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Understanding Old Testament Covenants and Redemption

December 3, 2024Covenants, God's Covenant

In the post immediately preceding this one, we saw that God answered the sin of Babel in two ways. He judged the wicked by confusing the language and scattering men over the earth. He saved the seed of the woman by calling Abraham. This pattern of spiritual crisis for the seed of the woman and…

The Mosaic Covenant 5: The Law and the Promise

June 22, 2023Covenants

In Galatians 3:15-18, the apostle teaches us what the law did not do: it did not annul or change the promise of God to Abraham. That promise remained throughout the Old Testament, was fulfilled in Christ, and stands for Gentile believers even today. Justification and the inheritance have never been by the works of the…

The Mosaic Covenant 4: The Law and the Promise

June 15, 2023Covenants

In Galatians 3 the apostle Paul shows us that the covenant God made with Israel does not annul, replace or change the covenant he made with Abraham. Instead, the law was a schoolmaster to bring Israel to Christ. In this session we look at Galatians 3:1-18, and what the law does not do in regard…

The Mosaic Covenant 3: The Covenant in Deuteronomy

June 8, 2023Covenants

Deuteronomy is the words of God's covenant which he made with Israel before they entered the land of Canaan (Dt 29:1). Its laws relate especially to Israel's conquest of and life in the promised land, and it gives great prominence to the blessings and curses of the covenant. The Lord never broke his covenant with…

The Mosaic Covenant 1: The Book of the Covenant

May 25, 2023Covenants

Overview of Exodus 19 to 24 and the Book of the Covenant (Ex 24:7) given by God to Moses and written down by Moses for the people of Israel.

God’s Covenant with Abraham, Part 6: Faith Counted as Righteousness

May 19, 2023Covenants

Genesis 15:6 says that Abraham believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. The Apostle Paul explains the meaning of it in Romans 4 and Galatians 3, and he applies it to all who believe as Abraham did, even the Gentiles. Abraham's salvation was the same as, and by the same…

God’s Covenant with Abraham, Part 5: You and Your Children

May 12, 2023Covenants

In Genesis 17:7 God promised Abraham, "I will establish my covenant between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you." He kept this promise throughout the Old Testament. But he also gave the same promise to believers in…

Covenant with Abraham: Part 4

May 4, 2023Covenants

Hear how God first fulfilled his promises to Abraham when he multiplied Israel in Egypt, gave them the land of Canaan and appointed David as their king. But these were only typical fulfillments. The spiritual realities to which these promises pointed were the gathering in of the Gentiles, heaven and the great king, our Lord…

God’s Covenant with Abraham, Part 3

April 27, 2023Covenants

God fulfills to Abraham the key promise, that Abraham and Sarah will have a son, and then tests Abraham's faith by commanding him to offer that son. Abraham's faith in the promise is strong, and he does what God commands, believing that God is able to raise Isaac from the dead if that is necessary…

God’s Covenant with Abraham, Part 2

April 20, 2023Covenants

An Overview of Genesis chapters 14 to 20 that shows how the Lord continued to work with Abram to strengthen and inform his faith by repeating and confirming his promises. Though God spoke his promises numerous times to Abraham, he made only two formal covenants with him. They are recorded in Genesis 15 and Genesis…