The Lord had said to Abram
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I never wrote that. Only that there were consequences for not coming near to Him as instructed. God can still use “good” especially when it preserves lives.
Good is one of those pesky words with many definitions like world, father, establish, etc. When I was in construction often a large piece of material would need to be handled by two or three guys. One guy would spot while the two others would work to put it in place. When the material met the line to gain, the spotter would say “That’s good” and the other two guys would stop moving it. Here, good meant “properly in place” not the opposite of evil. From that place we could continue to build.
The same was with God at Sinai.
“The law was added for transgressions”
Even so, God still continued to build with the Jews at Sinai. For their sake it was important to know that He could. So He called their starting position “good”. He never stopped building with the people of promise, though. That covenant, 430 years prior to Sinai, could not be replaced. From that covenant He established His House.
Good is one of those pesky words with many definitions like world, father, establish, etc. When I was in construction often a large piece of material would need to be handled by two or three guys. One guy would spot while the two others would work to put it in place. When the material met the line to gain, the spotter would say “That’s good” and the other two guys would stop moving it. Here, good meant “properly in place” not the opposite of evil. From that place we could continue to build.
The same was with God at Sinai.
“The law was added for transgressions”
Even so, God still continued to build with the Jews at Sinai. For their sake it was important to know that He could. So He called their starting position “good”. He never stopped building with the people of promise, though. That covenant, 430 years prior to Sinai, could not be replaced. From that covenant He established His House.
You did not say that what the people said about only Moses speaking to God was "bad", but you that their refusal to come close to God was a "transgression", which I understand is something "bad".
The main part of the law, the Ten Commandments, was given before the people told Moses to speak to God by himself. So the law was not given because the people told Moses to speak to God by himself.
I understand Galatians 3:19 differently, that the transgressions refer to the sins in the world in general, and not specifically Israel's refusal to hear God directly. Also, that without the law, there would be no "transgression" of the law, but God wanted people to be able to know that their sins were "transgressions" of God's holy standard.
Romans 5:13 NKJV (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
The main part of the law, the Ten Commandments, was given before the people told Moses to speak to God by himself. So the law was not given because the people told Moses to speak to God by himself.
I understand Galatians 3:19 differently, that the transgressions refer to the sins in the world in general, and not specifically Israel's refusal to hear God directly. Also, that without the law, there would be no "transgression" of the law, but God wanted people to be able to know that their sins were "transgressions" of God's holy standard.
Romans 5:13 NKJV (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
These are all accounts after the fact. It’s difficult to address these things when we deal with timelessness and time. What is true in eternity is always true but not seen until a set moment in time.
So even though God knew He would have to add the law, the reason for it was not seen until a certain time on Sinai. The law was added, not as a part of the original plan, but as a contingent.It aided the promise of the truth that the Son would come through the people of promise, so the law bounds and limits around the consequences of sin as well as a way to atone, moment by moment, for them.
The “holy standard” of the law was a pale substitute for Christ, who is the exclusive One accepted by God: there is no other way or half-measure to be counted acceptable by God’s judgement than by inclusion in Him. That’s why the promise at Sinai never vested in the Jews as a people: only by translocating into Him, by death, can anyone be considered “His own special people” or “a kingdom of priests”.
So even though God knew He would have to add the law, the reason for it was not seen until a certain time on Sinai. The law was added, not as a part of the original plan, but as a contingent.It aided the promise of the truth that the Son would come through the people of promise, so the law bounds and limits around the consequences of sin as well as a way to atone, moment by moment, for them.
The “holy standard” of the law was a pale substitute for Christ, who is the exclusive One accepted by God: there is no other way or half-measure to be counted acceptable by God’s judgement than by inclusion in Him. That’s why the promise at Sinai never vested in the Jews as a people: only by translocating into Him, by death, can anyone be considered “His own special people” or “a kingdom of priests”.