new covenant

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letters) (in Christian exegesis) the promises of salvation made by God to humans individually, based on divine grace rather than Mosaic Law.

Example Sentences

From the biblical Abraham breaking Ur’s idols to Abraham Lincoln forcing a bloody “new birth of freedom,” and from Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign for a “New Covenant” to Barack Obama’s “Change we can believe in,” America’s political culture has repeatedly invoked a past whose threads we need to re-weave somehow, if the republic is to be kept from dissolving into a neoliberal free-for-all or tumbling into the Trumpian abyss.

From Salon

Likewise after supper he took the cup; and when he had given thanks to thee, he gave it to them, saying: drink ye all of this; for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.

From BBC

So far, the new covenant has five state sponsors - Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands - and its backers are in talks with others as well as private donors.

From Reuters

Reverend Shameka Cathey, a minister of the New Covenant Christian Church in Nashville, officiated at the ceremony before 50 vaccinated guests.

From New York Times

“We really just thought we were going to have an afternoon of rain,” said Emily Christopher, director of communications at New Covenant Church in Clyde, N.C.

From Washington Post