“You had one job!!!”

Moses Breaking the Tablets of the Law, by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn [1659]

The series of God’s covenants in the OT tell a story.  As difficult as it is for us to admit, God’s covenant with Noah is about sin and judgment.  But there’s good news!––because God’s covenant with Abraham is about grace and faith.  Eventually, God redeems the Israelite people from slavery in Egypt, and God’s covenant with them (given through Moses) is about law and obligations.  That’s bad news for them, and for us, too.  The Israelites had one job, and they messed it up.  No one is able to meet the requirements for entering into covenant with God or for staying in covenant with God.  No, not even one.  But then God says, “Well, we’ll see about that…”

Suggested Reading: Exodus 17, 19, 34

Lecture: Moses, the Covenant Prophet [32 mins]

This lecture was recorded on 12 Mar 2016 at the Zion Evangelical Bible School in Khayelitsha, South Africa.