Ancient

"You are sons of the covenant that God made with your fathers," Acts 3:25.

That's Peter preaching to fellow Jews. What covenant? What covenant was still working? The one through Moses and the Law? No. Nope. That one was broken by Israel, and God took it away. So what covenant? The one God made through Abraham (& Sarah!) with the people. Yeah. The one when God said to Abraham: And in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And who is Abraham's seed? God's messiah. christ. Jesus. God made a promise in that ancient covenant. God promised blessing to all of earth's peoples. God integrates his new covenant into that eternal promise. A blessing to all. All of us. Jew and gentile. In Christ.

We visit with a brother or sister today in the new covenant with God. And together we give thanks to him for Jesus who blesses us with forever life.