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Hebrews 8:7
For if that first covenant (word implied) had been faultless, there would have been no occasion
sought for a second.

From this citation we see that it was possible for the Bible divisions to have been designated the
“First Covenant” and the “Second Covenant.” This, however, did not happen. The words “Old” and
“New” are what have come down to us instead.

Hebrews 8:13
When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming
obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

In the verse above we see that the word “new” is attached to the word “covenant.” The parallel
association is observed in the word “old” being used to describe the earlier covenant delivered to
Moses.

It is the practice of some Christians to ONLY read the New Testament portions of Scriptures. They
reason that this is the division of the Bible that applies to them for they are bound to God through
the New Covenant, not the Old Covenant. Rejecting the Old Testament writings is misguided,
however. Yahweh has preserved both divisions of the Scriptures for the body of Christ. Great
wisdom and understanding are to be derived from both Testaments. Though Christ fulfilled the Old
Covenant that He might establish the New, it would be folly to discard the history of Yahweh’s prior
dealings with man. The New Testament flows out of the Old Testament. They both share the same
divine authorship. All of the Scriptures are “Spirit-breathed.”

(Note: Some may object to the statement that the Old Covenant no longer has authority over those
who are “in Christ.” It is beyond the scope of this book to address this matter. You will find the
subject set forth with much clarity and a firm Scriptural foundation in the book Laying Down the
Law.)

I have been as much a student of the Old Testament as I have of the New Testament. I perceive the
voice of Yahweh speaking to me through both bodies of writing. I would not understand the New
Testament nearly as well if I did not have the Old Testament to provide a foundation. Indeed, the
New Testament quotes the Old Testament more than two hundred times, and makes allusions to the
Old Testament in hundreds of more instances. Those who have calculated such things have stated
that more than ten percent of the New Testament consists of direct quotations, or allusions, to the
Old Testament.

Perhaps I should already have defined the word covenant. The English word covenant shares a
similar root with the word convene, which is defined as “to come together.” A covenant is Yahweh’s
means of bringing man back into relationship with Himself after a separation occurred due to sin.
In both the Old and New Covenants, blood played a central role in bridging the separation that
existed between man and his Creator. The Bible tells us that “the soul who sins must die” (Old
Testament), and “the wages of sin is death” (New Testament).