Covenant Between God And Man (two)

In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram: with burning lamp
(…continues from part 1…)
2) Genesis 15:17-18 17) “And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. 18) In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:” and ‘covenant’ in verse 18 is berı̂yth (ber-eeth’): ‘a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); agreement,divine ordinance with signs or pledges.’ Who, from the verse above, made a covenant with whom? The name ‘LORD’ is the Hebraic Yahweh i.e. I AM THAT I AM or Jehovah. Jehovah God, according to this verse, made a covenant with Abram. What is the transactional compact? “Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:” which took historical place between God and man. According to tradition, Abram, the one who brought the elements of sacrifice, should be the one to walk between the pieces of the oblation in the promise of not reneging in the covenant. God chose to be the One to do that: for divine safe keeping of the covenant He entered with Abram. The LORD is good all the time!
Genesis 9:8-9 8) “And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, 9) And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;” again the Hebrews for ‘covenant’ is berı̂yth. From where comes the understanding of Damina’s and Oyakhilome’s didacticism: that “God does not have any covenant with man”? Some verses in this chapter lay credence to the reason for this compact. Genesis 9:11) “And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. 9:16) And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. 9:17) And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.”

A reminder of Genesis 17:9-10 – between Jehovah and Moses.
Genesis 17:9-10 9) “And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.10) This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” Berı̂yth shows that God did enter into a compact with Abraham.The circumcision, having an Old Testamentary economy of predominance, is a teacher of the New Testamentary disposition when the circumcision will no longer be of the flesh but very spiritual in that the Holy Spirit’s indwelling of the redeemed Church effects the much better circumcision of the heart. The circumcision, like the rainbow, is the token of compact between God and man: Christians.
Exodus 24:7-8 7) “And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8) And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.” It is of utmost importance for the congregation to have blood sprinkled on it. The wilderness assemblage is the typicality of the eventual body of Christ that would come into being when the Golgotha sanguinary shed will be for anyone who will believe in the finished work of the cross.
Joshua 9:14-15 14) “And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. 15) And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.” The Bible records that Joshua made a ‘league’ which in the Hebrew tongue is berı̂yth. What business transaction goes on between men is what went on between God and individuals like Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Jesus, the Good Shepherd, is the Light of the world.
Isaiah 42:6 “I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;” and again,‘covenant’, in this verse is berı̂yth. The prophet, here, brings to our knowledge Divine utterance he heard from God the Father, not to him (Isaiah), but to the Second Member of the Godhead in celestial discourse. Covenant and Light have salvific essence, ergo, properly Messianic. There is only one Messiah. Jesus is the Light that lights the life of everyone coming into the world. His Last Supper New Testamentary enactment, definitely, makes the entity of God’s call a person of righteousness in Jesus Christ. Through the Christ God’s covenant with man got an establishment.
Psalm 105:8-15 8) “He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. 9) Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; 10) And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: 11) Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: 12) When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. 13) When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14) He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15) Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.” Verses eight and ten have the Hebraic berı̂yth for ‘covenant;’ in verse nine the italicized ‘covenant’ is not an original Hebrew word: for it was put there by the translators for an easy understanding for English readers. These verses prove beyond doubt that God did enter into covenant with the children of Adam. Yes, His Divinity did!

Get born again by saying this simple prayer.
“Dear heavenly Father, I come to You now in the name of Jesus Christ. I believe in my heart that Jesus is the Son of God. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sin. I believe that You raised Him from the dead. I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and I receive Him now as my Lord and my Saviour. I give God all the glory. Amen!”
(…to be continued…)
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