The Great Covenant
Type of Event: Worship Service: Children & Adult
Date Recorded: August 01, 2010
Location: Ivyland New Church, PA
Topics: The Lord / God, Hope / Positive Living
The vital importance of the Ten Commandments in life
(Exodus 20, 33:11; Matthew 19: 16-19; TCR 283, 456)
The Ten Commandments are the most important thing in the Word. As a result, they were the most important thing in the church that was established in the Israelite nation. In a brief encapsulation they included all the elements of religion that provide for God's connection to us and our connection to God. Therefore the Ten Commandments were the holiest thing of all. (TCR #283)
People generally know that the law proclaimed on Mount Sinai was written on two tablets, one of which was about God and the other about humankind. People also know that in Moses' hand the two were a single tablet: the right-hand side contained writing concerning God, and the left-hand side contained writing concerning humankind, because if it was set before people's eyes in this way, the writing on both sides would be seen at once. Therefore the sides faced one another like Jehovah talking with Moses and Moses with Jehovah, face to face, as we read [Exodus 33:11; Deuteronomy 34:10].
The tablets were made in this way so that together they would represent God's connection to people and people's reciprocal connection to God. For this reason the law written there was called "the Covenant" and "the Testimony." The term "covenant" refers to the partnership and "testimony" refers to the life that follows the points agreed upon.
The union of the two tablets shows the connection between loving God and loving our neighbor.
(TCR #456)
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