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Originally Posted by Coram Deo  "It isn't just that Moses was typological. Abraham and Noah were typological too but they aren't described as the "old covenant." What is distinct about the Mosaic covenant? It is their status of Israel as God's temporary, typological, cultic people."
I hope this clears up any confusion... |
Clear as mud.
Noah and Abraham offered sacrifices. In the "old covenant," as stated by Jeremiah and explained in Heb. 8-10, there was remembrance of sin by means of the sacrifices. It is this element which would be done away under the new covenant, i.e., new administration of the covenant of grace.
Further, Eph. 2, and Rom. 11 expressly teach that Gentiles are incorporated with covenanted Israel in the NT church. There is nothing temporary about OT Israel. Unbelieving Israel are cut off from that olive tree, and Gentile believers are grafted into that olive tree; but it still remains the same covenant entity.
The framework with which you are thinking about the covenants needs to be renewed according to the biblical and confessional pattern -- one covenant of grace comprehending distinct administrations.