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The Kingdom of God

The Mosaic Covenant is sometimes called the Sinaitic Covenant. This
is because God made this covenant with Israel on Mount Sinai
(Exodus 19:3). Unlike the covenant that God made with Abraham, this
covenant was conditional. We see this in God’s “if-then” statements to
Israel: “If you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations
you will be my treasured possession” (Exodus 19:5). Israel’s part of the
covenant was to obey God and do His will; God’s part was to respond by
blessing Israel and making them His “treasured possession” out of all
nations (v. 5).

Sadly, Israel failed in its responsibility as a kingdom of priests and a
“light to the nations” (Isaiah 51:4). In response, God sent His prophets
to remind them of the covenant
He had made with them at Sinai.
The prophets represented God
The prophets called on in a “covenant lawsuit” against

Israel to repent and Israel. They called on Israel to
repent and recommit themselves
recommit themselves to their priestly duty as mediators
to their priestly duty between God and the nations
of the earth.
as mediators between
God and the nations. Today, God is raising up
prophetic voices across Africa.
These prophetic voices will remind
the African church of their calling
to be a kingdom of priests and a light to the unreached people of Africa
and the nations of the earth. They will call the church back to its God-
given mission to stand in the gap between God and the lost peoples of
the earth. In this role, they will call on the church to be empowered by
the Spirit to fulfill that task (Acts 1:8). Is God calling you to be one of
those prophetic voices?

The Davidic Covenant

The Davidic Covenant is another important theocratic covenant in
the Old Testament. This covenant emphasizes the fact that the kingdom
of God is an eternal Kingdom. It is found in 2 Samuel 7:4–16 where the
prophet Nathan spoke a word to King David:

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