Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.
BY H. E. BUTLER.
When Gocl bad given his name to Moses, with the injunc·
tion to go and deliver Israel from Egyptian bondage, he instructed
him to say to Israel, "This is ruy name forever, and
this is my memorial unto all generations.'' The comprehensive­
Ueals of these woa-ds is unmistakable; and if there is any truth
iu the word of God, and we believe it to be absolute truth, then
this name is never to pas~t away. Another prominen' fact in
connection with this name is. that, by the law of God. it belongs
exclusively to the covenant; for we h~tove reason to believe that
it was nevea· written until God wrote it with his own finger upon
the tables of stone which contained the covenant, the tton
wortls that God gave froan Sinai's burning mountain.
We think it iR very evident that God took bia name out
of the mouth and toven from the memory of the children of
Israel becaullt\ they were no longer under the bond of the ooveuaut.
but had st~parated therusel ve11 from him and bad beoon•e
as the nations; and no one can take that holy name- without
taking upon himKelf the conditions of the covenant and all its
re11ponsibilitie11. Those responsibiJities are far greater t~au
any one at the present day imagines, as we 11hall see when we
consider th4t a·emainder of the covenant.
This covenant is not an arbitrary declaration : it is a formulation
of law. It was given by the same God (Power), which.
by a thought, a word, created the universe. That word COD·
tain11 pntentic\lity in so far as it is &('.companied by the will of
Him who gave it expres11ion. The will iR thE> ultimate or coucluRion
of a thnught, that which leads out the thought into
a.t1tiuu becau11e of cousdon11 faith,-faith, an inner consciousneiiK
of ability to can11e to obtain, to pr1Jdnce, that which the mhul
bas (lecided to acoompli~h. This nRme is the will of God, a111l
all40 the law of God. whi"h fitul expre11sion in all nature; tbt>refore
uo one eau receive the uame, which is the power of the
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