Welcome to the Fellowship of God’s Covenant People website. We are a local church in northern Kentucky professing the Christian Israel truth since 1987. Our founder is Pastor Don Elmore who has dedicated his life and energies to the Gospel of the Kingdom. Our non-denominational ministry of Covenant believers is a worldwide mission to proclaim two basic premises. The first is to teach who the true Israelites are in the world today and secondly to expose those who falsely lay claim to the title of Israel. Thus, with knowledge and understanding of biblical identities, we can bring a Light unto the world, following both Old and New Testaments, to abide and be in agreement with the commandments of Jesus Christ, “To go not into the way of the heathen… but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Mt. 10:5-6). Please click on the ‘About’ tab above to learn more about the unique history of the FGCP. It is our prayer that as you peruse our website, featuring weekly sermons and monthly articles from the New Covenant Messenger newsletter, that you will be encouraged and blessed to seek the truth of God. We hope you find our website both interesting and challenging enough so that your hunger for the Word will enhance your spiritual growth and gain a greater relationship with that Great Shepherd of the sheep. Thank you for your visit and as we say in Kentucky, ‘ya’ll come back.’
Et tu, Brute?” from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Just seconds before the assassination of the Roman emperor and being stabbed to death, Caesar sees one of the young Senators with knife in hand and exclaims “you also?” Imagine the last words out of your mouth is the surprising question to someone you thought was a loyal friend, but instead your executioner. To live by the sword is to die by the sword has become a common refrain for pacifism, but Jesus' admonition to Peter lobbing off the ear of the high priest's SWAT team member was not anti-sword; it was protecting Peter from being arrested himself, even though Peter was just trying to protect his Master. After Jesus was betrayed by Judas, the cops moved in to make the arrest. In hindsight, Peter should have aimed his sword at Judas, but this was a perfect moment of predestination as Jesus told him, “Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?" John 18:11. The metaphor of a cup often signifies a measure of divine affliction, possibly derived from the custom of some nations putting someone to death with a cup of poison. Jesus had come to die as a sacrifice for sin and betrayal was a necessary ingredient to teach us many lessons which we'll explore today.