Adamic Covenant Roles

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The Adamic covenant described the first man, father, and even creation. Mankind was created by God the father during the creation shown in the book of genesis. Mankind was created by God out of clay and their purpose was to worship God and to have something to share the creation he just made. In that way this covenant sets the foundation for every covenant because in this covenant the world and mankind is created. Mankind is put in the state at which they can sin and be hurt.

The Adamic covenant like other covenants shows the five rolled of the mediator from God to man. One of the most obvious examples of the roles of the mediator being shown is the first born son. The main example is Adam is the literal fo at born son being the first man God created to share his creation with. He like Jesus also had no man made father. The Adamic covenant also shows the role of king being the ruler to caretaker for and protect creation, a responsibility that will be passed down to the rest of humanity. Adam is also shown to be a priest this is shown by caring and helping the garden grow. The next role is the prophet which is
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It started when his mother hid him in a basket to avoid being killed. This is like when Jesus had to escape to Egypt to avoid being killed as a baby. After dodging the danger in the Nile he was found by the pharaoh 's daughter and was raided as her son along Ramsey. After killing an Egyptian harming asleep he escapes and becomes a Shepherd. This will after show people to look to Jesus as a savior because like Moses the savior of their people isn 't a rich king but is instead a Shepard. Moses then uses the plagues to convince the pharaoh to let the Israelites go. This again ties into jesus with his miracles. Moses then leads his people on a 40 year trip to the promised land. This is like when Jesus takes a 40 day trip through the desert to Jerusalem where he would later save

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