30 The Seed Promise

The Seed Promise

The purpose of Israel’s Tribulation in history and prophecy.
Before we get to the divided kingdom, It is important to consider the seed promise given to Abram again. The promise was that His descendants were to be as both the sand of the earth and the stars of heaven. 

This foretells that Abrams seed would be miraculous in both its germination and in its expansiveness. It would include both an earthly seed and a heavenly seed. Abram’s earthly seed takes in both the descendants of Ishmael and the descendants of Isaac; This also includes the descendants of Jacob and the descendants of Esau. This is a massive amount of the world’s population over the centuries. 

Yet there is also the promise of one particular seed that would one day rule the nations in righteousness and blessing. That seed is to come through Isaac: ‘in Isaac shall thy seed be called’. That same seed, whom God declared in Genesis 3:15 will crush the head of the serpent. That one seed is Christ Jesus.

The Apostle Paul confirms this singular seed when he wrote:

"Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ." 

[Galatians 3:16 KJV]

 

Through Him, an innumerable company of souls would come that were not of natural seed but of spiritual seed...those whose birth is of a heavenly origin. That is, they are souls who have found in Christ the one door or portal to heaven that God has ordained. These are sealed by God with the Holy Spirit of promise.

"In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise," 

[Ephesians 1:13 KJV]

Remember that Nimrod attempted to build a portal to heaven at Bab El? His attempt to build human society apart from the rule of God is what the Bible calls lawlessness or iniquity. This is not the absence of law but the unlawful exclusion of God from His own creation.

The controversy over the land promised to Abram centers around which seed should inherit the land. The Arabs and Islam claim it belongs to them, the children of Israel claim that it belongs to them. Yet God is very clear in both His declaration and His preservation of Israel through the centuries, that in spite of the manifold attempts by Satan to destroy that seed, the land is given to Israel.

The confirmation of Isaac and Jacob as descendants of the land promise come during the time of Joshua when the comparatively tiny nation of Israel defeats the established peoples of Canaan who were superior in their numbers, their technology and their warrior giants.

The period following Joshua’s conquering of the land and peoples was followed by a period of judges where there was no king and every man did what was right in their own eyes. It created a hunger among the people for a king but instead of looking toward the Lord, they desired to have a king like all of the other nations that God had just displaced. 

So they looked for a man of stature and God directed Samuel to appoint Saul who would give them their desire but send leanness unto their soul. Saul proved to be ineffective and self centered wanting to establish his own dynasty using the name of the Lord as cover for his own selfish desires. Israel was brought low and made weak before their enemies until there arose a young man as a king that God had chosen.

 
God had stated through Jacob’s blessing toward Judah that it was through Judah that a lawgiver and a ruler would come to gather the nations and establish peace.
What we see in David's life is that even though God chose him and anointed him as King, David was forced to live in exile and await his enthronement. 

Israel's failure to recognize him resulted in civil war. Saul directed the energy of the armies of Israel to pursue David rather than pursuing their national enemies. So we have a scenario where a remnant in Israel recognized God’s choice of David where the majority in Israel followed after Saul. David and his warriors remained fugitives until God intervened and allowed the Philistines to be victorious. 

Israel's defeat removed Saul's dynasty. Both king Saul and prince Jonathan were slain during the battle. By this means, God’s promise of a seed to bless the world was carried on through David of the tribe of Judah. 

It was said by God Himself that David was a man after God’s own heart. David had a shepherds heart and he recognized the promise to Abraham and His descendants was literal. He declared that the hosts of heavens were allied with Israel when as a shepherd boy he confronted Goliath in the name of the Lord of hosts.

God affirms His covenant of promised seed to David that it would be through David
"And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever… 

David responded in prayer: “And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?" - 2Sa 7:16, 19 KJV

29 The Mosaic Covenant part 2

 

"He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD." [Psalm 147:19-20 KJV]

What sets Israel apart from the other nations is that their law is God’s law. It was given to them in dramatic fashion at Mt. Sinai. Yet we read that no sooner had the law been given than that it was violated and broken. 

The word 'iniquity' is defined as lawlessness, however this does not mean the absence of law. Rather iniquity means having a law/government that is without regard to the one true God. (e.g. the Greeks ‘unwritten law’ was thought to be the product of their pantheon of gods)……

The law that Israel received from God was in the form of a Suzerain-Vassal treaty that was well known among the peoples of that day. In such a treaty, the Suzerain is the ruler and the vassal is the commoner. The treaty guarantees blessings to the vassal for obedience to the suzerian and curses for disobedience. Deuteronomy is laid out after the pattern of a S-V treaty with six parts. 

