Conditional & Unconditional Covenants are explored using Mount Sinai as an example of a national, conditional covenant; while the covenants with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob demonstrate individual, unconditional covenants. Highlights include arbitrary and capricious mythological gods vs. Israel’s God of Covenant; the 10 Tests of Abraham; amazing parallels between Joshua and the book of Revelation; the “roar of the lions” (3 Nephi 20); and the sermon of Moses at the Red Sea from Josephus. 

Reading Assignment: [CATCH UP Break!]; + Joshua 6 (Battle of Jericho)

The End from the Beginning, Gileadi (1997) pp. 57–62; (2012) pp. 43–47

¡  Two Types of Covenants

¡  The Meaning of Covenant Making