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The CoC has a REAL problem with the testimony of the penitent thief, because Jesus died before the thief on the cross. And yet, the thief wasn’t baptized under the CoC’s “new terms of salvation” during the span of time that he was officially under the New Covenant before his own death (Mt. 26:28, Jn. 19:30-33, Heb. 9:16-17).
Jesus officially obtained redemption and died BEFORE the thief (Heb. 9:12). So, the New Covenant was immediately in force upon the thief BEFORE he died…
“For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead; otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth” (Mt. 26:28, Heb. 9:16-17).
But the CoC adds to Scripture when it falsely claims the New Covenant didn’t go into effect until after Jesus’ resurrection. For NOWHERE in those verses does it even imply that a covenant goes into force AFTER one’s resurrection from the dead! Instead, they reveal that it immediately goes into effect after one’s death. NOT after one’s resurrection from the dead!
The CoC superficially inserts Jesus’ resurrection into those verses to try to protect it’s “new laws” that it falsely claims to have gone into effect at Pentecost. Thus, its unbiblical obsession with Acts 2:38 and its false interpretation of Hebrews 7:12.
The CoC cult has never been able to reconcile its so-called “new terms” of salvation (a different gospel) with the fact that the gospel of the Old Testament is the SAME GOSPEL of the New Testament (Isa.53:1, Jn. 12:38, Rom. 3:30; 10:16, Gal. 3:6-8).
The torn veil at the very moment of Jesus’ death also proved the New Covenant was fully in force and the Old Covenant was obsolete (Mt. 27:50; Mk. 15:38; Lk. 23:45, Heb. 10:20-22). And since Jesus’ atonement was timeless, it covered the entire realm of time itself. God’s covenant of grace incorporates all believers into His kingdom; past, present and future (Gal. 3:17). Therefore, the eternity of the cross, especially in relation to the penitent thief, is an exemplary testimony of how God REALLY saves, which destroys every false religious system in the world!
Christ Rescued Me! 