Moses splashes blood on them in accordance with all the words you have spoken, all this we will do. It's the opposite of what happened in Genesis 15. Israel now passes between the pieces. And then in Jeremiah 24, I think it's Jeremiah 24, you broke my covenant and I will make you like those who pass between the Pieces. So I totally agree. The law never promised salvation ever. God never gave a law that promised eternal life.
Is the gospel something that we do? Is it something—like a law—that we can execute or abide by? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland unpack the covenant of grace throughout Scripture, considering the counterintuitive nature of God’s unilateral kindness to us in the gospel.