Covenant is God’s earnest desire to become intimate with humanity, to join Himself to humans. With Abraham, we have seen God commit Himself totally, to the death if He should break Covenant, fourteen years before Abraham is called upon to reciprocate through Circumcision. With Jonathan and David, we discover that the foundation of Covenant is […]
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Jehovah defines His Glory in Exodus 33 and 34 as His goodness, Covenant, grace, mercy, Love, forgiveness and justice. Because these are qualities and not objects, what Moses sees when God shows him His Glory would have to be the history of Genesis and of the first part of Exodus. In Genesis in particular, Covenant
So far the topics presented identify the deep desire of God to be with us, and that Love must be the core source and expression of the relationship of Covenant. Other topics emphasize how Abraham’s Covenant is a dramatic expression of grace, and it is grace with a broader reach than just for the descendents
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In one sense one can say that Abraham is a pivotal person in the development of Covenant in the Bible, but that really is not true. It is not him, but what Jehovah does with him that is pivotal. With this Old Testament figure, as discussed previously, God reveals powerful images of what His Covenant
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The deeper I got into Covenant, certain passages were turned on their ear. Genesis 18 is one of them. When I came to the call of Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3, I thought I already knew the promises that God gives to Abraham. There is the promise for the special Land (“to a Land that I
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“I took my staff, Kindness/Grace, and cut it in two, that I might break the Covenant which I had made with all the peoples. So it was broken on that day…” [Zechariah 11:10-11]. The scene is dramatic. The prophet Zechariah is in the role of a shepherd, and, representing Jehovah, he takes his staff, Grace
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Genesis 15 is the most unique of all the Covenants in the Old Testament. Well, maybe second most unique if you include the creation of Man as God breathes into man’s nostrils the breath of Life. Yet on the other hand, the Covenant in chapter 15 does have some exclusive elements, especially in the degree
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Back in my schooling, I was taught that Covenant was basically an adaptation of something like a suzerainty treaty during Biblical times. Often I hear Covenant being defined as a contract type relationship. The more I have learned about Covenant, the more I am utterly dissatisfied with those characterizations of this relationship. The more I
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In the fall of 2010, a Bible Study group had ended its current study and a member had asked to do something on Heaven. Preparing the study, I was looking at Revelation 21:3-4 (and other passages as well): Behold, God’s dwelling is with men: He will dwell with them, and they shall be His People;
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It’s been a 20 year journey, but it has been well worth the effort. I’m Jim Lindemann, a pastor from a long line of pastors in the family. Many concerns and viewpoints in regard to theology and the Bible have been handed down through the generations and I am proud to be the recipient of
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