make a new covenant, and the context identifies the recipients as the house of Israel and the house of Judah. He points out that many theologians claim believers in the Age of Grace are under the New Covenant, but reading the Bible in plain English, that cannot fly because God makes this covenant with Israel, and no one but. Therefore, we cannot be in a covenant that God makes with Israel. Instead, Les explains, we enjoy the benefits of everything God did to fulfill this covenant with Israel—the work of the cross, the power of His resurrection, the coming of the Holy Spirit, and all the blessings of this Age of Grace—but it is not a covenant relationship. We are members of the Body of Christ, He is the Head, and we are in the Body, but we are not in a covenant relationship. So God is going to make the New Covenant with the house of Israel.
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:
More Questions
Can the New Covenant promise in Jeremiah 31 be changed?
The New Covenant promise in Jeremiah 31 is set in concrete and nothing can change it.
What does the house of Israel and the house of Judah in Jeremiah 31:31 refer to?
The new covenant God makes with the house of Israel and the house of Judah in Jeremiah 31:31 means all Israel.