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112 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE"
priests" and a "holy nation" to him . At the annual
Memorial celebration of our Lord's evening
meal, these rightly eat the bread and drink of
the cup which Jesus said "means the new covenant
by virtue of my blood" .-1 Corinthians
11 :25, NW.
13 Moses ratified or inaugurated the old Law
covenant at Mount Sinai, the mountain of God,
when he sprinkled both the book of the Law and
the people with the blood of the sacrificial animals
. In behalf of the new covenant the Mediator
Jesus ascended to heaven forty days after his
resurrection from death and presented to God
the value or merit of his earthly human sacrifice .
Ten days after ascending, Jesus applied to his devoted
followers on earth the benefit of the blood
of his human sacrifice, manifesting this by pouring
out upon them the holy spirit which he had
received from God who accepted his sacrifice .
Thus Christ Jesus on the heavenly mountain of
God inaugurated the new covenant toward his
faithful disciples on that day of Pentecost . Exodus
24 :1-8 ; Hebrews 9 :15-20 ; Acts 2 :1-18 Today,
after nineteen centuries of operation, the new
covenant is nearing its end in full success, taking
out the full number of people for Jehovah's
name from among all the nations. From the least
of these to the greatest of these, they "know Jehovah",
whom to know means everlasting life
through Jesus Christ, the Mediator whom he sent
forth .-Jeremiah 31 :34, ASV .
1 3 . When and how was the new covenant inaugurated?
Toward whom?