The last part of this treaty between God and Israel contains 14 versus of blessings and 54 versus of curses.

We have considered these points of the Mosaic covenant. God brought the people out of Egypt to reveal Himself to them as the Holy One. The conditions were laid out through Moses for not just ownership but possession of the promise. Those blessing and curses are still in effect today. 

The last point for us to consider regarding the Mosaic Covenant is that there is a specific violation that will bring about the curses upon Israel. That is not recognizing the king of God’s choosing will result in tribulation. Deuteronomy 17:15 specifically mandates that their king must be God’s choice. 

"Thou shalt in any wise set [him] king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: [one] from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which [is] not thy brother."

When we come to John 5:45-47, we see there that the Lord Jesus tells the Jewish rulers that He is Messiah. They claimed to be following Moses but they could not see the one of whom Moses wrote. They turned down the offer because they wanted the politics without the moral dimensions that Jesus laid out. (John 5)

This points to the horrific danger of approaching the Word of God with an agenda. Our view of scripture should not be informed by our view of politics or religion, but our politics should be informed by The Scriptures.

After the rulers of the Jewish nation accused Jesus of performing miracles with the power of Satan, Jesus began teaching in parables rather than discourses. The gospels except John recorded the parable of the landowner.

In Matthew 21:33-46 we read of this landowner who sends servants to his vineyard expecting fruit. However, the workers in the field kill the servants and eventually they kill the landowner's Son. This resulted in the destruction of the workers and the vineyard will be given to other workers who will produce fruit for the landowner.

Jesus explains that it will be given to 'a nation bearing fruits of it'. Christendom has often claimed from this that the church has replaced Israel. However, the church is not a nation. What Jesus is referring to here is that a future generation of Israel will become the blessing to the nations that God created them for.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under [her] wings, but you were not willing! "See! Your house is left to you desolate; "for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, 'Blessed [is] He who comes in the name of the LORD!' " 

Matthew 23:37-39 NKJV

Israel refused to recognize Jesus as God’s choice, therefore the Kingdom cannot come until they see and declare Him to be Messiah. If the whole world of Gentiles were to be saved and Israel remained in unbelief, the Kingdom could not come. 

On the other hand, the opposite is also true, when Israel recognizes her Messiah, He will come to them even though the whole world denies Messiah and Israel's right to exist. 

Luke 19:41,42 Israel’s peace is directly tied to their recognition of Messiah. The Jews today say that Jesus could not be Messiah because he failed to bring peace. The failure was not Messiah’s, the failure was Israel’s violation of the Mosaic Covenant.

Dan 9:24-27; This brings us to Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks given during the time of Babylonian captivity. This prophecy outlines the future of Israel from Daniels day to a day yet future to ours. v. 26 was accomplished in 70 A.D. while v. 27 is a day future to ours. These 70 weeks are weeks of years (490 years). There are six things that will be accomplished at the completion of these weeks.

According to Sir Robert Anderson’s calculations: the decree of Artaxerxes to rebuild the wall and city until the day that Jesus entered the city as Messiah was 483 years to the day. From the time of the decree until the walls were built was 49 years (7 weeks) and then 434 years (62 weeks) until Messiah the Prince. 

Jer 30:7: There remains one final week to be fulfilled. It is called the time of Jacob’s trouble. It has nothing to do with the church.The Lord Jesus confirmed that it will be a time unlike any other in history.

This tribulation period of 7 years is marked by 3.5 yrs of relative peace as Israel will be deceived by the antichrist into confirming the covenant. He will be promoted as Messiah. In the middle of that week antichrist will be given access to the newly built temple. 

Instead of offering the prescribed sacrifices, he will desecrate the altar by sacrificing a pig on it. This will start 3.5 years of great tribulation where, according to the prophets, 2/3rds of the Jewish population will be killed.

Typology of Antichrist: This action will be a repeat of when the Roman emperor Antiochus Epiphanes sacrificed a pig on the temple altar. This future action by antichrist will be used of God to remove the blindness from the Jewish people.

