THE OLD COVENANT v THE NEW COVENANT (PT 3)

THE HOLY ROOT OF THE TREE

The Holy Root of the Tree is YAHWEH Elohim (God) Himself, and it is His grace and life that flowed through the Abrahamic Covenant to Israel under the Old Covenant, and that now flows through the Mashiach (Messiah/Christ)) and His Body to all who are brought into the New Covenant.

“And the Scripture, foreseeing that Elohim (God) would justify the Gentiles by faith, announced the Good News in advance to Abraham: ALL THE NATIONS SHALL BE BLESSED IN YOU. [Gen 12:3]. So, then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham, the man of faith.” Galatians 3:8-9

“The nourishing sap from the olive root,” is the Life of the Spirit of the Mashiach (Messiah). And …

“Through the Mashiach (Messiah), Yahshua, the law of the Spirit of Life has set me (and you) free from the law of sin and of death.” Romans 8:2

Under the New Covenant, Gentile believers are grafted into the Olive Tree – the Place of Privilege and Purpose of Elohim (God), and they partake of the nourishing Life of the Mashiach (Messiah/Christ).

The Old Covenant, given to Israel through Moses, was a temporary provision for that nation until the Messiah fulfilled and brought an end to it. This He did when He established the New Covenant – the new that surpasses, and replaces, the old, for all who have been reconciled to YAHWEH Elohim (God) through Mashiach (Messiah) Yahshua’s death at Calvary.

There is therefore absolutely no need or point of a Gentile believer being “grafted into Israel.” Jewish and Gentile believers in this dispensation of grace (the Body of Y'shua Mashiach's Age) are together incorporated into “one new man.” We are “grafted” into Mashiach Messiah/Christ.

“But now in the Mashiach (Messiah), Y’shua, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Mashiach (Messiah). For He Himself is our peace, who has made both groups into one, and has broken down the dividing wall between us by abolishing in His flesh the enmity -the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, His purpose being to create in union with Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in this one body, to reconcile both of them to Elohim (God) through His death on the cross by which He put to death the enmity.” Ephesians 2:13-15

...to be continued...