A contract or understanding between God and humans in Jiang's account of Biblical orthodoxy.
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A contract or understanding between God and humans in Jiang's account of Biblical orthodoxy.
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A contract or promise between Yahweh and a chosen figure or people.
Jiang says the conversion ritual is a covenant of love that binds followers to each other before they convert and disperse.
Frankist disguise is necessary because the world is run by idiots and governed by idiotic laws, but insiders can recognize one another through covenant.
The Abrahamic covenant begins as a loyalty contract, but Abraham's argument over Sodom turns the relationship into debate rather than simple servitude.
The canonical Bible is framed as a sequence of covenants, beginning with Adam and Noah.
Circumcision is core to Jewish identity because it marks the covenant with Yahweh; Paul is therefore not merely adjusting a minor custom.
The prophetic tradition explains conquest and exile as punishment for breaking covenant with Yahweh.
The Abrahamic covenant is presented as a contractual promise: allegiance to Yahweh is exchanged for descendants, land from the Nile to the Euphrates, and circumcision as the covenant mark.
The biblical covenant sequence moves from conditional covenants with Noah, Abraham, and Moses to the unconditional Davidic covenant, where Yahweh promises the house of David eternal rule.
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"And at the time, he said, with this deed, we go to the naked things. Therefore, it is necessary to go naked."
"...sexual manner, okay? And this is a way to cement their covenant with each other. And what this does is it empowers everyone to..."
"...other for who we are, okay? Because we're bounded by this covenant with each other. So the thing about the Frank is that's very..."
"...forefather and so Yahweh says to Abraham I will make a covenant with you I make a contract with you where I will favor..."
"Abrahamic covenant now what's interesting is the relationship between Abraham and Yahweh okay you would think that Abraham would just be a slave and..."
"...and the bible at its core is a story of the covenant between god and humans okay covenant covenant means contract or understanding so..."
"god says to adam and eve this is paradise you don't have to work just enjoy life the food is free the food is..."
"...promise never ever destroy the world again okay that is his covenant with noah but god sees that humans are still wicked and evil..."
"...is how Jews know they are a chosen people. There's a covenant between Abraham and Yahweh, God. The covenant is... The... Abraham and his..."
"So, circumcision is core to what it means to be Jewish. In fact, it's the main feature of being Jewish. And here, Paul tells..."
"...promised to them? And the answer is because they broke their covenant with Yahweh, right? There's something called a covenant, a contract. If you,..."
"The first reason is because we start to worship foreign gods, okay? That's the first reason. Second reason is because we start to have..."
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