
If
the Old Covenant was glorious yet fading, what event marked its final
passing away in the first century? (2 Corinthians 3:11)
From the Fulfilled Perspective
The final
passing away of the Old Covenant was marked by the destruction of
Jerusalem and the temple in AD 70. Paul's Witness
Paul
said in 2 Corinthians 3:11 that the Old Covenant was "fading." Hebrews Confirms
The
writer of Hebrews echoes this: "When He said, 'A new covenant,'
He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete
and growing old is about to disappear" (Hebrews 8:13). Notice
the time language, it was already obsolete in the first century but
had not fully disappeared yet. The Temple's Destruction
The
sacrificial system and temple worship continued for about 40 years
after the cross, but once the temple was destroyed in AD 70, the Old
Covenant order had no place to exist. This fulfilled Jesus words:
"Not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not
be torn down" (Matthew 24:2). Conclusion
That
event marked the public and visible end of the Old Covenant, while
the New Covenant, the one that remains, fully took its place in
glory.
By Dan Maines
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