Justified
Puritan Board Sophomore
As I have been thinking about issues of Republication, one recurring error keeps showing up: that is, a confusion of that which is peculiar and distinct of the Mosaic economy/administration and what the covenant actually is. Yes, the law came through Moses (Jn. 1:17), and death comes through the law, but the law was supper-added to the promise; the law which came 430 years after the promise does not annul the promise (Gal. 3:10). Again, in 2 Cor. 3 Paul is talking about that which is distinctly Mosaic-- the figures, types and shadows, etc.
In a word, the Mosaic economy was first and foremost an administration of the Covenant of Grace. The covenant was itself couched in the types and shadows of the Mosaic Covenant, which shadows are done away in Christ, with the coming of New Testament, the ministration of the Spirit; the glory of the New Testament is that the gospel of promise shines forth with its true brightness unobscured by the Mosaic veil.
Am I on the mark? More specifically, in my first sentence? Correct me if I err.
In a word, the Mosaic economy was first and foremost an administration of the Covenant of Grace. The covenant was itself couched in the types and shadows of the Mosaic Covenant, which shadows are done away in Christ, with the coming of New Testament, the ministration of the Spirit; the glory of the New Testament is that the gospel of promise shines forth with its true brightness unobscured by the Mosaic veil.
Am I on the mark? More specifically, in my first sentence? Correct me if I err.