Hebrews tells us that there's a New Covenant between God and man through Jesus Christ, where He is our God, and we are His people. This is a song about just that.
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The blood of goats and rams, still left us with bloody hands,
The priest behind the veil, could never make up for the times we'd failed,
Two tablets made of stone, could only show how far astray we'd gone,
All of our sacrifice, could never bring new life,
But the prophets of days gone by, told us there would come a time,
When all things would be made new, God Himself would come to you,
All your sins He would forgive, and you could truly live,
The promise of a promise to come, has come true in God's own son...
A new covenant, I give to you,
Not like the old one that you knew,
For every one of you will know me,
From the greatest to the least,
And I will be your God, I'll walk with you down each path you trod,
Your lawless deeds, I will forget,
For my son will pay your debt,
The sacrifice of the Just One Man,
Once and for all shall cleanse your hands,
And from your side I'll never part, I'll put my Spirit into your heart,
All these things and more I'll do, when my new covenant I give to you...
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