![]() Man, by his fall, having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second, commonly called the covenant of grace wherein he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved, and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life his Holy Spirit, to make them willing, and able to believe.Ĥ. The first covenant made with man was a covenant of works, wherein life was promised to Adam and in him to his posterity, upon condition of perfect and personal obedience.ģ. ![]() So what is the Mosaic Covenant, CoW, CoG or something else? ….Help please.Ģ. If God were progressively revealing a plan of redemption that would point towards the mediator of the Covenant why would He suddenly introduce a covenant that was not of Grace? I would probably lean towards the Mosaic Covenant being administration of the CoG as that makes sense to me. My problem is I can see arguments for all the positions laid out above and so I have kind of got myself confused. He then goes on to say that the Mosaic Covenant was not formally a CoG because a CoG requires not only obedience but also provides the strength to obey. Witsius seems to take a mediating view, in Book 4 of, ‘The Economy of the Covenants,’ he makes the point that the Mosaic Covenant was not formally a CoW because among other things a Cow cannot be made with a sinner. Palmer Robertson see the Mosaic Covenant as part of the CoG. Horton says that the Mosaic Covenant is really a republication of the CoW and backs that up with the, ‘this do and live,’ language used. Even under the old covenant, salvation was wholly of the Lord long before any good works could be present.I’ve already asked questions about the Mosaic Covenant but I’m still not sure if I completely get it. As the story goes, God rescued His people from slavery before revealing the Law (Ex. Such is God’s electing grace at work.Īlso, the Israelites were not required to obey the Law in order for the Lord to save them. Instead, the Lord chose Israel simply out of His good pleasure and love, the same pleasure and love by which He swore oaths to the patriarchs (Deut. For as we see in today’s passage, God is clear that nothing in the Israelites themselves moved Him to choose the nation and deliver it from Egypt. In particular, the exodus proves that the Mosaic covenant is rooted in the covenant of grace. There are four main elements of the Mosaic covenant: the exodus, the sealing of the old covenant, the giving of the Law, and the old covenant rituals. ![]() All the nations of the earth begin to find blessing as the Law is written and later proclaimed to the nations (Jonah 3). The Lord is present among Israel in the tabernacle as He keeps His word to bless Israel. A large number of families are constituted as a nation during the exodus from Egypt and brought to Canaan, which begins the first major fulfillment of God’s promise to the patriarch. Under the Mosaic covenant, God makes huge strides toward realizing the promises He made to Abraham (Gen. The Mosaic covenant further unfolds the Abrahamic covenant, both of these are unfolded by the Davidic covenant, and the new covenant displays the intent and purpose of these pacts most clearly of all. Later covenants do not supersede previous revelation rather, they help to reveal and expand the earlier covenants more fully. Secondly, we must also remember that the Lord’s revelation of redemption is progressively unfurled. It may include provisions that remind God’s people of the covenant of works, but we must not think that the Israelites who lived under the Mosaic covenant owed their salvation to works and not to grace. First, the Mosaic covenant is part of the broader covenant of grace. On account of this complexity, it will be helpful for us to keep in mind several things before we look at the details of the covenant that Moses mediated. Today we begin our examination of the Mosaic covenant, which is one of the most complex covenants found in Scripture.
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