The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Regeneration Difference between O.T. & N.T.

Hi William,

Thanks for the quote, I like Brakel a lot, having his works on my shelf. The things you quoted of his still do not answer the question about the sealing of the Spirit. I personally do not believe the O.T. believers were sealed as we are today. First, because the Spirit was not yet given. Jn. 7:39. Also, by way of example, I believe that if David were indwelt/sealed (I believe these go hand in hand) with the Spirit, he could not have sinned as he did in the matter with Bathsheba. That went beyond backsliding. It also showed us how gracious our God is, because David was restored. Until Christ was made a propitiation, the Spirit could not be united to that which was considered unclean, without Christ, there wasn't any sufficient cleansing.

We were all regenerated in the same way, by God opening our eyes, making us alive, but their hope was looking future, ours is present within us making it a present reality although the culmination will be in the future. The O.T. saints loved to attend to the Temple for worship, It is too bad that Christians today don't understand the great privilege of worship we have today. I go to hear what the Spirit of Christ has to say. I am not interested in man's opinions of the Bible. What a blessing we have in the indwelling of His Spirit, and so many neglect it or count worship as a common thing, it should be far from common, it should be powerful and Spirit filled. (sorry, got offtrack, but I can't help it when thinking on these things)

Ending, you didn't say what you thought one way or another, so I'm just responding to the highlighted section which you quoted, it wasn't answered by Brakel from what I could see.