New Covenant in Christian theology

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The New Covenant in Christian theology is the divinely promised, Christ-centered fulfillment and transformation of earlier biblical covenants, offering forgiveness of sins and an internalized relationship with God to believers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrine
biblical covenant
theological concept
appliedTo believers in Christ
associatedWith justification by faith
regeneration
sanctification
union with Christ
centeredOn Jesus Christ
characterizedBy grace
internal law
universal offer of salvation
confirmedBy resurrection of Christ
contrastedWith Old Covenant
emphasizedIn Epistle to the Hebrews
establishedThrough death of Christ
fulfills Abrahamic covenant
Davidic covenant
Mosaic covenant
hasAlternativeName New Covenant
New Testament (covenantal sense)
linked to: New Testament
hasScripturalBasis 1 Corinthians 11:25
linked to: 1 Corinthians 11

2 Corinthians 3
Ezekiel 36:25–27
Hebrews 10
Hebrews 8
Hebrews 9
Jeremiah 31:31–34
Luke 22:20
linked to: Luke 22
languageOrigin Greek term “kainē diathēkē”
biblical Hebrew term “berit chadashah”
mediatedBy Jesus Christ
promises forgiveness of sins
indwelling of the Holy Spirit
internalization of God’s law
knowledge of God
new heart
reconciled relationship with God
relatesTo doctrine of atonement
doctrine of the Holy Spirit
ecclesiology
soteriology
sealedBy the blood of Christ
signifiedBy Christian baptism
Lord’s Supper
linked to: Holy Eucharist
transforms earlier biblical covenants
understoodWithin New Perspective on Paul
covenant theology
dispensational theology
viewedAs eschatological covenant
new creation reality

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Davidic covenant linkedTo New Covenant in Christian theology
Reformed Church in America doctrine Covenant theology
linked to: New Covenant in Christian theology
Jeremiah influenceOn ChristianDoctrineOfNewCovenant
linked to: New Covenant in Christian theology
Abrahamic covenant influences Christian covenant theology
linked to: New Covenant in Christian theology