08 - The Prophets and the New Covenant

This article, though it stands in its own right, is intended to be a lead-in to the one which follows; namely ‘The Law on the Believer's Heart'.
I begin with the key text.
A look at 1 Peter 1:8-12
Peter, addressing believers, could say to them:
Believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith – the salvation of your souls. Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when he testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven (1 Pet. 1:8-12).