Judaism
The only reference in the Hebrew Bible that uses the wording "new covenant" is found in the Book of Jeremiah, Chapters 30–33 (God's promise of restoration), Chapter 31, Line 31:
| “ | ³¹Behold, days are coming—the word of HASHEM—when I will seal a new covenant with the House of Israel and with the House of Judah: ³²not like the covenant that I sealed with their forefathers on the day that I took hold of their hand to take them out of the land of Egypt, for they abrogated My covenant, although I became their Master—the word of HASHEM. ³³For this is the covenant that I shall seal with the House of Israel after those days—the word of HASHEM—I will place My Torah within them and I will write it onto their heart; I will be a God for them and they will be a people for Me. ³⁴They will no longer teach—each man his fellow, each man his brother—saying, 'Know HASHEM!' For all of them will know Me, from their smallest to their greatest—the word of HASHEM—when I will forgive their iniquity and will no longer recall their sin. | ” |
This prophet's word refers to the Messianic Age to come (or World to Come), in which the eternal Mosaic covenant with Israel will be confirmed. Of this Mosaic covenant between God and Israel the Shabbat is declared to be the sign forever (Exodus 31:13–17). Jewish law gives Shabbat the status of being the most important holy day in the Jewish calendar for God was the first to observe it with the cessation of Creation (Genesis 2:1–3) and Judaism accords Shabbat the status of an all joyous holy day. The Tanach describes Shabbat as having the purpose as a "taste" of Olam Haba (the World to Come, the Hereafter) following the Messianic Age (the End of Days).
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