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Isaiah 49:8 on Covenant and why we use a Covenant

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:25 am
by Destry
New American Standard Bible

Thus says the Lord,
“In a favorable time I have answered You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;

Re: Isaiah 49:8 on Covenant and why we use a Covenant

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 12:15 am
by starrgirl
This pertains to the assemblies covenants, correct? A contracy between man(living being) and God(sovereign). Which creates, We the People assembled to be the body politic with all political and electoral power?
This is where I'm getting confused.
Why are we creating a covenent for creating gov.? Which is a contract between man as the Sovereign, and a fiction. ? Isn't this why we have the 2 distinct names. Because they are not the same. Correct?

Re: Isaiah 49:8 on Covenant and why we use a Covenant

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 10:23 am
by pulldapin
i will attempt to add clarity...the covenant is man to man, in so far as we bond to one another for the common good...if i am not mistaken

carl

Re: Isaiah 49:8 on Covenant and why we use a Covenant

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:50 pm
by Destry
Preamble

All powers possessed by man flow from the Almighty, to create or to destroy. In this, all men are equal, to exercise such powers individually, or through delegation to surrogates, to protect and enjoy life, freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is for that purpose that men institute forms of political covenant, to express the bounds of surrogate power which may be employed, and to construct a framework to secure both non-particular and particular rights. This covenant is written for those purposes, and more, to instruct a people held in bondage how the mechanisms and devices which have enslaved them operate.

That is straight out of the Preamble of the Alaska Covenant. God gave us the covenant to use between men as stated in Isaiah 49:8