1. The Kingdom of Covenants Mosaic/Sinai Covenant

2. Reasons for Covenants Gods Original intent: A perfect man in the image of God ruling over a perfect world as God’s representative. Man’s rebellion: corrupted mankind and world, spiritually and physically. God’s Goal in History: Restoration of man and world to a perfect state. Gods means: To create a prefect instrument to restore the blessing to the whole world.

3. Abrahamic Covenant Mosaic Covenant 3 Emphases Blessing LandSeed References: Gen 12: 1-3, 15:1-21, 17:1-22 Question: What? Gen 3:15

4. Basics of the Covenant (Ex. 19:3-6) It answers the „When-Question“ Exodus 19:3-6 – God establishes trustworthiness (3-4) – God‘s demands (5a) Condition for promises: Obedience to God‘s revealed will – God‘s promise (5b-6) Treasured people Priestly people Holy people

6. Basics of the Covenant (Ex. 19:3-6) Purpose: To make Israel a righteous instrument which he can bless and through which the world can be blessed. – He had done it with Abraham and Jacob, etc. before He will bring about the Abrahamic covenant when they are truly and fully devoted to him „Circumcise the foreskin of your heart“ (Deut. 10:16, cf. Deut. 6:5)

7. Condition & Promises (Lev. 26:3-13, cf. Deut. 28:1-14) Condition: „If you walk in my statues“ Promises – Physical blessing (4-10) – Spiritual blessing (11-12) Purchase of Israel (v13)

8. “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” (1 Cor. 6:19b-20)

9. Punishments of the Covenant (Lev 26:14-39, Deut. 28:15-68) Hard punishment for not „walking in his statues“ – „sevenfold for your sins“ (v18, 21,24) – Five stages of punishment Purpose of punishment – Repentance (40-41) – Blessing (42)

10. Will Israel fail/succeed?

11. Patriarchal Narratives Faith Gen 15:6 Response to Moses Faith Exod 4:31 Response to Moses Faith Exod 14:31 Intro to Sinai Narrative Faith (?) Exod 19:9 Wilderness Narratives (People) No Faith! Num 14:11 Deuter- onomy: No Faith! Dt 1:32; 9:23 Wilderness Narratives (Moses) No Faith! Num 20:12 Exodus Narrative Wilderness Narrative „Faith“ theme of the 5 books of Moses Mosaic Covenant

12. Certainty of the coming Judgment (Deut 4:25-28) God predicts that they will sin (v25) – „When...“ not „if...“ as in Lev. 26 – “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the LORD your God has banished you” (Deut. 30:1) God predicts that judgment will come (4:26- 28)

13. Is Moses selling the Law?

14. National Repentance will come (Deut. 4:29-31) Reason for repentance: God‘s judgment Future climactic judgment by God (heb. ‚tsar‘) – „In the last/latter days“ (cf. Hos. 3:4-5, Dan. 12:1) As a result: – Israel will be fully devoted to God (cf. Deut 30:1-2) – God‘s compassion will bring it about (Deut. 30:6)

15. Blessing (Deut. 30:3-10) National redemption „restore fortunes“ Re-gathering to the Land (3-5a) Multiplication of the Population (5b) Transforation and Purification (6-8) Seed is prosperous in the land (9-10) Message for Israelites and us today (v10) Don‘t wait, repent!

17. Abrahamic Covenant Mosaic Covenant 3 Emphases Blessing LandSeed References: Gen 12: 1-3, 15:1-21, 17:1-22 Condition: Total national devotion to God (Ex. 19:5-6, Lev. 26, Deut. 28) Promise: God will enable Israel to fulfill the condition (Deut. 4 & 30:1-10) Question: When? Question: What? Gen 3:15