Who are these new covenant people? According to the author of Hebrews, they are the members of Christ’s church. Couched in the premessianic context of Jeremiah’s prophecy, the houses of Israel and Judah are typological of the church. This is another clear-cut case of an Old Testament prophecy that is fulfilled in the church, the members of which are the spiritual seed of Abraham through faith in Jesus Christ (cf. Gal.
