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Covenant theology under 1689 Federalism, in contrast, supports credobaptism under the regulative principle since it sees less direct continuity between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant, even if it still sees major continuity through the overarching Covenant of Grace.
New Covenant Theology (or NCT), is a recently expressed Christian theological system on this issue that incorporates aspects of Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology. [38] NCT claims that all Old Covenant laws have been fulfilled by Christ and are thus cancelled or abrogated [39] in favor of the Law of Christ or New Covenant law. This can be ...
The Abrahamic covenant (as distinct from the Mosaic) is taken to be the central Old Testament covenant that is fulfilled in the New Testament, in accordance with Pauline theology (Galatians 3:6-29). The Old and New Testaments are taken to be integrally related through the sequence of covenants, with prophetic fulfillment understood chiefly in ...
Dual-covenant or two-covenant theology is a school of thought in Christian theology regarding the relevance of the Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament.. Most Christians hold that the Old Testament has been superseded by the New Covenant, although the moral law continues to apply (cf. covenant theology); [2] [3] [4] in contrast, a minority hold that the Mosaic covenant has ...
New Covenant theology is a Christian theological system that shares similarities with and yet is distinct from dispensationalism and Covenant theology. [3] New Covenant theology sees all Old Covenant laws as "cancelled" [4] or "abrogated" [5] in favor of the Law of Christ or the New Testament. Douglas J. Moo has argued that 9 of the Ten ...
New Covenant theology (or NCT) is a Christian theological position teaching that the person and work of Jesus Christ is the central focus of the Bible. [1] One distinctive assertion of this school of thought is that Old Testament Laws have been abrogated [2] [3] or cancelled [4] with Jesus's crucifixion, and replaced with the Law of Christ of the New Covenant.
Most Christians believe this New Covenant is the "replacement" or "final fulfilment" of the Old Covenant described in the Old Testament and as applying to the People of God, while some believe both covenants are still applicable in a dual covenant theology
Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant. [6] Painting by Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter, d. 1890. The Mosaic covenant or Law of Moses, which Christians generally call the "Old Covenant" in contrast to the New Covenant, has played an important role in the shaping of Christianity.