The Covenant the Lord made with Abraham.
Yes, thank you. The Covenant God made with Abraham.
Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of
thy country, and from
thy kindred, and from
thy father's house, unto a land that
I will shew thee:
2 And (If you do these things) I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
4 So Abram departed,
as the LORD had spoken unto him; (Abraham obeyed because he believed Him)
Was this same Covenant offered to Cain?
7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee
shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Isn't this the same thing Jesus said as a man?
Matt. 16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any
man will come after me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross,
and follow me.
The covenant requirements: walk before Me and be blameless.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” Genesis 17:1-2
Example: because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.” Genesis 26:5
The Abrahamic Covenant became the New [refreshed] Covenant, when the Lord who made Covenant with Abraham became flesh, and shed His blood, confirming that covenant with His own blood as Abraham did with his.
This is why we are called "children of Abraham", through faith in Christ Jesus, because we are grafted into that Covenant.
Yes, that is why those who "cling to God" as Abraham did are called the Children of Abraham.
Notice the Covenant requirements are the same as the New Covenant:
- walk before Me and be blameless. Walk with Me in My Presence and be blameless
- Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh
JPT
Yes, God's Instructions are Spiritual. From Eve, to Cain, to Noah, To Abraham, humans have been given instruction in Righteousness which we are to have lodged in our mind to fight the battle of thoughts and "rule over the lusts of the Flesh".
These would include "Love the Lord your God", Don't Covet, Don't steal, etc.
So God remembered His Covenant with Abraham and gave, once again, to Abraham's Children "His Voice, His Commandments, His Statutes, and His Laws that Abraham obeyed.
But He also "ADDED" a law because of the Transgressions of the Covenant God created with Abraham, until Jesus, the Seed should come. This Added Law had to do with
#1.Administering God's Laws to the people. "
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (
for under it the people received the law,) (That God gave to Abraham)
#2. Perform ceremonial, sacrificial "works" to atone for the sin's of the People until the Seed should come.
Abraham had God's Laws, but he didn't have the Levitical Priesthood. He was justified "Apart from the Law".
Thank you JPT.
Added to God's Laws that were given to Abraham, because of transgression of God's Laws that were given to Abraham.
Exactly
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