What is this post suppose to mean?
I think it’s just a quote from prophecy that explains what happened with israels covenant and why it was broken
remember this when he gave them the law ?
“See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.”
Deuteronomy 30:15-18 KJV
they chose the latter and fulfilled the curse
it was either or if you obey you’ll be blessed in the land , if you don’t obey and turn away and worship other gods you will be utterly destroyed from the land
The old covenant is based upon what
the law said to them not what Jesus promised us in the new testsment Christian’s look back and think israel had an unconditional promosed covenant but they didn’t they had a strict law that had to be observed perfectly that offered either blessing or a curse based upon tier own deeds alone how they acted under the law ups determine thier end and the manner of their covenant it could be good or evil a blessing or curse life or death based on thier actions
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that
I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore
choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV
They could choose life or death blessing or cursing based on if they kept the entire law
“See, I have
set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;”
Deuteronomy 30:15 KJV
The law isn’t Abraham’s covenant it’s the children of Israel’s covenant it’s like ishmael it was born first but the second is the chosen the first son of Abraham was cast out of his house and didn’t receive any inheritance from Abraham only the promised seed receives the entire inheritance
that’s an allegory for the two covenants one came first but was cast out when the second came just like ishmael was born first but cast out when Isaac was born so he couldnt inherit from Abraham
Abraham’s two sons allegorically represent the old and new covenants
“For it is written, that
Abraham had two sons,
the
one by a bondmaid,( ishmael born to Hagar )
the
other by a freewoman.( Isaac born to Sarah by Gods promise )
But
he who was of the bondwoman ( ishmael old covenant )
was born after the flesh;
but he of the freewoman was by promise. ( Isaac new covenant )
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants;
the one
from the mount Sinai, ( old covenant through Moses )
which gendereth to bondage, which is Hagar . For
this hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, ( earthly Jerusalem ) and is
in bondage with her children.
But
Jerusalem which is above( heavenly Jerusalem ) is free, which is
the mother of us all.
Nevertheless what saith the scripture?
Cast out the bondwoman and her son: ( old covenant from Sinai ) for
the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. ( old covenant doesn’t inherit what the new does )
So then, brethren,
we are not children of the bondwoman, ( old covenant ) but of the free.”( new covenant )
Galatians 4:22-26, 30-31 KJV
when you read about ishmael and isaacs life it becomes
the best allegory one has ever been told and makes perfect sense and helps us understand the two covenants
The idea is Paul is telling us we aren’t born from the law we’re born from the gospel , we don’t have the laws rewards of a land on this earth , we have the gospels promise of a new heaven and new earth where no sin will ever exist but only everlasting righteousness
The covenant made at Sinai ruled the entire Old Testament because it was either a blessing g or curse you see Israel prosper when they are obedient for a generation or two and then you see then suffer terrible cirses and terrible slaughters and evils befall then when they turn against the lord and worship false gods
That’s really throughout the Old Testament eventually God promised because they had broken and defiles his covenant he would send Jesus to call them to repentance as a last chance for Israel’s covenant to be saved they rejected and killed him accusing him by Moses law that was the final straw the murder of Jesus
