Rufus, why can't you take the time to read and respond to what I wrote?
I'm finding I'm having to repeat myself often, or refer you to a previous post of mine or RD's, for things that have already been answered, yet seemingly ignored.
Saying it doesn't make it so.
Answered in all of mine...
The law is not grace.
A covenant is a type of law.
Those under grace do not have to do anything to remain under it, just as Abraham did not have to do anything to remain in the covenant God made with Him in Genesis 15.
No, it's not.
Wrong.
Yes, it is.
No immediate disagreement there...
1) Not what I said. What I said was:
2) Which Abrahamic Covenant are you talking about? There are two. One in Genesis 15, and one in Genesis 17.
You're talking about the covenant God made with Abraham in Genesis 17.
Which has very little, if anything, to do with the covenant I referred to...
What does Scripture say? Specifically, what were Jesus' words on the matter?
When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes...
Wrong.
Correct.
Again, this covenant was made between the same two parties that the Old Covenant was made, God and Israel, as per Jeremiah 31 and Hebrews 8.
It has nothing to do with the Body of Christ.
Correct. Many in Israel will be saved by the blood of that Covenant.
But that is the...
Access to the New Covenant was cut off shortly after Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. There is currently no one (and hasn't been anyone) under the New Covenant since then.
Access will be made available upon the reaching of the fullness of the Gentiles, after which the Great...
Matthew 26 is in the context of Matthew 15, where Jesus said: "I am not come except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on...
In the Body of Christ, there is no distinction between Jew and Gentile.
In the New Covenant, there is a distinction between Jew and Gentile.
Things that are different are not the same.
More in-depth reply to come.