Joshua Bible Study Lesson 5
1.Who does God make a covenant with in Deut 5:3? Is it possible that the covenant is still in effect with us today? Why or why not? LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today. Furthermore, 5:3makes it clear that the covenant was being confirmed to the generation of Israel that would enter the Land. God knew that the generation who stood at Sinai would not enter the Land because of their disobedience, and thus the meaning is that they would not realize the blessings of the covenant summed primarily in the inheritance of the Land. Others understand the statement to mean that God did not make the covenant of Torah explicit to the Patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) but to the generation that came out of Egypt. Regardless of how the phrase is interpreted, the primary thrust is that God remained faithful to His promise. The covenant is established with the next generation of Israel even as it was made with those who stood at Sinai. In spite of their d...