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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.