The Covenant that I speak of is revealed in the Holy Bible, the 66 books of the King James Version, is an example. There are other versions, and there are other books that were not included in the 66 canonized books that we have today. The debate about the value and validity of the other books that are at least contemporary with the Books that we do have, is almost never ending.
It is my intention to share with readers the covenant that God has made with humans. I shall try to keep it as simple as possible. I am sure that God did not mean to produce something that could not be understood by the ones with whom the covenant is with. There are many things that need to be hidden, as it were, from those that would try to destort God's communication with humans
I use the term "humans" instead of "man" because the term "man" has a narrow gender specific reference; it seem to exclude women. And even if it don,t it lend itself very easy and readily to the exclusion of the fermale. God did not mean the term "man" to exclude women. This is one of the cultural developments, that tends to parade itself as the plan and will of God to place female in a position inferior to the male.
In spite of the fact that God has made it clear through precept and example that there is order in the plan and purpose of God. A good leader, ruler and commander has to establish order, to accomplish any task or goal, God also has order in the kingdom of God. As difficult as it may seem, from time to time, the private soes not dictate to the commanding general how to order and run the military.The servant do not tell the king how to run and to order the servants and tasks in the King's house.
I cannot as a white person tell God that I should be black, and just because I think I ought to be, then I am. I don't think so! I cannot as black person, tell God that I should have been white, and because I think I should have been, then I am white. I don't think so!
We must as a society, and a community of human being, communicate, and establish some common understanding of the words and sounds that we use to define the things that we all commonly use to live and survive with. When the community grow larger and larger and as we come together more and more, and as we mix more and more our diverse experiences and the things that we have used to survive and thrive must be and will be intergrated into the new broading and larger society. our method of communicating and the meaning of the words, sounds and other methods of communicating must embrace, except and reflect this new society. The most important ting is that we must realize that a society is in essence the individual people that it is made up of.
We cannot and must not hide in or hide behind the labels that we choose for ourselves. To often we fight over labels and definitions that we put of things, and before we realize it, not only do we define our own positions and beliefs, but we try to define the positions of those who we oppose. This is not wholly wrong, whoever when it becomes a point that causes us to include some people, and to exclude others, to apoint trhat we lock them out or lock them in, it becomes bad, if not wrong.
To often we accept or deny someone or something on the bases of how we feel about it or how they make us feel about someone or something simular to it, of which it reminds us. We must come to the place where we do not let past experience and dictate our feels about things and people. Although the past dealings with people and things do influence the thoughts and decisionswe have and make. And even when we form opinions and use the past to made decisions we must labor to keep and open mind even as we may have to protect ourselves in the dealings with those people and those things.
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The Covenant says that God is one, yet many references are made to God in the plural form.It is a valid question whether God is one, two or three, many of the Present day Christian Denominational creeds make mention of, " one God in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." It has become a great point of contention and divisions among the body of Christ.
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Notifying Visitors of Site points of interest...
I welcome Questions and feedback on any things that is dealt with on this site or comments that you may have about the Covenant relationship of God with man.
Here are some of the things that have blessed me, and I hope by sharing the with you it shall be a blessing to you as well.
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Beloved, I wish above all things that you prosper and be in health...
There is a passage in the Bible that says , "they that makes haste to get riches, shall not be guiltless...." So that the man or woman who put get rich at any cost shall do harm to many people, and most of all to themselves. To acheive great riches and neglect true happiness, and family and friends, can make you a lot of money, but it will leave you, to many times, a very empty person. The art of balancing life is a major part of the journey that we are on. And one of the most important things that we must realize, it is even imperative, that is that we are primarily, spiritual being, living in a physical and material world. This is ok, it is even the way that God planned and purposed it.
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Apparent mysteries of the Covenant
One of the greatest mysteries of the covenant, is that a infinite God choose to enter into a relationship that is essentually a relationship of equals. God said as God was dealing with Abraham; Because God could swear by nothing greater, God swore by God's own self that God would never break the relationship and "covenant" with Abraham.
I am amazed at how God can hide the truth in plain view.
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