We increase spiritual power with every covenant we make with God: baptism and confirmation, priestly ordination, temple gifts and seal. An alliance in the broadest sense and in the historical sense is a solemn promise to participate in or refrain from participating in a particular act. A contract is a type of agreement that corresponds to a contractual condition. The federal objector promises an alliance to do (confederation of the affirmative) or to do nothing (negative confederation). Jacob continues to travel to Haran, where he meets and loves his cousin Rachel, the daughter of his mother`s brother Laban. Jacob arranges with Laban to work for seven years to marry Rachel. But Laban, who has a dubious reputation, replaces her eldest daughter Leah with Rachel on the night of her wedding. Jacob confronts Laban, but ironically, it is said that the eldest has a precedent towards the youngest. Jacob agrees to work for Rachel for another seven years. “It is this image of the covenant that challenges most of our thoughts on the covenant in the Old Testament, and in the phrase “Law and Gospel,” it represents the old covenant of the law, unlike the new covenant of the Gospel [of Jesus Christ]. But older than the mosaic covenant, the royal alliance [of Abraham, extended by David], promised stability to the royal house. [14] If we are faithful, we belong to God`s promises to give us inspiration and teaching through personal revelation.8 He will also protect us from temptation.9 Prepares us to be His disciples,10 and makes us co-inherit with Jesus Christ all that our Father has.11 The tables of the Ten Commandments were kept in the ark of the Covenant, and this became the symbol of the Israelite nation. and God`s presence with his people.

When King David wanted to establish Jerusalem as his capital, he brought the Ark (2 Sam 6). In this week`s Torah part, Jacob begins his long journey, both physical and mental, from home and family. Shortly after leaving the homeland, Jacob`s God appears in a dream and presents the image of the scale from heaven to earth. God speaks to Jacob and promises him protection, posterity and the country he was on. There are two main types of covenants in the Hebrew Bible, including the obligatory and the change of sola and solawechselart. [2] Compulsory alliance is more common among Hittite peoples and deals with the relationship between two parties of the same reputation.