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OLD TESTAMENTCERTIFICATE IV
ASSESSMENT TASK
Application Task
THE ABRAHAMIC AND MOSAIC COVENANTS OF THE
OLD TESTAMENTJUAN CABRALES
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INTRODUCTION
Both the Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are the great
importance; because both has played a very distinguish role
in God’s redemptive plan of Salvation.
a) The Abrahamic Covenant speaks of that Salvation is by
faith alone and Justification has always been by faith in
God based on the work of Christ and not ours (Gen. 15:6;
Gal. 3:6).
b) The Mosaic Covenant speaks of the Law given at Mount
Sinai and The 613 laws reveal our inability to be
righteous in our selves (Rom. 3:19; 5:20; 7:7) and should
drive us to the cross (Gal. 3:19-25).
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT OF THE
OLD TESTAMENT.
The initial promise.
1. A land that God shall show him.
2. A great nation, a great name. (The promise of descendants)
3. A blessing to all the families of the earth.( Through the seed
which is Christ Jesus)
Gen 12:1 And Jehovah said to Abram, Go out of your country, and from your kindred, and
from your father's house into a land that I will show you. 12:2 And I will make you a
great nation. And I will bless you and make your name great. And you shall be a blessing.
Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations through
faith, preached the gospel before to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all nations be
blessed."
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THE THEOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional. This
covenant make known God's plan to save his people and
take them into his land. The Old Covenant with the nation
of Israel and the promised land is a provisional picture of
what is achieved by the New Covenant where Jesus
actually purchased his people and will take them to be
with him forever in the new heavens and new earth.
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H I S T O R I C A L B A C K G R O U N D A N D C U LT U R A L C O N T E X T O F T H E A B R A H A M I C C OV E N A N T.
A. Abraham lived in rural and polytheistic culture that he
received from his ancestors.
Joshua 24:2 And Joshua said to all the people, So says Jehovah, the God of
Israel, Your fathers lived Beyond the River in times past, Terah the father of
Abraham, and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods.
B. God initiated His covenant with Abram when he was living
in Ur of the Chaldeans, promising a land, descendants and
blessing. (Genesis 12:1-3)
C. Abram went with his family to Haran, lived there for a time,
and left at the age of 75. (Genesis 12:4-5)
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H I S T O R I C A L B A C K G R O U N D A N D C U LT U R A L C O N T E X T O F T H E A B R A H A M I C C OV E N A N T.
D. After Lot separated from Abram, God again promised the
land to him and his descendants. (Genesis 13:14-17)
E. This covenant was ratified when God passed between the
sacrificial animals Abram laid before God. (Genesis 15:1-
21)
F. When Abram was 99 God renewed His covenant, changing
Abram’s name to Abraham (“Father of a Multitude”). Sign
of the covenant: circumcision. (Genesis 17:1-27).
G. Confirmation of the covenant because of Abraham’s
obedience. (Genesis 22:15-18)
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THE TREATMENT OF THE ABRAHAMIC
COVENANT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR CHRISTIAN
TODAY.
A. The Abrahamic covenant is foundational to all of
Scripture. It is the key to both the Old and New
Testaments and is foundational to the whole program of
redemption. All subsequent revelation is the outworking
of this covenant. This covenant, and the subsequent
covenant framework, is the key to understanding
Scripture. [Steven L. McAvoy, “Abrahamic Covenant” in
Mal Couch, ed., Dictionary of Premillennial Theology
(Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1996), p. 27.] ©
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THE TREATMENT OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR CHRISTIAN
TODAY.
B. The relevance of the Abrahamic covenant for Christians today
is that an individual's trust, “by faith,” in the physical Seed of
Abraham, Jesus Christ, brings the universal blessing available
to all families of the earth (Gal. 3:16).
C. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the
Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand,
[saying], "In you all the nations shall be blessed." So then
those who [are] of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
(Galatians 3:8-9 NKJV)
D. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
(Galatians 3:26 NKJV)
E. And if you [are] Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and
heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:29 NKJV)
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THE MOSAIC COVENANT
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MOSAIC
COVENANT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT It is important on the basis of that men are incapable of
fulfilling the law and consequently proves that the law
never was designed to make men righteous before God.
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THE THEOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE
MOSAIC COVENANT
It indicates that the law was like a trainer, a tutor that
looked after us for a while to take us to Christ.
Galatians 3:24 So that the Law has become a trainer of us until Christ, that
we might be justified by faith. 3:25 But faith coming, we are no longer under
a trainer.
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THE MOSAIC COVENANT
III.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CULTURAL CONTEXT
OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT.
A. History tells us that the Hebrew people lived in slavery,
suffering and in a subjugating culture for 400 years until
Moses brought them out of Egypt by the mighty hand of
God into the wilderness to be separated for God.
B. In the Mount Sinai God made a conditional covenant with
them, in which God gave them the Law to live by.
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THE MOSAIC COVENANT
IV. THE TREATMENT OF THE MOSAIC COVENANT IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR CHRISTIAN TODAY.
A. The Mosaic covenant has fulfilled its purpose in bringing us
to Christ the New Covenant.
Its application is that it still show us that we all are sinners and it
cannot and will not put us right before God by just doing the
works of the Law. Justification is only and ever will be throughout
Jesus Christ by accepting the work that He did at the Cross.
James 2:10 For whoever shall keep the whole Law and yet offend in one point, he
is guilty of all.