I had a really helpful convo with a friend which nailed some things re my previous post. I just wasn't completely comfortable with drawing the conclusion that Jesus was broken for our breaking of the Abrahamic covenant.
Summary of convo:
The Mosaic covenant was *conditional* - there were clear stipulations listed for obeying the covenant and then there were consequnces for disobedience.
However, the Abrahamic covenant was NOT conditional. God didn't choose Abraham because of his righteousness but his faith (as we know from the NT) and God sets up the covenant to bless Abraham and his descendents regardless of obedience or disobedience - this is God's promise to Abrahram - lots of descendents, blessed and so on.
So how does this relate to Christ?
We know from Isa 53 that Christ was broken for us. However, was this because we broke the Abrahamic covenant? No. He was broken because we broke what might be called the 'adamic covenant'. (garden of eden stipulations being a 'covenant').
The Abrahamic covenant connects Jesus in a different way, not necessarily in an obedience to to the covenant, but in a faith/righteousness way. It is God's willingness to pave the way for people to be in a relationship with him.
I think this is what David was saying in his comment on my previous post about it points to the cross in that God counts the cost of the covenant.
What do you think?
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