God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The most vital concern for each of us is to have a joyful and fulfilled future… Whatever people hope for in the future, that is what they worship, and whatever people worship, that is what they inevitably serve.
What is [special about] the New Covenant (Jer. 31:31-34; Ezek. 36:25-28)? 1. Internalization of God's law ('I will put My law within them, and on their heart I will write it' Jer. 31:33a). 2. Unbroken fellowship with God ('I will be their God, and they shall be My people' Jer. 31:33b). 3. Unmediated knowledge of God ('And they shall not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying ';Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them' Jer. 33:34a). 4. Unconditional forgiveness of sins ('for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more' Jer. 33:34b).
