“In a broad sense the Old Testament was the economy of conviction of sin. The
law revealed the moral helplessness of man, placed him under a curse, worked
death. There was, of course, gospel under and in the Old Covenant, but it was
for its expression largely dependent on the silent symbolic language of alter
and sacrifice and lustration. Under it the glory which speaks of righteousness
was in hiding.
In the New Covenant all this has been changed. The veil has been rent, and
through it an unobstructed view is obtained of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ. And with this vision comes the assurance of atonement,
satisfaction, acces to God, peace of conscience, liberty, eternal life.
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— Geerhardus Vos
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