LDS: New and Everlasting Covenant is Gateway to Exaltation

August 19 – LDS: New and Everlasting Covenant is Gateway to Exaltation. Hebrews 9:15-16 “And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.  For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.”

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This is pretty simple explanation of the new and everlasting covenant.  Isn’t it interesting how the Church has come up with a new definition of what the new and everlasting covenant is?

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“The gospel itself is the new and everlasting covenant. The posterity of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob constitute what is known as the covenant race. We come into the Church by covenant, which we enter into when we go into the waters of baptism. The new and everlasting covenant of celestial marriage is the gate to exaltation in the celestial kingdom. Men receive the Melchizedek Priesthood by an oath and covenant” (Romney 43). Eternal covenants constitute God’s approach to His children’s progress and perfection.”  (Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., eds., Alma, theTestimonyoftheWord [Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1992], 224 – 225.)