{"id":42524,"date":"2018-10-21T20:54:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T17:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=42524"},"modified":"2022-05-18T06:15:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T03:15:45","slug":"israels-foundational-moment-covenant-not-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/israels-foundational-moment-covenant-not-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Foundational Moment: Covenant Not Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":50634,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[395,423,541],"acf":{"old_id":"42524","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33923,"related_cahpter":"74","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Biblical politics is different from every other account given in Western thought","content":"<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[T]he birth of Israel&#8217;s monarchy, its social contract, was <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> its birth as a body politic. It was the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">second<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> foundational event in Jewish political history, not the first. In this respect, biblical politics is different from every other account given in Western thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first event took place at Mount Sinai in the days of Moses. It was there that God proposed a covenant with the people: &#8216;You have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles&#8217; wings and brought you to myself. Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession, though the whole earth is mine. You will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation&#8217; (Ex. 19: 6).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God tells Moses to take this proposal to the people, to see whether they are willing to agree. Moses does, and the people give their consent, both before and after the revelation when they hear the Ten Commandments. Before: &#8216;The people all responded together, &#8220;We will do everything the Lord has said&#8221;&#8216; (Ex 19: 8). After: &#8216;They responded with one voice, &#8220;Everything the Lord has said we will do&#8221;&#8216; (Ex. 24: 3). This was Israel&#8217;s great foundational moment, its birth as a body politic, a nation under the sovereignty of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"direction: ltr;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What was transacted at Sinai was not a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contract<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covenant<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. 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