What does God promise to do in the new covenant according to Jeremiah 31:33?
God promises to make a new covenant with the house of Israel after those days: He will put His Law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts. He will be their God, and they shall be His people.
Les explains that this New Covenant is not the covenant God made with their fathers when He took them by the hand to bring them out of Egypt, which they broke. In Jeremiah 31:33, God says He will make this covenant with the house of Israel after those days. He will put His Law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts, will be their God, and they shall be His people. Les connects this to Zechariah’s one-third surviving remnant who will recognize Jehovah as their God and Jesus of Nazareth as their Messiah, and God will call them My people once again. Verse 34 adds that they shall all know the LORD without instruction, and God will forgive their iniquity and remember their sin no more. This is Israel’s future, but only a remnant.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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What is the New Covenant described in Jeremiah 31:33?
The covenant Jeremiah describes — God putting His law in their inward parts and writing it in their hearts, so He will be their God and they shall be His people — is the New Covenant.
Does Jeremiah 31's new covenant match Zechariah's prophecy about the surviving remnant?
The Jeremiah 31 promise of the remnant knowing God matches Zechariah's prophecy that the surviving one-third will realize Jehovah is their God and recognize Jesus of Nazareth as their Messiah.