Though the former Law covenant was in a sense made “obsolete ” when Jehovah announced through Jeremiah that He would conclude a new covenant with Israel, it did not actually end until the new covenant went into effect.
नव्या करारामुळे, यहुद्यांनाच नाही तर सुंता न झालेल्या विदेश्‍यांनाही आत्मिक इस्राएलचे सदस्य बनण्याची संधी मिळाली.