Covenants and Dispensations

Covenant	Dispensation	Blessing	Conditions	Penalty	Mediator	Salvation	Type.	Atonement	Sign
Edenic	Innocence	Remain in Eden. Know God	Reproduce. Govern earth. Do not eat of Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil	Death, includes Exile and Curses.	Adam	Maintained by faith in God’s Word and obedience.	Law Grace was available if they had eaten of the Tree of Life	N/A	N/A
Adamic	Conscience	Eve’s seed would destroy Satan.	None BUT Romans 2:12 - 16	Curses become active	Adam and faithful heirs	By faith in the promise.	Grace	Blood Sacrifice	Clothed with skins
Noahic	Government (Human)	No flood to destroy earth. The seasons, day and night and seedtime and harvest will continue. All creatures afraid of man.	Reproduce. Eat meat without blood.	Death penalty for murder	Proper authorities	By faith in the promises.	Grace (with respect to Flood and seasons etc.) and Law.	Sacrifices.	Rainbow
Abrahamic	Patriarchal	Great nation Many nations Blessing to all Made righteous	None	None	Patriarchs	By faith in the promise.	Grace	Sacrifices.	Circum- cision
The Land	N/A	God promises the Land of Canaan to Israel.	None until Moses. Obedience to Laws and A righteous Witness To the Nations	Temporary Exile Curses	Various Judge Prophets Priest King Knesset Sanhedrin	Repentance And Faith	Grace with respect to Fulfilment. Law as regards exile	Sacrifices	Circum- cision
Mosaic	Law	Peace, Prosperity Etc.	Obey all the laws	Death, Exile, Curses	High Priest	Faith in Promises.	Law Grace via Atonement	Tabernacle Sacrifices	Circum- cision Sabbath
Davidic	Kingship/Law	Davidic Messiah Throne established forever	None	None	King High Priest Prophets	By Faith in The promise	Grace	Temple Sacrifices	Circum- cision. Temple.
New	Church	Eternal life Adopted Sonship Bride	Repent, believe, water immersion (baptism), receive  Holy Spirit	None	Jesus	By faith in Jesus.	Grace	Cross	Resurrectn. Baptism in Water and The Holy Spirit
Adamic, Abrahamic Land and Davidic promises fulfilled	Millennial	Righteous rule of the Messiah	Obedience to Christ’s rule. Nations must Send Representatives To the Feast of Tabernacles.	Asstd. judgements Including early death at 100 yrs!	Jesus with Church,	Faith in Jesus shown by obedience.	Law	Sacrifices	Presence of Jesus. Temple
New	New Creation	God dwells with men.	Believers	None	Trinity	Maintained by being a New Creation	Grace	N/A The completed work of the Cross is now evident.	His Name on fore- heads

The threats to the flock in Ezekiel 34.

There are three threats to God's flock as listed by Ezekiel.

1, The Bad Shepherd,
2, The Bully Sheep, and 
3, The Savage Beast.

The flock will be concerned about the Savage Beast and whinge about the other two.
If the Bully Sheep and the Bad Shepherd conspire you will see the beginnings of a cult.

Of the three,God is most concerned about the Bad Shepherd. A Good Shepherd will correct the Bully Sheep and destroy, drive off or tame (convert) the Savage Beast ( Sheepdogs ?). 

Where are we in all of this?

Are we called to Conversion?
Are we called to Correction - and obedience?
Are we called to Compassion and being a good shepherd serving the Good Shepherd?

I was called to being a good shepherd, but I found the church to be full of Bad Shepherds, Bully Sheep and Savage Beasts - with some notable exceptions.

It is also very difficult to be an average shepherd, let alone a good one.

God is predominantly interested in the Good Shepherd.

Swaledale sheep - the sheep of the Northern Dales.

The Gog-Magog War is NOT Armageddon but it is pretty bad.

WORDS FROM AN OTHERWISE MAN.

WORDS FROM AN OTHERWISE MAN.

I’m not looking for a baby,

No matter what the world may say.

If they say that here’s the Christ - child

I will walk the other way.

I don’t care how many wise men

Bow before one recent-born,

To a God already ancient

I am already sworn.

I ask, “What kind of angel,

And with what purpose fell,

Proclaims a new - born saviour

That I think comes from Hell?”

They say,” It’s for the children

And a smiling, infant child.”

Sometimes, I think this nonsense

Must drive the True God wild.

They’ve all forgotten one thing

That happened long ago;

A Baby died a grown Man,

And this I also know;

He promised He would come back,

Complete with angel train,

Not a smiling, gurgling baby,

But the King - returned to reign.

One Day I’ll see the heavens rent

With light from East to West.

The Son of Man will come as Judge

With saints already blessed.

This is the Lord that I serve,

Who also lived with men.

And I believe, Lord Jesus Christ,

That You will come again.

© December 1997/November 1998 G.I.Goodson.

Chanukah in the New Testament: The Eighth Light

Very belatedly, the Eighth in the Chanukah in the New Testament series.

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