[655] Col. 1 : 19, 20.
[656] Eph. 2 : 11-16.
[657] Col. 2 : 9-11.
[658] Gal. 3 : 28, 29.
[659] Heb. 10 : 14-22.
[660] See page [167] ff., supra.
[661] Comp. Heb. 9 : 24-28; 10 : 10.
[662] Heb. 10 : 28, 29.
[663] The Covenant of Bread and the Covenant of Blood are two distinct covenants, in Oriental practice as well as in biblical teaching; although this difference has been strangely overlooked by biblical students in the realm of Orientalisms. The Covenant of Bread is temporary; the Covenant of Blood is permanent. The one secures a truce; the other secures a vital union. Symbolically, the one gives nourishment; the other gives life. The Covenant of Bread is an exhibit and a pledge of hospitality, and it brings one into family or tribal relations with those proffering it. The Covenant of Blood is immediately personal and individual. There seems to be an unconscious trace of this distinction in the refusal of the Romish Church to include the laity in the symbolizing of the Covenant of Blood, at the Lord’s table.
[664] 1 Cor. 10 : 14-17.