Which statement? This one:BaptistBeliever said:So do you agree with what I said or disagree with it?
Or this one,which was edited out after I quoted your post:I have a problem with that. I believe that Christ's establishing the New Covenant through His death and resurrection is absolutely a cornerstone of the faith.
I'm assuming you meant the first statement.As a Dispensationalist, do you believe that the four gospels apply to Christians today or only the rest of the New Testament?
The New Covenant replaced the Mosaic Covenant, which was temporary. If there was no New Covenant, there would be no salvation--so yes it is definitely the cornerstone of our faith. Without the New Covenant, we would still be under God's wrath--but now we have a "new and living way" into the very throne room of God.
Hebrews 4:16 16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 10:20 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Hebrews 9:15 15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
However, the New Covenant was originally made with the nation of Israel, and will be fulfilled (for the nation of Israel) in the Millennial Kingdom.
Matthew 26:29 29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
Romans 11:27 is the fulfillment of Jeremiah 31:31-34 which hasn't happened yet, but will see fulfillment in the Millennial Kingdom:
Jeremiah 31:31-34 31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Romans 11:27 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
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