A New Covenant

Jeremiah 31:31-34 --

31 "The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

32 It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, "declares the LORD.

33 "This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

34 No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more."


Does anyone see a hint of Jesus in this passage?

God will write his laws on their hearts and in their minds. He will forgive them their wickedness and remembers sins no more.

There is no reason to come to Earth to die on a cross whatsoever. He said he is simply going to forgive them and write his laws on their hearts.

Why would he write his "restrictive" laws on their hearts if is real plan was to abolish those laws and replace them with grace? It seems according to Jeremiah 31, he still expects his people to follow his laws to the letter, but he is going to help them follow the laws by burning them into their minds and hearts.

Where is Jesus in all this again?

When did Judaism get hijacked by Christianity?