Most of us have also heard of the covenant that the Almighty made with exodus multitude at that time. You will usually hear it referred to in Christianity as the "Old Covenant". But is 3500 years really that old? Let's have a look:
9 Know that Yahweh your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commands. (Deuteronomy 7)Notice that Father promises to be loyal to this covenant for 1000 generations. A biblical generation is usually considered to be somewhere between 20 - 70 years. Doing simple math we see that Father will be loyal to this covenant for a minimum of 20,000 years. It's only been 3500 years! This covenant isn't anywhere near its expiration. (This is also briefly discussed a previous post: Law vs. Covenant.)
If Father promises to be loyal to His covenant for at least 20,000 - 70,000 years yet we believe that He abandoned it 2000 years ago at only 1500 years of age, what does that say about our belief in His promise and/or the accuracy of the Bible?
Does Father break promises? Is He a liar? Or is the Bible at fault here?
I choose none of the above. I believe it is man that is in error.
Please read the above passage in its context: Deuteronomy 7:7-16. Be sure to pay attention to verse 15 where the promise is made that the keepers of the covenant will have all sickness removed from them.
Other passages that speak of the thousand generation covenant loyalty: HERE.
I'm sure you want to ask about the New Covenant and all the words attributed to Paul that appear to disagree with what the Almighty promised above. Please stay tuned as I'm working toward the topic of the New Covenant. As for Paul, your questions should be answered HERE.
Now let's have a look at what Father said would happen in "the later days":
29 But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, you will return to the Lord your God in later days and obey Him. 31 He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your fathers that He swore to them by oath, because the Lord your God is a compassionate God. (Deuteronomy 4)Notice that in the later days the people will return to the Almighty and obey Him. He will not forget the covenant.
“When all these things happen to you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, 2 and you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today, 3 then He will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.4 Even if your exiles are at the ends of the earth, He will gather you and bring you back from there. 5 The Lord your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than He did your fathers. 6 The Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live. 7 The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. 8 Then you will again obey Him and follow all His commands I am giving you today. (Deuteronomy 30)We see the prophecy that when multiple generations return to the Almighty with all their heart and soul, obeying Him and following all of His commands given at that time, that He will regather them all to their land and circumcise their hearts.
This hasn't yet happened yet to any large degree. There are many other promises of this last day return. Hopefully that will be the subject of a later post.
As for now, my hope is that you will see that it is wrong to consider this covenant old or obsolete for to do so makes Father out to be a liar.
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