Repentance is usually taught like it belongs to everybody the same way. But the Bible shows something deeper. If sin is transgression of the law, and God gave His law, statutes, judgments, covenants, and promises to Israel, then repentance is not just an emotional apology. Repentance is Israel being called back to covenant.
A lot of confusion in modern preaching comes from this one problem: men like covenant language, but they do not like covenant boundaries. They will preach promise. They will preach mercy. They will preach elect. They will preach kingdom. They will preach salvation. They will preach the return of Christ. They will preach the New Jerusalem. But when it is time to ask the plain question, who did God say the covenant was with, the room gets quiet, the language gets vague, and sud
