{"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"secular", "snippet": "(Luke 22:20), rather “New Covenant,” in contrast to the old covenant of works, which is superseded.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_src_comm_hebrews_8_6", "title": "Matthew Henry on Hebrews 8:6", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Hebrews 8:6 — In this part of the chapter, the apostle illustrates and confirms the superior excellency of the priesthood of Christ above that of Aaron, from the excellency of that covenant, or tha"}, {"id": "card_c_m_7fd693c0b1e2", "title": "Easton: Works, Covenant of shares a section with Easton: Week", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Works, Covenant of shares a section with Easton: Week."}, {"id": "card_c_m_5bca86b3825b", "title": "Easton: Wine-press shares a section with Easton: Works, Covenant of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Wine-press shares a section with Easton: Works, Covenant of."}, {"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_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_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_c_4403ae87d597", "title": "Easton: Week ↔ Easton: Works, Covenant of", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_u_z — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"id": "card_c_b3a0461d2c00", "title": "Easton: Works, Covenant of ↔ Easton: Wine-press", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Both belong to dictionary · easton_concept_u_z — a structural sibling link restored from 1.0's nesting (re-verified same section live). Connects the map so no card is left orphaned."}, {"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_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_src_comm_psalms_89_38", "title": "Matthew Henry on Psalms 89:38", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Psalms 89:38 — In these verses we have,\nI. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made wi"}, {"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_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_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_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_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_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_23ddfa0652b0", "title": "Easton: Acts of the Apostles", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The title now given to the fifth and last of the historical books of the New Testament. The author styles it a “treatise” (1:1). It was early called “The Acts,” “The Gospel of the Holy Ghost,” and “Th"}]}