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judgments which if a man do he shall live."--Lev. 18:5; see alsoRom. 10:5, and 7:7,12,13,16.Therefore, when God made this second covenant, he knew thatIsrael would never realize the promises therein given, becausethey would not be able to keep it--all being sinners--for "by thedeeds of the Law shall no flesh be justified." "That no man isjustified by the Law is evident."--Gal. 3:11. But the Law was ofsome service to them, in that it furnished a check upon idolatryand immortality, and thus as a schoolmaster, it prepared themfor Christ and the new covenant.--Gal. 3:19, and 4:1.The Law Covenant was ordained in the hands of a mediator --Moses; and that covenant and its mediator were a shadow, ortype of the future "New covenant" and its mediator--Christ.Moses typically bought all Israel with the blood of the bullockand goat, which typically represented his own blood--life. Hetypically bought them and left them the conditions of the Law asa legacy. For a covenant is of force after men (the ratifiers ormediators) are dead...."When Moses had spoken every preceptto all the people, according to the Law, he took the blood ofbulls and of goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, andsprinkled both the book--(the Law)--and all the people, saying:this is the blood of the covenant which God hath enjoined untoyou."--Heb. 9:16-20. When Jesus came he was born into theR282 : page 150world--"under the Law," and by perfect obedience to it hebecame the heir of all the earthly promises contained in that Lawcovenant--but more, he was begotten of God and was the Seedof Abraham, and as such was heir of the first covenant also. --Gal. 3:16. In the person of Jesus then, the second (Law)covenant passed away, being fulfilled: and the first--(Abrahamic)-- covenant began to be fulfilled: for it will not becompletely fulfilled until "all families of the earth" are blessedby Christ.This blessing of mankind is made the basis of a "NewCovenant" between God and man. This, like the "Law"covenant, has conditions, some of which bind God and somebind mankind. Mankind will be required to keep God's perfectLaw. [He could not give an imperfect one--the Law given toIsrael was "holy and just and good."--Rom. 7:12.] Any otherLaw would be unjust and bad then; consequently, God must givein substance the same Law which Jesus said was brieflycomprehended in this: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God withall thy heart, with all thy mind, with all thy soul, and with all thystrength, and thy neighbor as thyself." So far as man'sobligations are concerned then, they will be the same under the"New" that they were under the Law covenant; the differenceconsisting in this, that under the "New" God will actually takeaway man's sins instead of typically (as under the Law.) When
God actually takes man's sins away and its penalties (mental andphysical imperfections and death) then, and not until then, willthey as perfect men be able to keep God's perfect Law."Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a NewCovenant with the house of Israel and with the house ofJudah....This shall be the covenant that I will make with thehouse of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my lawin their inward part and write it in their hearts, and I will be theirGod and they shall be my people, for I will forgive theiriniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." "In those daysthey shall say no more, the fathers have eaten a sour grape, andthe children's teeth are set on edge, but every one shall die forhis own iniquity."--Jer. 31:29. "And in that day, I will make acovenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowlof heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground, and I willbreak the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth."--Hos. 2:18. See also Jer. 32:37-41; Ezek. 37:12,14,26. It mayeasily be seen that these conditions are not yet fulfilled. Thesour grape of sin still sets all mankind on edge--the law of sin,the stony heart, still remains in mankind:R282 : page 151God has not yet taken it away and given them instead a heart offlesh (perfect manhood) with his law--Love--graven thereon.The beasts and fowl are not yet in harmony with man. He wasgiven dominion, glory, and honor, but through sin lost it almostentirely; but soon he will be restored, and all nature willrecognize in man her ruler. But it may be asked--Upon whatconditions will God take away and blot out man'stransgressions? We answer, unconditionally: according to theprovisions of theR283 : page 151first covenant, a seed was to come, and secondly it was to blessall. The blessing is the removal of man's load of sin, through thedeath of the seed, who died the just for the unjust. This (third)"New Covenant" like its shadow, the Law, has a mediator,because there are conditions, and two parties to the covenant. Asunder the Law Covenant Moses was the mediator, so is"JESUS THE MEDIATOR OFTHE NEW COVENANT,"and to him God looks for the fulfillment of the Law; and to himIsrael and the world look for ability to comply with itsconditions, viz., restitution. As the mediator, or testator then,Jesus must die to leave mankind the legacy--of forgiveness andrestoration promised in the New Covenant. He did thus die andbought all with his own precious blood, and soon is tocommence the great work of applying the blood--cleansing fromall sin. As typically Moses took the bunch of hyssop and scarlet
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God actually takes man's sins away and its penalties (mental andphysical imperfections and death) then, and not until then, willthey as perfect men be able to keep God's perfect Law."Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a NewCovenant with the house of Israel and with the house ofJudah....This shall be the covenant that I will make with thehouse of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my lawin their inward part and write it in their hearts, and I will be theirGod and they shall be my people, for I will f<strong>org</strong>ive theiriniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." "In those daysthey shall say no more, the fathers have eaten a sour grape, andthe children's teeth are set on edge, but every one shall die forhis own iniquity."--Jer. 31:29. "And in that day, I will make acovenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowlof heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground, and I willbreak the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth."--Hos. 2:18. See also Jer. 32:37-41; Ezek. 37:12,14,26. It mayeasily be seen that these conditions are not yet fulfilled. Thesour grape of sin still sets all mankind on edge--the law of sin,the stony heart, still remains in mankind:R282 : page 151God has not yet taken it away and given them instead a heart offlesh (perfect manhood) with his law--Love--graven thereon.The beasts and fowl are not yet in harmony with man. He wasgiven dominion, glory, and honor, but through sin lost it almostentirely; but soon he will be restored, and all nature willrecognize in man her ruler. But it may be asked--Upon whatconditions will God take away and blot out man'stransgressions? We answer, unconditionally: according to theprovisions of theR283 : page 151first covenant, a seed was to come, and secondly it was to blessall. The blessing is the removal of man's load of sin, through thedeath of the seed, who died the just for the unjust. This (third)"New Covenant" like its shadow, the Law, has a mediator,because there are conditions, and two parties to the covenant. Asunder the Law Covenant Moses was the mediator, so is"JESUS THE MEDIATOR OFTHE NEW COVENANT,"and to him God looks for the fulfillment of the Law; and to himIsrael and the world look for ability to comply with itsconditions, viz., restitution. As the mediator, or testator then,Jesus must die to leave mankind the legacy--of f<strong>org</strong>iveness andrestoration promised in the New Covenant. He did thus die andbought all with his own precious blood, and soon is tocommence the great work of applying the blood--cleansing fromall sin. As typically Moses took the bunch of hyssop and scarlet
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