KTC: God's Covenant People

​Thoughts on Davidic Kingship

This week we finish our review of the covenants with the Sinai Covenant under Keeping The Commandments.  The Sinai Covenant is the central focus of the Torah. When Moses ascended Mount Sinai and received the Law from the hand of God, Jehovah gave to Israel the rules and statutes to create a nation under God- a divine theocracy.  Hence, the Sinai Covenant is a collective covenant meaning that it was and is meant to be lived by a community of Believers who God would call His Covenant People. Though there is not a dedicated land to live the fullness of the Sinai Covenant, we can live those commands that are possible as individuals and families.  In this review, we will look at the major themes of this covenant.

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The Process of Perfection
Our Process of Perfection looks like this:

                                                                     Individual Salvation
                                                                             Born Again
​                                                       (Redemption / Sanctification)
          Born of the Blood / Born of the Water > Keeps the Commandments > Born of God/Spirit

                                                                       Married Exaltation
                                                                     Going Onto Perfection
                           Becoming Perfect > Reaches the Full Stature of Messiah > Sees God the Son

Structure of the Sinai Covenant Law
The first set of commands that we see God giving Israel are the Ten Commandments, Ex. 20, which God revealed to Israel at Mount Sinai.  These ten commands provide God's basic rules for a covenant community. These commands further define our relationship with God and with each other with the two great commands of loving God Deu 6:5/Matt. 22:37  and loving each other Lev 19:18/Matt. 22:39. Moreover, the 613 commands provide an even greater definition of loving God and loving each other. So our summary looks like this:​

Loving God	Loving Neighbor
1. Have no other gods. 2. Don’t worship images. 3. Don’t take Lord’s Name in vain. 4. Honor Sabbath Day.	5. Honor Parents. 6. Don’t kill. 7. Don.t commit adultery. 8. Don’t steal. 9. Don’t lie. 10. Don't covet.
613 Commands	613 Commands

The Tabernacle
In a previous post, we saw that the Tabernacle was a Model of Heaven, where Heaven is separated into three realms - the Spirit, the Son and the Father.  Moreover, the Tabernacle also represents a pathway to Godliness that we see in the Process of Perfection - Redemption, Sanctification and Exaltation.​

Israel's Tabernacle

The Outer Court	The Holy Place	The Holy of Holies
Altar of Sacrifice Laver	Menorah Table of Shewbread Altar of Incense​	Mercy Seat Ark of the Covenant​
The Spirit	The Son	The Father
Redemption	Sanctification	Exaltation

Holiness and Order
The two most important concepts we see in the Torah are Holiness and Order.  Holiness stems from the fact that man inherited the conditions of a Fallen World because of Adam and Eve’s transgression.  Man himself became subject to this fallen condition both in his spiritual and physical life. To be purified and cleansed from a fallen world is the aim and focus of the Holiness Laws that we see in the Torah and for which we are subject to until we are transformed by the spirit (spiritual) and are renewed in our physical bodies and enter Paradise-Millennium (physical).  Holiness on the individual and family level is the responsibility of the father and mother as priest and priestess, but on the community level, the High Priest is responsible for the community's collective sin and atonement.

Our second concept pertains to the Laws of Order.  These Laws are designed to perpetuate a sustainable society by adding order and structure.  These are rules that maintain the viability of a society's continued existence. For example, resting the land from production every seventh year renews its productive capacity. Forgiveness of financial debt every seventh year revitalizes an economy.  On the individual and family level, the father and mother are responsible for order within the family as king and queen. In the community, Davidic kings are responsible for establishing and maintaining order.

Laws of Holiness
The Laws of Holiness include the areas of:
    Fathers and mothers as priest and priestess maintain holiness in the family.
    High Priests for the community’s collective sin and atonement.
    The Cleanliness Commands - dietary rules, leprosy, touching the dead, and bodily emissions
    The Lord’s Sabbaths and Feasts

Laws of Order
The Laws of Order include the areas of:
    Fathers and mothers as king and queen maintain order in the family.
    Davidic Kings for maintaining community order.
    Civil Leadership
    Justice System
    Economic System
    Social Welfare
    Sexual Purity
    Personal Virtue

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