In eternal life, which belongs to the New Testament: (a) as to actual aquisition obtained by the blood of Christ (which in the Old Testament was only moral); (b) as to the actual entrance of Christ as man into heaven, as the true sanctuary, into which he entered as a forerunner, not only for himself, but also for us (Heb. 6:20); (c) as to a far more illustrious manifestation (2 Tim. 1:10), which in the Old Testament was more obscure (Heb. 9:8)—hence confidence and hope is far greater, all fear of death being removed, entering now within the veil (Heb. 6:19); (d) as to the more frequent promises, which regard solely eternal life, those being removed which have reference to this life and its prolongation (which were far more frequent under the Old Testament).

Francis Turretin |  Institutes of Elenctic Theology, 12.7.46, ed. James T. Dennison Jr., trans. George Musgrave Giger, vol. 2 (P&R Publishing, 1992–97), 232–33.

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