The Covenant Lawsuit - Kline's View

There comes a point where in israel's history you can no longer make appeal to the sacrificial system that needs to sink in. Kline lays out the two stage character of the covenant lawsuit announced by the prophets. The first stage is a call to repentance, an assurance that if you repent, god will hear from heaven forgive you and re you. But there is a second stage which kline calls the terminal stage of that covenant law suit,. symbolized by the ministry of john the baptist.