The United States At 250 - Day 2

   The Lord Has Destroyed Without Pity 2  How the Lord in his anger     has set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earth     the splendor of Israel; he has not remembered his footstool     in the day of his anger. 2  The Lord has swallowed up without mercy     all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down     the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor     the kingdom and its rulers. 3  He has cut down in fierce anger     all the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right hand     in the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,     consuming all around. 4  He has bent his bow like an enemy,   ...
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Covenant Theology In Outline Form (Part 3)

Continuing from Part 2

John 7:53 - 8:11 

Preamble 

Historical Prologue 

General Stipulations

Specific Stipulations 

Renewal, Document Clause 

Witnesses 


Preamble/Shema

  • They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 


Yeshua is also a cipher for God atop His holy mountain (Sinai)



Historical Prologue 


  • We enter text into a specific time & place,  both on Earth & in Heaven this the sort of thing Yeshua did.   



Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 


  • As the sun continued to rise over the new covenant administration, Yeshua, now in heaven & the literal theanthropic Redeemer-Mediator, continued His 3fold ministry of Prophet, Priest, & King.



The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. 


General Stipulations & Specific Stipulations 


Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 


  • He, the God-Man, spoke & wrote Scripture.  


Renewal

And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”  


  • The Lord presents them with a moral dilemma, a morals test of sorts. Covenant renewal involves a morals test, & moral tests challenge us.  Will we rise to that challenge or shrink back? 


Document Clause


And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 


  • The Lord continues writing Scripture. 


Witnesses & Victory

But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 


Then He tood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” ]]


  • A public challenge was issued that the woman’s accusers realized they could not answer. 

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