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 Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: Epistle to the Hebrews
establishedThrough death of Christ
fulfills Abrahamic covenant
Davidic covenant
Mosaic covenant
hasAlternativeName New Covenant
New Testament
surface form: New Testament (covenantal sense)
hasScripturalBasis 1 Corinthians 11
surface form: 1 Corinthians 11:25

Second Epistle to the Corinthians
surface form: 2 Corinthians 3

Ezekiel 36:25–27
Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: Hebrews 10

Letter to the Hebrews
surface form: Hebrews 8

Hebrews 9
Jeremiah 31:31–34
Luke 22
surface form: Luke 22:20
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
Holy Eucharist
surface form: Lord’s Supper
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 New Covenant in Christian theology
this entity surface form: Covenant theology
Jeremiah influenceOn New Covenant in Christian theology
this entity surface form: ChristianDoctrineOfNewCovenant
Abrahamic covenant influences New Covenant in Christian theology
this entity surface form: Christian covenant theology