Category: Bible
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 6: Palestinian Covenant
Palestinian Covenant During this time of the Patriarchs, God makes another major covenant with His people who are about to enter the Promised Land (from the Abrahamic Covenant). In Deuteronomy 30:1-10 God essentially introduces to Israel the principle “obedience would bring blessing and disobedience would bring discipline and possibly even disaster.” The specifics of the…
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 5: Patriarchs
Patriarchs One of the promised blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant was a nation or seed. Thus, one can conclude that Abraham would have a child as part of the promise. This also applies to the theocratic administration of the Kingdom program. If the administration were to continue, there needed to be a new administrator. This…
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 4: Abrahamic Covenant
Abrahamic Covenant The first patriarch, Abram (God later changes his name to Abraham in Gen. 17:5), is introduced in Genesis 11:27-31. God begins the new form of the theocratic administration by making a covenant with Abraham. The Abrahamic Covenant is defined as “God’s promise to the first patriarch, Abraham, which functions as the basis for Israel’s covenant with Yahweh.” The covenant starts…
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 3: Human Government
Human Government This administration starts with God giving Noah the same responsibility He gave to Adam: to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 9:1). Verse two goes on to say that “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bid of the heavens, upon…
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 2: Conscience
Conscience This earthly start of the theocratic administration was short lived because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and committed the first sin (Genesis 3). As a result, the Kingdom had a change in administration. First, God answered sin by creating law of conscience. He then administered His kingdom through this law of conscience. Men had to submit themselves to his law to submit…
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Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 1: Eden
Synthetic Chart This new series of posts is an explanation (with a synthetic chart included), where I have traced God’s Kingdom program and included the four major covenants that intertwine. What is presupposed is God has established a kingdom where he has the right to rule. Eden I started my chart with Eden because this is…
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How does the New Testament believer relate to the New Covenant?
As New Testament believers we relate to the New Covenant by receiving only in the spiritual blessings of the Covenant, but not the material blessings that are promised to Israel. Spiritual blessings: relationship with God forgiveness of sins a new mind a new heart the Holy Spirit Material blessings: restoration to the land rebuilding of…
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What is the Relationship Between Each of the Four Main Covenants? Part 5: Conclusion
In conclusion, the Abrahamic Covenant lays the foundation for the following covenants. God promises Abraham land, seed and blessings. From there, the Mosaic Covenant concentrates on how Abraham’s people are to live in the land and worship their God. The Davidic Covenant emphasizes and furthers the seed portion of the Abrahamic Covenant. The New Covenant…
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What is the Relationship Between Each of the Four Main Covenants? Part 4: New Covenant
The New Covenant is defined as a covenant between God and his people that is anticipated in the Old Testament (Jer 31:31) and fulfilled in the New Testament (Luke 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; Heb 9:15; 12:24). The new covenant involves forgiveness of sin, spiritual transformation, and the fulfillment of God’s promises to Israel.[1] Before going…
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What is the Relationship Between Each of the Four Main Covenants? Part 3: Davidic Covenant
The Lexham Bible Dictionary defines the Davidic Covenant as “the promise made by Yahweh that He would establish for King David a ‘house’ or a dynasty of kings who would perpetually reign over God’s people.”[1] Pentecost adds more to this simple definition by highlighting three promises God gives to David: a house, throne and kingdom.…
Surrendered and Free 