The sacrifice provided forgiveness of sins, not punishment for sins.

Living in Christ-like love is the sign we are in Christ, walking in the new covenant.

what happened at the cross was the establishment of the new covenant of forgiveness and the removal of the old covenant and the old system. He caused it to become obsolete and outdated, and He removed it in order to introduce and establish the new covenant. Thus, Jesus died to establish a new covenant of forgiveness, to ransom us from the Law, to

Enoch, one of our greatest examples of a holy person, was clearly a family man living in the midst of his culture yet walking intimately with God.

through His resurrection, Jesus has made us partakers of the divine nature (see 2 Pet. 1:4).

three thousand people responded to the first preaching of the new covenant after Jesus’ ascension (in contrast to the three thousand who died at the inauguration of the old covenant).

God lives inside the covenant He establishes, and He will be faithful to it, because He is righteous and always operates within the covenant He is in.

The modern version of Judaism is not even connected to the old version, because they are no longer able to gather at the proper temple or offer the required sacrifices.

Peter referred to as “the sacred command” (2 Pet. 2:21)—the command to love as Christ loves. This is the core of the new covenant, which is the covenant of life and forgiveness, not death and judgment.