The Covenants of Scripture: Key Scriptures (5 of 5 notes)

Part Two
Bibliology: 14 THE COVENANTS OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker

In another passage Paul states that the Gentiles under his ministry “have been made partakers of Israel’s spiritual things” (Romans15:27). None of these passages state that God has taken the covenants away from Israel or that He has made the Gentiles to become the children of the covenants in place of Israel. The people of Israel were still the children of the covenants even after they had crucified the Lord (Acts 3:25), and Paul not only states that the covenants still pertain to Israel, but he further states that in a future day the Deliverer will come to Zion in order to fulfill His covenant with that nation which at the present time is an enemy of the gospel (Romans 11:26-28). It thus seems to be the clear teaching of the Apostle that the covenants were made with Israel, that Israel is not at present enjoying the blessings of the covenants but that they will at a future day, and that at the present time, members of the Body of Christ are, in some sense, partaking of the spiritual blessings of these covenants.

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