1950 This Means Everlasting Life - A2Z.org
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NO SELF-SALVATION BY THE LAW 53 7 For over fifteen centuries of time God taught the natural descendants of Abraham that they could gain a righteous standing with God only in the way that their forefather did, by faith . Men cannot have righteousness legislated into them by some imperfect human political government, and neither can they justify themselves or prove themselves righteous by their own works of selfrighteousness . To teach this, Jehovah God established a covenant with the Israelites four hundred and thirty years after he first made his promise to Abraham concerning the blessing of all families of the earth by means of him . This was in the third month after the Israelites had celebrated the first passover in Egypt and Jehovah had rescued them from that land. These Israelites were Abraham's natural descendants through his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob, whose name God changed to Israel . The twelve tribes of Israel were now at the base of the Mount of God, Mount Sinai in Arabia, and the prophet Moses was acting as their mediator between God and man. Through Moses Jehovah God said to them : "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself . Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation ." The Israelites agreed to enter this covenant 7. What covenant did God establish to show righteousness is not by self-works? With whom and when?
54 "THIS MEANS EVERLASTING LIFE" with God to be his holy nation . The third day after that he gave them the Ten Commandments, the fundamental law of his covenant or compact with them .-Exodus 19 :1 to 20 :18, ASV. 8 Jehovah God continually laid stress on the need of a great sacrifice acceptable to him. He showed that when he commanded Abraham to offer his son for sacrifice . The passover was made a feature of the Law covenant with the Israelites, and so that covenant with them was really made down in Egypt when they sacrificed the passover lamb and sprinkled its blood on their doorposts and lintels . When this Law covenant was inaugurated at Mount Sinai, Moses had more sacrifices offered and he sprinkled their blood . The inspired apostle makes the following comment on this : 9 "Consequently neither was the former covenant inaugurated without blood . For when every commandment according to the Law had been spoken by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of the young bulls and of the goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled the book itself and all the people, saying : This is the blood of the covenant which God has laid as a charge upon you .' And he sprinkled the tent and all the vessels of the public service likewise with the blood. Yes, nearly all things are cleansed with blood according to the Law, and unless blood is poured out no forgiveness takes place."-Hebrews 9 :18-22, NW. e, 9. How did God continually lay stress on the need of a sacrifice?
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NO SELF-SALVATION BY THE LAW 53<br />
7 For over fifteen centuries of time God taught<br />
the natural descendants of Abraham that they<br />
could gain a righteous standing with God only in<br />
the way that their forefather did, by faith . Men<br />
cannot have righteousness legislated into them by<br />
some imperfect human political government, and<br />
neither can they justify themselves or prove themselves<br />
righteous by their own works of selfrighteousness<br />
. To teach this, Jehovah God established<br />
a covenant with the Israelites four hundred<br />
and thirty years after he first made his<br />
promise to Abraham concerning the blessing of<br />
all families of the earth by means of him . <strong>This</strong><br />
was in the third month after the Israelites had<br />
celebrated the first passover in Egypt and Jehovah<br />
had rescued them from that land. These Israelites<br />
were Abraham's natural descendants<br />
through his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob,<br />
whose name God changed to Israel . The twelve<br />
tribes of Israel were now at the base of the Mount<br />
of God, Mount Sinai in Arabia, and the prophet<br />
Moses was acting as their mediator between God<br />
and man. Through Moses Jehovah God said to<br />
them : "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians,<br />
and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and<br />
brought you unto myself . Now therefore, if ye<br />
will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant,<br />
then ye shall be mine own possession from among<br />
all peoples : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall<br />
be unto me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation<br />
." The Israelites agreed to enter this covenant<br />
7. What covenant did God establish to show righteousness<br />
is not by self-works? With whom and when?