The New Covenant: Hebrews Series - 9

orchidee



Tune: Abbots Leigh

('Glorious things of thee are spoken')

Hebrews 8 v.7-12

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If the Old Covenant had been

Faultless, no need would be seen

For a New Covenant, for sure

The Old would abide e'ermore

But finding fault there, the Lord said

I will make new one instead

New Covenant with house [of] Israel

And with house [of] Judah, forth tell

 

It not be according to Old

Covenant to fathers told

That He made with them when He took

Them by the hand, not forsook

And did out of Egypt them lead

In the wilderness did feed

But they continued not [in] His ways

Though He provided all days

 

They did not His Covenant keep

Yet they be His people, sheep

So He did not them much regard

They of Him grew weary, tired

Then this be the Covenant that He

Would make with His people, see

Make one New, former days be gone

Make one New, through Christ His Son

 

The Lord He would put His laws in

Our minds, change bias to sin

And He would write them in our hearts

That none here from Him departs

And He would to us a God be

We would be His people free

And they shall not on man depend

To know the Lord, He would tend

 

Would tend to us, His Spirit send

To teach us all things, no end

So all would know Him, from the least

To greatest, north, south, west, east

For He would be here merciful

To our unrighteousness all

And our sins and iniquities

Remember no more, us frees

 

 

 

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 27th, 2018 01:26
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8787 8787 metre.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments4

  • Goldfinch60

    Good one once more Orchi.

    • orchidee

      Thanks Gold. Some places still seem Old-Covenant like, well, except they don't sacrifice animals there now! We would know - we were there in Old Covenant days too, you and I!

    • Michael Edwards

      Fine work again O

      • orchidee

        Thanks M.

      • BRIAN & ANGELA

        Thanks STEVE ~ A fine HYMN played with gusto ! The eyes of the World are on JERUSALEM again and always will be until the LORD returns ! The OLD COVENANT always had a limited Shelf Life because it was always God's Plan for his Covenant Blessings to be available for the Gentiles also ! PAUL said "The Law was a Schoolmaster to bring us to CHRIST" ~ As a Gentile I am very grateful for the NEW COVENANT ! Yours as always ~ BRIAN !

        • orchidee

          Thanks Brian.

        • w c

          Thanks again for your beautiful words. I thank God for Grace.

          • orchidee

            Thanks w c.



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