of grace. The Sinai Covenant was never given as a renewed Covenant of Works for salvation, although it was mistakenly so interpreted by the Pharisees in Jesus’ day.7 It was “added for the sake of transgressions” (Galatians 3:19) to the Abrahamic Covenant in a subordinate or supplementary way until the seed of the woman and of Abraham came to whom the promises had been made (Galatians 3:16, 19). The conditional elements of the Sinai Covenant referred to Israel’s possession of the land of Canaan as
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