God's Covenant with Moses

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God's Covenant with Moses “Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all my nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation” A covenant was a legal agreement that set out the terms of a relationship between 2 or more parties. The covenant was the basis of Israel’s relationship with god, the covenant was god’s initiative and the people of Israel were to accept the terms of the covenant and try to be obedient to them. The covenant allowed the people to have an intimate relationship with god and it set them apart from others to be a holy nation. “I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your god and the god of the descendants after you. There were 2 main types of covenant, Promissory and obligatory. The covenant between god and the people of Israel was however a mixture of both. The promissory aspect of the cove...

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