A covenant remains intact even if one of the parties breaches it.
It is the responsibility of the stronger party to make up for any failure on the part of the weaker party.
Therefore, every reference to a “new” covenant is an addition to the original covenant by the stronger party for the purpose of upholding the original covenant.
God’s foundational covenant with humanity is the transfer of his power and authority to humanity.
“Let us make man in our image and let them have dominion”. (Genesis 1:26)
This is the Singularity enforcing a new reality, exactly as stated in “Let…” throughout Creation and thereafter and the only way this can possibly work is for humanity to draw on the source of power and authority of the Singularity over Creation.
When “the LORD God commanded the man / made a law, saying…of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” (Genesis 2:16-17) this was not some arbitrary rule. This is informing the man of simple reality. Mankind does not have infinite resources to life outside of God. Breaking away to independent determination of what is good and evil instead of following God’s determination of what is good and what is evil is becoming separated from the Source of life, i.e. death.
From a physics perspective, having more than one “opinion / truth / reality / plan of action” changes Order to Chaos, entropy into enthalpy, resulting in sooner or later in deterioration and destruction. This is evident in the partisan rancor in America in 2026, as “social polarization between distinct groups in America has reached alarming levels, deepening divides along lines of race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, and socioeconomic status”, and across the world. The results are so inevitable that non-biblical predictions of state conflict outcomes based on human nature are consistent with biblical prophecy.
But it is simply human nature to take charge ourselves. This totally makes sense when we recognize that’s how God designed us – to have dominion. So it comes as no surprise that they ate the fruit.
And from that beginning of time the Creator has supported humanity’s failure to meet its covenantal responsibilities to take dominion.
Creator God added a clause to the original covenant – transferring death “in the day” the Adams sinned to animals under their charge.
“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God [kill animals to] make coats of skins…” (Genesis 3:8-10, 21)
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls…” (Leviticus 17:11)
The exchange of life for life should come as a logical observation, not as a spiritual mandate. We know that humans must sacrifice another life in order to maintain human life. Having our meat cut up into unrecognizable shapes and wrapped in plastic allows us to overlook that fact, but it’s still a fact nonetheless, even for vegetarians who end vegetable life when they harvest it.
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