Old vs New Covenant

This morning was our last Holy Spirit study. It was a great blessing to me preparing for it these last six weeks, and I feel a much better grasp of His Person and work. One thing that kept coming up these last two weeks was the incredible difference between the Old and New Covenant...that's always been a somewhat complicated concept to me, but I came across this very helpful chart that really compared the two covenants nicely. So, here you are:

SIMPLE COMPARISON OF
THE OLD COVENANT vs NEW COVENANT
THE OLD COVENANT	THE NEW COVENANT
LAW	GRACE
WORKS	FAITH
WORK	REST
FOCUS IS ON EXTERNALS	FOCUS IS ON INTERNALS
LAW IS EXTERNAL	LAW IS INTERNAL
FLESH EMPOWERED	SPIRIT EMPOWERED
LIVING UNDER THE LAW BEARS FRUIT FOR	LIVING BY THE SPIRIT BEARS FRUIT FOR
DEATH - E.G. STEALS JOY	LIFE - E.G. PRODUCES JOY
DEMANDS	FULFILS DEMAND IN FINISHED
WORKS OF THE FLESH	WORK OF CHRIST
PRACTICAL EFFECT ON LIVING...	PRACTICAL EFFECT ON LIVING...
BONDAGE	LIBERTY
SLAVERY	FREEDOM
BRINGS	BRINGS
SPIRITUAL DEATH	SPIRITUAL LIFE
MINISTRY OF	MINISTRY OF
CONDEMNATION	RIGHTEOUSNESS
PICTURE OF CHRIST	PERSON OF CHRIST
A PALE SHADOW (Shadow)	THE EXACT IMAGE (Substance)
INAUGURATED AT MT. SINAI	CONSUMMATED (RATIFIED) AT MT ZION
MOSES MEDIATED	CHRIST MEDIATES
SEPARATE & DISTINCT FROM	EXTENSION & AMPLIFICATION OF
ABRAHAMIC COVENANT	ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
TEMPORARY	EVERLASTING
EARTHLY TENT	HEAVENLY TABERNACLE
TEMPORAL	ETERNAL
SINS COVERED	SINS FORGIVEN
(Yom Kippur once a year)	(Sent away forever)
CONTINUAL SACRIFICES	ONE SACRIFICE
CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY SINS	TAKES AWAY SINS FOR ALL TIME
(Blood of animals)	(Body and blood of Christ)
CANNOT CONVEY A CLEAR CONSCIENCE	CONVEYS A CLEAR CONSCIENCE
CONDITIONALCOVENANT	UNCONDITIONAL COVENANT
GOAL OF LAW	GOAL OF NEW COVENANT
REMINDER OF SIN	REMISSION OF SIN
DISCOVERS SIN	DEFEATS SIN
CONDEMNS SINNER	CONDEMNS SIN
TUTOR LEADS TO SAVIOR	TUTOR NO LONGER NECESSARY
LAW WRITTEN ON STONE	LAW WRITTEN ON HEART
"I WILL DO"	"I WILL DO BY HIS SPIRIT"
DESIRE TO OBEY	DESIRE TO OBEY
BUT NO INTERNAL POWER	RESURRECTION POWER WITHIN
DON’T COME TOO CLOSE	DRAW NEAR WITH CONFIDENCE
NO HOPE TO HOLD US	A SURE HOPE TO HOLD FAST & HOLD US FAST