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NASB | Luke 1:73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 1:73 The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, |
Subject: The Covenant with Father Abraham |
Bible Note: Interesting discussion by Hodges on covenants but he neglected to mention that both covenants were Blood Covenants sealed and confirmed in blood. The covenant made with Abraham effected every aspect of Abraham’s life from the changing of his name from Abram to Abraham to the requirement that he circumcise himself and all his household. The Children of Israel became partakers of the covenant being of the bloodline of Abraham and also through the fulfillment of the requirement of circumcision. Blood Covenant goes far beyond our present day understanding of covenants. A blood covenant never broken or disregarded. Dr Livingston who researched the blood covenant process in Africa reported that in over 238 covenant that he witnessed none, not one, was ever broken or discarded. Relatives of a covenant makers would go as far as killing their own to prevent the covenant from being broken. Blood Covenants interestingly are found in every known culture ever discovered, which to me suggests a divine hand in the propagation process. It actually defines the covenant makers and their families. The New Covenant is made in the Blood of Jesus between Son and Father, man becomes partakers in this covenant through belief in it’s existence, as in Jesus died for our sins thus becoming our savior, which causes us to make Him Lord and Master of our lives. In Blood Covenant making, the witnesses (families, friends and mutual partakers of the covenant) came into covenant relationship through the drinking of the covenant wine mixed with the blood of the covenant makers. We too become sealed partakers of the New Covenant when we drink of the communion wine which Jesus proclaimed was His blood of the New Covenant. As Covenant members we are bound to keep the covenant, giving our lives to Christ as required by the covenant just as Abraham gave his life and his family’s life to the Old Covenant. This is why we are cautioned in 1 Cor. 11:27-30, the covenant process is the essence of our Christian lives and must be held in high regard, not something to be trivialized or dismissed as just a ritual. This aspect of the New Covenant gets lost, forgotten and frankly sweep under the carpet often times when the Covenant itself is spoken of. Scripture tells us we were BOUGHT at a price, it is no longer our lives but God’s who demands we glorify Him. 1Cor. 6:20. It defines us as God’s bond servants, bought and owned by God Himself. |
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