Nova aliança
A Nova Aliança é o pacto de graça que Deus estabeleceu através de Jesus Cristo. Diferente da antiga, ela é escrita no coração, mediada pelo sangue de Cristo e acessível a todos.
A profecia da Nova Aliança
Jeremias profetizou uma aliança nova em que Deus escreveria sua lei no coração do povo. Essa promessa se cumpriu em Cristo.
Lo! days come, saith the Lord, and I shall smite a new bond of peace to the house of Israel, and to the house of Judah;
not by the covenant which I made with your fathers, in the day in which I took the hand of them, to lead them out of the land of Egypt, the covenant which they made void; and I was Lord of them, saith the Lord.
But this shall be the covenant, which I shall smite with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I shall give my law in the entrails of them, and I shall write it in the heart of them, and I shall be into God to them, and they shall be into a people to me.
And a man shall no more teach his neighbour, and a man his brother, and say, Know thou the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least of them unto the most, saith the Lord; for I shall be merciful to the wickednesses of them, and I shall no more be mindful on the sin of them.
But now he hath gotten a better ministry, by so much as he is a mediator of a better testament, which is confirmed with better promises.
For if that first had lacked blame, the place of the second should not have been sought.
But in saying a new the former waxed old; and that that is of many days, and waxeth old, is nigh the death.
in so much Jesus is made [better] promiser of the better testament.
Selada com sangue
Jesus instituiu a Nova Aliança na Última Ceia: 'Este cálice é a nova aliança no meu sangue.' Seu sacrifício é definitivo e perfeito.
He took also the cup [or the chalice], after that he had supped, and said, This cup is the new testament in my blood, that shall be shed for you.
And he took the cup, and did thankings, and gave to them, and said, Drink ye all thereof;
this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed for many, into remission of sins.
how much more the blood of Christ, which by the Holy Ghost offered himself unwemmed to God, shall cleanse our conscience from dead works, to serve God that liveth? [or to serve to living God?]
And therefore he is a mediator of the new testament, that by death falling betwixt, into redemption of the trespassings that were under the former testament, they that be called take the behest of everlasting heritage.
For where a testament is, it is need, that the death of the testament-maker come betwixt.
For a testament is confirmed in dead men; else it is not worth [or no worth], while he liveth, that made the testament.
Wherefore neither the first testament was hallowed without blood.
For when each commandment of the law was read of Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves, and of bucks of goats, with water, and red wool, and hyssop, and besprinkled both that book and all the people,
and said, This is the blood of the testament that God commanded to you.
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, not that image of things, may never make men nighing [or coming nigh] perfect by those same sacrifices, which they offer without ceasing by all years;
else they should have ceased to be offered, for as much as the worshippers cleansed once, had not furthermore conscience of sin.
But in them [by oft offering], mind of sins is made by all years.
For it is impossible that sins be done away by blood of bulls, and of bucks of goats.
Reconciliação e vida nova
Pela Nova Aliança somos reconciliados com Deus, trazidos para perto pelo sangue de Cristo e feitos embaixadores da reconciliação.
Therefore if any new creature is in Christ, the old things be passed. Lo! all things be made new,
and all things be of God, which reconciled us to him by Christ, and gave to us the service [or the ministry] of reconciling.
And [for] God was in Christ, reconciling to him the world, not reckoning to them their guilts, and putted in us the word of reconciling.
Therefore we use message for Christ, as if God admonisheth by us; we beseech you for Christ, be ye reconciled to God.
God the Father made him sin for us, which knew not sin, that we should be made [the] rightwiseness of God in him.
For we have such trust by Christ to God;
not that we be sufficient to think anything of us-[selves], as of us, but our sufficience is of God.
Which also made us able ministers of the new testament, not by letter, but by Spirit; for the letter slayeth, but the Spirit quickeneth.
For which thing be ye mindful that sometime ye were heathen in flesh, which were said prepuce, from that that is said circumcision made by hand in flesh;
and ye were in that time without Christ, alienated [or strangers] from the living of Israel, and guests of the testaments, not having hope of promise, and without God in this world.
But now in Christ Jesus ye that were sometime far, be made nigh in the blood of Christ.
In this thing is charity, not as we had loved God, but for he first loved us, and sent his Son forgiveness [or helping] for our sins.