RE: [TruthTalk] Tearing Down?

[Slade Henson]

Perhaps the significance of "walking thorugh the pieces" needs to be understood, and the consequence is rather disturbing.   In the culture of the area and at the time, when a covenant was to be made between two people, animals (owned by BOTH parties) would be cut in half and the pieces placed on two altars. The participants would walk together between the pieces (between the altars) thus a "covenant was cut" (the Biblical term for God's covenant making with humankind). The pretense suggests that if the people walking through the pieces break the covenant, may what happened to the animals also happen to them and their descendants.   God passed through the pieces as a burning furnace while Avraham was in a deep sleep. Therefore God unilaterally passed through the pieces and God unilaterally is responsible for the keeping of the covenant. This explains why the Spirit of the Holy One is promised and the purpose of the Spirit is to help us KEEP the commandments God laid down for us during the time of Moses (please refer to my previous post entitled Walking in the Spirit for more information on [one of] the purpose[s] of the Spirit).   -- slade