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-made with the fleshly seed of
Abraham, Gen. 12:l-3, 17:7;
Deut. 6 :1-6, Jer. 31 :31-34.
-mediated by Moses, Deut, 5:4-
6; John 1:17, 7:19; Gal, 3:18-
20.
-included Jews (and proselytes)
only, Gen. 17:9-14.
,that of natural or fleshly birth
(generation), Gen. 17:13,
-that of fleshly circumcision, as
the sign and seal thereof, hence
infants and heathen servants,
who had to be taught to know
the Lord after their induction
into the Covenant by circpm-
cision, Gen. 17:9-14; John 3:6,
7:22; Acts 7:8; Jer. 31:31-34;
Heb. 8:7-12.
-that of an earthly (the Levitical)
priesthood, Exo. 28:1, Heb.
6~4, 7:l-9.
-that of an earthly (the
Aaronic) high priesthood, Lev.
8 :1-9.
-that of Law, John 1:17, “the
bond written in ordinances,”
Col, 2:14, Rom. 2:12-16, Luke
24:44, etc.
-that of Law written on tables
of stone, Exo. 32:16, Deut.
10:4, Heb, 9:4, 2 Cor. 3:3.
SOJOURN IN THE NEGEB 20: 1--21:34
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-.made with the spiritual seed of
Abraham, those redeemed by
Christ Jesus, Gal. 3:23-29, 1
Cor. 12:13, 1 Pet. 2:l-6.
-mediated by Christ, 1 Tim. 2:6;
Heb. 8:l-6, 9:15, 1224,
-includes all obedient believers
in Christ, both Gentiles and
Jews, ‘Eph. 2 : 11-22, 3 :6-7 ; Rom,
11:28-32; Gal. 3:23-29.
-that of spiritual birth (re-
generation), John 3 :1-7 ; Rom.
5:5, 8:l-11; 1 Cor. 3:16, 6:19;
Gal. 6:22-25, 2 Cor. 3:l-3, Tit,
3:5.
--that of spiritual circumcision
as the sign and seal thereof,
Rom. 2:29, Eph. 2:11, Phil.
3:3, Col. 2:9-12. Cf. Acts. 2:38,
John 3:5; Rom. 6:5, 6:l-9;
Gal. 3:27, 2 Cor. 1:22, 1 Cor.
3:16, 6:19. (See under Part
30, “Circumcision of the
Heart.”)
-that of the priesthood of all
obedient believers, 2 Pet, 2,:5,
9; Rev. 1:6, Rom. 12:l.
-that of the royal High Priest-
hood of Christ, after the order
of Melchizedek, i.e., the King-
Priest “without beginning of
days or end of life,” Psa.
110:4; Heb., chs. 7, 8, 9, 10.
-that of Grace (unmerited fa-
vor), John 1:27, Rom. 3:24,
7:4, 8:3, 10:4; Eph. 2:8, Tit.
3:7, Acts 20:24, etc.
--that of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus, Rom. &:2, 1 Cor.
16:46, John 6:63, 68; written
on “tablets of human hearts,”
2 Cor. 3:3 (R.S.V.); hence, by
“the hearing of faith,” Gal 3:2.
(Cf. also Jer, 31:33, Ezek.
11:19).