Covenant
“The Bible is a harp with a thousand strings. Play on one to the exclusion of its relationship to the others, and you will develop discord. Play on all of them, keeping them in their places in the divine scale, and you will hear heavenly music all the time” (White) While this song may seem too complicated for a student to master at times, dedicated practice and learning to decipher each note results in a peaceful, harmonious outcome. Learning to read the music that is the Bible requires understanding the notes. The language God uses to relate to His people includes covenants, the promises and contracts He designed. Understanding the covenant promises of the Old Testament and how God fulfilled them through Jesus in the New Testament …show more content…
Just as the story of rebellion and redemption is repeated through scripture over and over again, the story of Abram follows the same pattern. The people of the day were rebelling against God and their arrogance angered God who dispersed them and confused their languages. God chose Abram, whose name He changed to Abraham, to rescue His people. Through him God created a great nation, a lineage that would bless all the people of the earth, and led the Israelites to their Promised Land. This covenant fulfilled in the New Testament both in a literal sense by restoring the land to Israel (Galations __) and in a spiritual sense by making Christ a home in man’s heart (Galations__). Paul shares that “Christ now lives within me” and that with His Spirit he is able to live as Christ’s ambassador and an instrument of His choosing (Galatians 2:20). Faith alone is the road to salvation Paul shares and he uses the covenant of Abraham to show that Jesus is the fulfillment of that …show more content…
The King, Jesus born from the family of David, is the fulfillment of that role (Farnell, 2012). Luke 1:30-33 shares the story of His birth and Revelations shares the story of His reign. A book that comes with a promise to the reader, “3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near” (Revelation 1:3, NIV) . The “King of King and Lord of Lords” will conquer evil and win the war against the enemies of God. He triumphantly rides in on a white horse. In this book one must come to terms with the realization that covenant requires a choice and in this last chapter of the Bible, that time is up for people trying to straddle the fence of faithfulness and rebellion
“The Bible is a harp with a thousand strings. Play on one to the exclusion of its relationship to the others, and you will develop discord. Play on all of them, keeping them in their places in the divine scale, and you will hear heavenly music all the time” (White) While this song may seem too complicated for a student to master at times, dedicated practice and learning to decipher each note results in a peaceful, harmonious outcome. Learning to read the music that is the Bible requires understanding the notes. The language God uses to relate to His people includes covenants, the promises and contracts He designed. Understanding the covenant promises of the Old Testament and how God fulfilled them through Jesus in the New Testament …show more content…
Just as the story of rebellion and redemption is repeated through scripture over and over again, the story of Abram follows the same pattern. The people of the day were rebelling against God and their arrogance angered God who dispersed them and confused their languages. God chose Abram, whose name He changed to Abraham, to rescue His people. Through him God created a great nation, a lineage that would bless all the people of the earth, and led the Israelites to their Promised Land. This covenant fulfilled in the New Testament both in a literal sense by restoring the land to Israel (Galations __) and in a spiritual sense by making Christ a home in man’s heart (Galations__). Paul shares that “Christ now lives within me” and that with His Spirit he is able to live as Christ’s ambassador and an instrument of His choosing (Galatians 2:20). Faith alone is the road to salvation Paul shares and he uses the covenant of Abraham to show that Jesus is the fulfillment of that …show more content…
The King, Jesus born from the family of David, is the fulfillment of that role (Farnell, 2012). Luke 1:30-33 shares the story of His birth and Revelations shares the story of His reign. A book that comes with a promise to the reader, “3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near” (Revelation 1:3, NIV) . The “King of King and Lord of Lords” will conquer evil and win the war against the enemies of God. He triumphantly rides in on a white horse. In this book one must come to terms with the realization that covenant requires a choice and in this last chapter of the Bible, that time is up for people trying to straddle the fence of faithfulness and rebellion