Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

(Gen. 12:1-3; 15:4, 5; 17:1-9). It was closely
related to obedience to God's law (Gen. 18:18, 19;
26:4, 5). The surety of God's covenant was the Son
of God, who, as the focal point of the gospel, was
"the lamb slain from the foundation of the world"
(Rev. 13:8). God's grace, then, began to operate as
soon as Adam and Eve sinned. David said, "The
mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
on those who fear Him, ... to such as keep His
covenant, and to those who remember His
commandments to do them" (Ps. 103:17, 18).
The Law and Gospel at Sinai
There is a close relationship between the
Decalogue and the gospel. The preamble to the
law, for instance, refers to God as the Redeemer
(Ex. 20:1). And following the proclamation of the
Ten Commandments, God instructed the Israelites
to erect an altar and begin offering the sacrifices
that were to reveal His saving grace.
It was on Mount Sinai that God gave Moses a
large portion of the ceremonial law dealing with
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