THE HOPE OF ISRAEL - The Preterist Archive

96 The Hope of Israel: What Is It?
words, in the light of the context, plainly signify the
removal forever of the old covenant, and the establishment
forever of the new covenant. Indeed it is manifestly
an impossibility that the "shadows" should remain
after their corresponding realities have come;
and it is equally impossible that there should be at any
time thereafter a return to the system of shadows
again.
THE NEW COVENANT PEOPLE
Who then are the people with whom, and for whose
benefit, this new and everlasting covenant has been
"established" ? By the Epistle to the Hebrews it is revealed
in the clearest light that the blessings of the
new covenant, that is the forgiveness of sins and all
other benefits of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, are bestowed
upon those who are of the faith of Jesus Christ,
those "that believe to the saving of the soul" (10:39) ;
which blessed and holy company includes all those examples
of saving faith mentioned in Chapter XI.
These are "the heirs of salvation" (1:14). They are
the "many sons" God is bringing "unto glory" (2:10).
They are those whom the writer of the Epistle addresses
as "holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly
calling" (3:1), and concerning whom he says they are
"made partakers of Christ," and "partakers of the
Holy Ghost" (3:14; 6:4).
We have seen, however, that by Jeremiah God promised
the new covenant to "the house of Israel and the
house of Judah." But there is no contradiction here,
and no change in God's plans. For "Israel" and
"Judah" were themselves but "shadows" of God's true