Featured Covenants ???

A. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. Romans 8:23

By which covenant do we have the firstfruits of the Spirit?

Consider:
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Gal 3:17-19

V 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

B. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

By which covenant will we receive the redemption of the body?

 

Amen to all your posts. Old Job was: sown in corruption; will be raised in incorruption: 1 Cor 15:42

 

Those will require some time so will have get back to this.

 

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; Titus 1:2 Does that trump them all? Do they all proceed forth because of that promise?

Are we presently inheritors or heirs, thereof?

 

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken to the fathers in the prophets, in these last days did speak to us in Son - From Heb 1:1,2 YLT & I removed the article, "a," which preceded Son.

Can John 1 be seen in the above?

In many parts, and many ways, God of old having spoken (the Word was with God and the Word was God) to the fathers in the prophets, in these last days did speak, (The Word was God) to us in Son. (The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.)

But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. Matt 1:20 NKJV
But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born [fn] of a woman, born under the law, Gal 4:4 NKJV fn or made

The Word (that which God speaks) was made flesh and dwelt among us. The balance of Hebrews 1:2 YLT whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;
Whom (The Word made flesh, Son) He (God, ie The Father) appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

Was the Word made flesh, the only begotten Son, conceived in woman out of Holy Spirit, appointed heir of all things. Did the Son, conceived out of Holy Spirit, born in the flesh become the heir of the promise of God made before the world began, the hope of eternal life? Did this Son die?

Are we who have had the Holy Spirit poured upon, now said to be the heirs of the hope of eternal life? Titus 3:6,7

Romans 6:9 NKJV knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.

Has the Son, who was born of woman and who died inherited the promise of God?

Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. Gal 3:19

Before the world began God mediated the promise of the hope of eternal life for the Word made flesh. IMHO that is the Word of God.

Abraham by election became a joint heir of the same promise through his seed, singular, Christ.

 

Did God know they would fall or Did God design them, and subject them, to fall, to bring about, the cross of Christ, which would redeem them and accomplish the purpose of creating them in the first place?

The Word of God>
Romans 7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. Rom 8:20 NKJV For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope;

Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (the spiritual law?) 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

The purpose. 1 John 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

I also see the redeemed man as being a part of this bruising of the devil. Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

The promise of God, who cannot lie Titus 1:2, was for the heir of God, the Son Heb 1:1,2, the Son born of woman, in time Gal 4:4 the seed of Abraham Gal 3:16,19,21 and we through Him have become joint heirs with him. Rom 8:14,15,29 and Titus 3:7 < Is that not the Word of God?