However, the Land Covenant confirms the land promise of the Abrahamic Covenant and shows that while the blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant are conditional on obedience, the land promise is not. 13:15), so it seems strange that God would exile the Israelites from the land. God promised that Abraham’s descendants would possess the land forever (Gen. The Israelites will be able to obey God’s commands (Deut.God will place the curses of the Mosaic Covenant on their enemies (Deut.God will “circumcise” their hearts, making it so they will love Him (Deut.They will prosper and multiply in the land (Deut.They will be gathered to the land God gave their fathers (Deut.God will gather them from exile (Deut.Moses tells Israel that after they are punished and scattered: 28-30, Moses prophecies that Israel will experience the blessings of the Mosaic Covenant for their obedience, but they will eventually experience the curses of the Mosaic Covenant after they disobey and abandon it. The Land Covenant has several provisions. Deuteronomy 29:1 includes: “These are the words of the covenant the L ORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.” 1 So, the Land Covenant is a different covenant from the Mosaic Covenant that was made with the Israelites at Horeb. Although it is in the book of Deuteronomy, it is important to realize that this covenant is not part of the Mosaic Covenant. Basically, these three covenants serve to amplify the Abrahamic Covenant. As mentioned, they give more details into how the Abrahamic Covenant will be fulfilled. The Land, Davidic, and New Covenants are a little different from the previous covenants in that they are not initiated because of major changes in the condition of humanity. The Land, Davidic, and New Covenants are the last three covenants needing to be covered under the theme of biblical covenants. Similar to the last post, for each covenant, I am going to explain its stipulations, whether it is conditional or unconditional, and whether or not it has been completed. In this post, I am going to discuss these three covenants. All three covenants are extensions of the Abrahamic Covenant, and as such, each covenant is between God and Abraham’s descendants, and each covenant is unconditional. Namely, these covenants are the Land, Davidic, and New Covenants. God makes three additional covenants that give readers more details as to how the provisions of the Abrahamic Covenant will come to fruition. Yet the exile does not seem as dire for those who pay attention to the covenants throughout the narrative.
This exile seems to leave the biblical narrative at an impasse. While the Jews do obey God’s commands intermittently, and Israel flourishes under King David and King Solomon, the Jews eventually end up in exile. If the Jews obeyed God’s commands, He would bless them if they disobeyed His commands, He would punish them. The Mosaic Covenant was meant to help the nation Israel be a nation that would bring God’s glory to all nations through holy living. In contrast, God later made a conditional covenant with Israel through Moses. This was an unconditional and everlasting covenant, and God’s provisions would come to pass regardless of whether Abraham or the nation Israel kept the covenant. In particular, the Jews were chosen to show God’s glory to all the other nations as they were spreading across the globe.įirst, God made a covenant with Abraham and promised personal and national blessings for Abraham and his descendants and worldwide blessings through Abraham and his descendants. It was discussed that after God created the nations, He chose one of those nations to continue the mission of spreading His glory to world. In the last post, the biblical theme of covenant was continued, and we considered the Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants.
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