I finished up yesterday’s post by stating that the Abrahamic Covenant was an UNCONDITIONAL covenant as opposed to the Mosaic Covenant which was a CONDITIONAL covenant.
However, I need to explain a bit further because I think a lot of you are getting the wrong idea when I use the word “conditional”.
First, I think we’d all agree that the Abrahamic Covenant is a covenant based on the Lord’s grace, right?
In other words, HASHEM gave that covenant to Abraham as a free gift.
All Abraham had to do was accept it.
However, and here’s the kicker…
…the same goes for the Mosaic Covenant.
That’s right.
The Mosaic Covenant was also based on God’s grace.
Let’s use a contract as an analogy to get a better understanding.
This surely ain’t a perfect analogy but it will work for our purposes here today because it’s something we all understand.
I mean I’m pretty sure there isn’t one adult person out there who doesn’t have experience signing and dealing with contracts.
We use them when purchasing houses and cars and we have work contracts that define the terms and conditions of our jobs.
So in simple terms, what exactly is a contract?
In a nutshell, it’s a series of mutual obligations.
If one party fails to live up to the terms and conditions, what usually happens is that the courts step in to clean up the mess.
It’s a very rare thing that the contract is rendered null and void just because one side failed to live up to the contract’s obligations.
Let me say that again because this is the main point of my post today.
Rarely, if ever, is a contract cancelled just because one of the parties failed to live up to their obligations.
Got it?
Here’s my point:
The Mosaic Covenant was given to Israel as an act pure grace.
In other words, it was only Israel who even had the privilege and opportunity to enter into a relationship with the Creator of the Universe.
And once Israel accepted the covenant, they’re breaking the terms and conditions of that covenant did NOT result in the covenant being voided.
Rather…,they’re violation of the covenant only meant that they would be subjected to the penalties of the covenant (which they had agreed to pay).
Again, this is just like how most of our modern contracts work today.
So here’s what happened with Israel with regards to the Mosaic Covenant.
In exchange for all of the great blessings the Lord offered, Israel also accepted that they would accept certain negative consequences (the “curses”) if they failed to keep their end of the deal.
And that’s it.
I’m done.
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