Spirit and Covenant
The New Covenant includes the Gift of the Spirit, the first fruits of the New Creation, and the gathering of the nations . The National sins of Israel caused her expulsion from the Land of Canaan. God foresaw her failures and determined to institute a new covenant energized and characterized by His Spirit . It would include the salvation of men from every nation and culminate in the resurrection of the dead and the “ New Heavens and the New Earth .” With the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, the New Covenant began in earnest.
