ONE NEW MAN

ONE NEW MAN

Paul the apostle to the Gentiles used this expression in (Eph 2:14-16) where he is speaking of Jesus as the only One capable of having "broken down the middle wall of separation" between the Jews and Gentiles [non Jews], who represented the division of humanity of the day. Jesus was the only "God Man" who ever existed, since He was "virgin born" by virtue of being conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Jewish maiden named Mary. In this way He was the only "sinless man" who ever lived since Adam before his "fall", which introduced sin into the creation. Because of His virgin birth He escaped being contaminated by the sin passed down from Adam. Jesus was not only the "One New Man" that Paul referred to Him here, but He was also the One who introduced the "New Covenant" to the world, which replaced the "Old Covenant" introduced by Moses many years before. These two covenants or testaments make up our Bible which we know as the OT and the NT. I am presently reading a book by Malcolm Smith called "The Power of the Blood Covenant" published in 2002 that shades a lot of light on this topic I would highly recommend it as a source of more information on this subject if you are interested.

 

The promise of a new covenant was mentioned by the OT prophet Jeremiah as recorded in (Jer 31:31-34), but was not fulfilled until Jesus came on the scene much later. All previous covenants that God had made with various people over the years were what we call "God to man" covenants. Both parties to a covenant were expected to keep their commitment to their part of the agreement, and of course God always kept His part. But even a casual reading of the Bible will prove that man was not able to keep their part. So this New Covenant was made between God the Father, and God the Son, who we know as Jesus Christ. So there is no danger of the terms of this covenant to ever be broken, because it is an "Everlasting Covenant" sealed with the blood of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary. That is why it is so critical that as followers of Jesus we understand the significance of the difference between the old covenant, often referred to as the Law of Moses, and the New Covenant. I personally never heard of this New Covent until a few years ago when someone told me about a little book by that name written by David Wilkerson in the year 2000. I don't understand why I never heard of this important teaching in my nearly 50 years attending various denominational churches, perhaps you are in a similar position!!

Sincerely submitted.

Dave Jamer                                                                                         02/06/12