Insight from Psalm<\/p>\n
God\u2019s promises are often associated with life or death and conditioned on whether his cove\u00adnant partner obeys. Whereas the old Mosaic covenant was conditional and revocable (and thus temporarily considered Israel\u2019s disobedience), the Abrahamic covenant was conditional and irrevocable. This means that God would indeed realize all the promises but would do so only through an obedient Son. Representing Abraham and Israel, Jesus actively obeyed and secured Old Testament promises for all who are in him. Christ maintains some promises without extension, maintains others with extension, completes some, and transforms others. Isaiah declares that throughout the ages no ear has heard nor eye has seen a God like ours \u201cwho acts for those who wait for him\u201d (Isa. 64:4). The call of the biblical text, therefore, is that we would trust in the promises of God. Just before Paul asserts that \u201call the promises of God find their Yes in [Christ]\u201d (2 Cor. 1:20), he declares, \u201cGod is faithful\u201d (1:18). As the psalmist declares, \u201cThe Lord is faithful in all his words and kind in all his works\u201d (Ps. 145:13). One day, God will complete all his promises to us in Christ. And we will say in that day, \u201cBehold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation\u201d (Isa. 25:9).<\/p>\n
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