faithfulness to the covenant or the apostle Paul, hundreds of years later, we see this constant, biblical theme that the covenant has its ongoing, day-in and day-out dynamics. Paul, in a similar fashion, at the end of his life, wrote to his colleague Timothy: For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which