All the Old Testament covenants consistently present a God who seeks relationship with fallen sinners. The new covenant promises also have relationship at their very core. Jeremiah conveyed God’s words: “I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.”50 Jesus was the fulfillment of this covenant promise.51 He is Immanuel, “God with us.”52 He brings His people into a saving relationship with God.
