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Hosea 6:7 - The Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant; there they have betrayed Me.
living in a perfect Garden
The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.(ESV)
The wall was built of jasper, while the city was pure gold, clear as glass. (Rev 21:18)
Is there any scripture providing evidence that God gave to Adam the promise of eternal life if he obeyed?
Thanks Rev. Kok, I still don't get it...I'll need to think this over. I don't see Adam, living in a perfect Garden and walking with God would have needed rest or even longed for something else. Like I posted, I need to consider what your wrote. Thank you.
Hoeksema redefined "covenant,"
what else should I read on the covenants?
I still do not read anywhere in Scripture that Adam was ever promised eternal life, based on the probation, or that the probation would ever be removed. Nor that Adam could ever merit anything...Adam had perpetual life to look forward to. Only the second Adam, Christ, could ever merit eternal life.
The Covenant with Adam? Is there any scripture providing evidence that God gave to Adam the promise of eternal life if he obeyed?
I still do not read anywhere in Scripture that Adam was ever promised eternal life, based on the probation, or that the probation would ever be removed. Nor that Adam could ever merit anything...Adam had perpetual life to look forward to. Only the second Adam, Christ, could ever merit eternal life.
Yet, the first Man, Adam, stood in covenant relation to God, not accidentally, not by virtue of any special agreement or contract, but by virtue of his creation after the image of God. Man was created in the covenant-relation. The very fact that he was so created that in a creaturely way he resembled God, so that he knew Him, could understand His revelation, could speak with Him as a friend with his friend, could love Him, enter into His secret and most intimate fellowship, could serve Him and consecrate himself and all things to Him in the obedience of love - this very fact made him a covenant-creature, and placed him in that covenant-relation the moment he stood in paradise as a conscious creature. In this covenant-relation he was God's friend-servant; and God was his Sovereign-Friend. In that relation God would bless him with his favor and fellowship, and man was called to serve God freely. He was no slave to serve the Lord in fear; nor was he a wage-earner to serve God for the sake of a reward. But freely, in love, he was to serve the Most High with all his soul and mind and power, and with all things. He was God's officebearer, His prophet to know Him, speak for Him, and glorify His name; His priest to love Him and consecrate himself and all things to Him; His king, to represent Him in all the earthly creation and reign over all things in the name of his Lord.