The phrase B’rit Chadashah means New Covenant. The promise comes from Jeremiah, where YHVH declares a covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, including forgiveness and His Torah written upon the heart.
The New Covenant does not appear in Scripture as a covenant detached from Israel. Jeremiah explicitly names the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
This matters because it anchors the New Covenant in the continuing covenant story of Scripture rather than presenting it as the replacement of Israel by a new religious people.
At the final meal before His death, Yeshua identifies the cup with the New Covenant in His blood. Through Messiah we receive forgiveness, reconciliation and covenant blessing.
Those from the nations are brought near through Yeshua and share in these promises by grace.
The New Covenant promise includes an inward transformation: YHVH's instruction is written upon the heart and His people know Him.
For that reason, we do not understand the New Covenant as the cancellation of Torah, but as the deepening and internalising of faithful obedience through the Ruach HaKodesh.
Key Scriptures: Jeremiah 31:31–34 · Ezekiel 36:25–27 · Luke 22:20 · Hebrews 8:6–13 · Hebrews 10:15–17
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