The God of peace brought the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, back to life through the blood of an eternal promise. Overview: An excellent and carefully written study, Pedersen’s The Eternal Covenant is indispensable for serious scholars of Schleiermacher’s theology. I see multitudes of men perishing, continuing wantonly in their wicked ways, rejecting the offer of Christ which is presented to them in the Gospel day after day, treading under foot the blood of the Son of Man, defying the Spirit who strives with them; I see these men going on from bad to worse at last perishing in their sins. My interests in theology have tended to revolve around Karl Barth, but it is also because of Barth that I feel inclined to dive into reading Schleiermacher.

Hesed is a special kind of love and mercy that God feels for and extends to those who have made a covenant with Him. This may be what Nephi meant when he said that God “loveth those who will have him to be their God” ( 1 Nephi 17:40). The secret of God, which is to deal with the application, that is restricted to God's chosen ones, but not the message, for that is to be proclaimed to all nations. The coming forth of the Book of Mormon is a sign to the entire world that the Lord has commenced to gather Israel and fulfill the covenants He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Access to the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts, including exclusive series.Again, I may remark that the covenant here meant is not the covenant of gratitude which is made between the loving child of God and his Saviour. Why, when one is taken up with some grand conceptions of the boundless universe, when with the astronomers we fly through space, when with we find it without end, and the starry hosts without number, does it not seem marvelous that God should give poor insignificant man the preference beyond even the whole universe besides? We see this so clearly in Genesis 3:3, as Satan says to Eve, “but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.

It was not the merit of man, it was nothing which God foresaw in us that made him choose many and leave others to go on in their sins. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.A week after the dedication of the Kirtland Temple in 1836, under the direction of the Lord, Elijah appeared. Those who die impenitent, the multitudes who reject the Saviour, are clearly proved to have no part and no lot in the sacred covenant of divine grace; for if they were interested in that, there would be certain marks and evidences which would show us this. There are compelling reasons to understand this phrase, “the everlasting covenant,” in reference to the new covenant. In Love Is Not Enough, Mark’s first Audible Original, you’ll follow five real people over the course of six months as they navigate f--ked up romantic situations, ranging from dating app addiction to marital affairs to absurd fantasies.

The reference in Isaiah is to Moses and the Red Sea, the well-known types of Christ and his resurrection, and of ours to a new life, leading to eternal life, through him. In the closing text of the Old Testament, we read of Malachi’s promise that Elijah will “turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers” ( Malachi 4:6). Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. They’re working together to take down a child trafficking ring, so of course it’s perfect for feelings to bloom. This life-changing Audible Original features a powerful mix of one-on-one life-coaching sessions and a personal narrative with vital take-aways that you can start using immediately.We can look nowhere for God's motive in the covenant except it be in himself, for of God it could be said literally in that day, "I am, and there is none beside me. He is also Professor of Systematic Theology at Calvary Baptist Seminary in Lansdale, PA, and is the executive editor of Books At a Glance.

Having thus noticed the everlasting character of the covenant, I conclude by the sweetest and most precious portion of the doctrine—the relation which the blood bears to it—THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT. Thou hast heard it; hast thou received it in thy heart, and laid hold on it; then thou art one of those in the covenant.

The phrase “peculiar treasure” was translated from the Hebrew segullah, meaning a highly valued possession—a “treasure. I sort of dislike the characters whose moral compass is so strict that they run headlong into situations they can’t deal with/haven’t thought through. Trust thou in the blood, poor sinner, and then the blood of the everlasting covenant is a proof that thou are an heir of heaven.