{"query": "Easton: Works, Covenant of", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_a6a421e3c16c", "title": "Easton: Works, Covenant of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Entered into by God with Adam as the representative of the human race (comp. Gen. 9:11, 12; 17:1-21), so styled because perfect obedience was its condition, thus distinguishing it from the covenant of"}, {"id": "card_n_8464079d9b3f", "title": "Easton: New Testament", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 22:20), rather “New Covenant,” in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded. “The covenant of grace is called new; it succeeds to the old broken covenant of works. It is ever fr"}, {"id": "card_n_158be448b164", "title": "Easton: Works, Good", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The old objection against the doctrine of salvation by grace, that it does away with the necessity of good works, and lowers the sense of their importance (Rom. 6), although it has been answered a tho"}, {"id": "card_n_d0a36622cd97", "title": "Easton: Covenant", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a “cutti"}, {"id": "card_n_18f6b49ce7b4", "title": "Psalm 111 — Psalm 111", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation. Yahweh's works are great, pondered by all those who delight in them. His work is h"}, {"id": "card_n_9766c0affff9", "title": "Easton: Intercession of the Spirit", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Rom. 8:26, 27; John 14:26). “Christ is a royal Priest (Zech. 6:13). From the same throne, as King, he dispenses his Spirit to all the objects of his care, while as Priest he intercedes for them. The "}, {"id": "card_n_5e162d16b4f0", "title": "Psalm 105 — Psalm 105", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples. Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works. Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who "}, {"id": "card_n_e723019597ad", "title": "Easton: Commandments, the Ten", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Ex. 34:28; Deut. 10:4, marg. “ten words”) i.e., the Decalogue (q.v.), is a summary of the immutable moral law. These commandments were first given in their written form to the people of Israel when t"}, {"id": "card_n_b7fe5d1e8b9d", "title": "Hebrews 9", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "1. Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and an earthly sanctuary.\n2. For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lamp stand, the table, and the show bread,"}, {"id": "card_n_b003bb46e6aa", "title": "Easton: Blood", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the "}, {"id": "card_n_cae2e0d5ad4a", "title": "Easton: Salt", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Used to season food (Job 6:6), and mixed with the fodder of cattle (Isa. 30:24, “clean;” in marg. of R.V. “salted”). All meat-offerings were seasoned with salt (Lev. 2:13). To eat salt with one is to "}, {"id": "card_n_e820c6e0bc66", "title": "Easton: Hilkiah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1). (6."}, {"id": "card_n_677bfe020977", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of the Grace Thereof", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The covenant of works being broken by sin and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting "}, {"id": "card_n_01067474d2d0", "title": "Easton: Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was ano"}, {"id": "card_n_8d4a34825837", "title": "Easton: Pentateuch", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesi"}, {"id": "card_n_60745de1050f", "title": "Easton: Euphrates", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush, whence Greek Euphrates, meaning “sweet water.” The Assyrian name means “the stream,” or “the great stream.” It is generally called in the "}, {"id": "card_n_f652e440cae5", "title": "Easton: Baal-berith", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judg. 8:33; 9:4). In 9:46 he is called simply “the god Berith.” The name denotes the god of the covenant into which "}, {"id": "card_n_b4a51340736e", "title": "Easton: Intercession of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Christ’s priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making continual intercession for us. When on earth he made intercession for his people (Lu"}, {"id": "card_n_aeb6083c98dc", "title": "Easton: Alliance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage. Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen. 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and t"}, {"id": "card_n_b48602ef6dba", "title": "Easton: Creation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“In the beginning” God created, i.e., called into being, all things out of nothing. This creative act on the part of God was absolutely free, and for infinitely wise reasons. The cause of all things e"}]}