Hebrew 13:20 – “Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,”
This “eternal covenant” is not a covenant of works, but is a covenant of free grace that was made between God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit before the foundation of the world. In this covenant within the Trinity, Christ stood in the covenant as man’s representative because man at that time did not exist.
The everlasting guarantee of the covenant of grace is the shed blood of Jesus Christ. It is by His blood that all our sins are cancelled, justice of God was satisfied, and the law was honored. Christ has done everything that sin and justice demanded. The blood of Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the debtor’s side of the covenant. In Christ atoning blood the Father is bound by His own covenant to show grace and mercy to all men as and when they receive His life.
This covenant of grace was established in eternity, put into force at Calvary by the death of Jesus Christ, and sealed to the hearts of God’s elect by the Holy Spirit. We receive the blessings of this covenant by faith in Christ. Jesus’ death is the divine seal of the covenant. Therefore l put my trust in the merit of His blood. I have no other hope or trust but in Him alone.
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Pastor Josh Laryea