The Book of Acts:
Acts is divided into 3 main
sections and fulfills GOD's plan for worldwide salvation for all
people.
The first covenant was the Adamic Covenant - Marriage, Gen
3:16-19.
The second was the Noahic - the Family, Gen 9:8-17.
The third
was the Abrahamic - the Tribal, or uniting of many families, Gen 17:1-8.
The
fourth was the Mosaic - many tribes united in a National Covenant, Gen 19:4-6.
The fifth was the Davidic - the National Kingdom Covenant - many nations,
2Sam 7:14-16,23:5.
You can see the pattern here, each covenant
encompassed a larger and larger group of people, so the next covenant must
include more than many nations.
The sixth - the New Covenant... 2Cor
3:6, Worldwide, Universal, all encompassing, Catholic.
It is the evolution of
the Catholic Church, and of the rules it must follow for all
time.
All of the covenants preceding this one were for GOD's
chosen people, the Hebrews and Jews.
Now, Gentiles enter into salvation
history for the first time.
This all begins to unfold in Acts 1:8, "..but
you shall receive POWER when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be
witnesses for me in Jerusalem (local), and in all Judea and Samaria (spreading
out), and even to the very ends of the earth (worldwide, Universal, Catholic).
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