S. Spence
Puritan Board Freshman
I’ve been re-working my way through covenant theology again and I would like to ask what seems on the face of it a very simple question.
Was there a mediator of the Abrahamic covenant?
Gal 3 v17-20 seems to indicate that this covenant was without a mediator whilst Moses was the mediator of the covenant at Sinai.
The reason I ask is because I think credo-baptists might be able to make the argument that one could be in the Abrahamic Covenant and receive the sign of the covenant and yet remain unregenerate, however as the New Covenant (NC) has Christ as its mediator only those who come under His mediation should be included in the covenant and so receive the sign of the covenant. Can we say that Christ was the mediator of the Abrahamic covenant as well?
From my own point of view I really see the NC as a fuller expression of the Abrahamic covenant; it’s newness comes from that fact that Christ has come and so I believe the seed of believers are included in this covenant as well. Having said that I really would appreciate it if someone could help with the above question.
Thanks.
Was there a mediator of the Abrahamic covenant?
Gal 3 v17-20 seems to indicate that this covenant was without a mediator whilst Moses was the mediator of the covenant at Sinai.
The reason I ask is because I think credo-baptists might be able to make the argument that one could be in the Abrahamic Covenant and receive the sign of the covenant and yet remain unregenerate, however as the New Covenant (NC) has Christ as its mediator only those who come under His mediation should be included in the covenant and so receive the sign of the covenant. Can we say that Christ was the mediator of the Abrahamic covenant as well?
From my own point of view I really see the NC as a fuller expression of the Abrahamic covenant; it’s newness comes from that fact that Christ has come and so I believe the seed of believers are included in this covenant as well. Having said that I really would appreciate it if someone could help with the above question.
Thanks.