Deut. 4:30,31 This removal of blindness is a fulfillment of God’s SV treaty with Israel. (Which subcovenant?) 
Zech 12:10 They will finally recognize the King of God’s choosing and confess their guilt with bitterness.
So it will be that 6 prophecies of Daniel will be fulfilled: 

1. The transgression that took place in Eden will now be finished; 
2. The sinful doubting of God’s goodness will be ended; 
3. The sacrifice of Christ that Isaiah 53: 5 prophesied will be recognized; 
4. The Everlasting King shall reign in righteousness; 
5. The promise of Gen 3;15 with all that the prophets have written will be fulfilled.
6. The Millennial Temple that Ezekiel described shall be consecrated.

Summary points of Mosaic Covenant: 

What is true on a national level is also true on a personal level: When we attempt to order our lives according to our own desires and rules without consideration of God’s will for our lives, it is iniquity.

As we get older, we lose the confidence of youth. Our losses begin to mount up and we become more dependent on others. This creates a place of fear in our lives because we know that others will fail us. 

Yet, Knowing that we are allied with the mighty God who cannot fail and has promised to restore the world back to what He created at the beginning restores our confidence. Receiving the King of God's choosing enables us to live with a faith that overcomes fear; a faith that can grow to be like that of Joshua and Caleb. 

Like young David facing Goliath, the believer can, in the name of the Lord, confront the giants who oppose God and see them defeated.

Thank God for His mercy that He will restore us when our hearts desire Him once again.

28 The Mosaic covenant

 So, why send Israel into Egypt where they were going to be put into slavery? 

Genesis 15:16; God promised that there would be four generations until they returned to Canaan because the iniquity of the Amorites was not yet full. Who are the Amorites? 

A quick word search in a concordance reveals that they were among the race of giants that inhabited the land of Canaan. They were demonic idol worshippers, mountain dwellers, large as cedar trees; allied with Og King of Bashan whose bed was 13.5 feet long and 6 feet wide; 

They were in fact the very people from among whom Abram and Sarai dwelt and from whom the land was taken. Ezek 16:3

What’s more we see that God waited until they were at the height of their power before the Israelites invaded the land. Why bring up all of this detail? Because we need to be reminded of how powerful an alliance with God truly is. Israel was tasked to destroy those ‘greater and mightier’. (Deut 7:1)

God’s purpose in bringing Israel to Egypt: Remembering God’s purpose in redemption helps us to endure the difficulties of life. 

It is better to judge circumstances in the presence of God

Rather than judging God in the presence of circumstances.

C.H. Mackintosh.

Incubation, preservation, emancipation in Christ

How many left Egypt?

Graphic of God’s original intent. The office of theocratic administrator is God’s plan for governing His creation. The nation of Israel is God’s plan for restoring the kingdom, where one man, the promised seed of the woman will crush the head of the serpent and rule the world from the land where He has chosen to place His name. 

As we get older, we lose the confidence of youth. We become more dependent on others and this creates a place of fear in our lives. Knowing that we are allied with the mighty God who has promised to restore the world back to what He created at the beginning can help us to overcome fear and grow us into a more confident faith like Joshua and Caleb. Like young David facing Goliath, the church can confront the giants who oppose God in the name of the Lord and see them defeated.

Israel’s experience in Egypt was God’s means of incubation of a nation isolated from the evils of Canaan and focused on the promise of redemption. Very much like the church is designed to do.

The Mosaic covenant was God’s alliance with man whereby the office of theocratic administrator could begin to be at least partially restored so that God’s glory could dwell with His people.

Exodus 19:5-6; a kingdom of priests; This is the first time that the word kingdom is used to describe God’s dealings with His own people. Up until now they were a distinct people held together by the Abrahamic covenant, sequestered in Goshen and marked by the sign of circumcision. The sign that they were intended to be a distinct race whose promised seed would be holy and not be a product of the flesh. 

(The ‘y’ chromosome marks masculinity. Since inheritance comes through the firstborn male, Christ’s masculinity is not from Joseph but from His heavenly Father and marks Him as the heir of all things) 

Now that Israel’s incubation period in Egypt is complete, they were given a designation as a kingdom of priests. They are worshippers of the one true God in opposition to the pagan nations that they were about to displace. 

List of Theocratic Administrators;Israel enjoyed the presence of the Shekinah glory for 800 years

In Ezekiel we read of how the Shekinah glory of God reluctantly left the temple. That glory did not return until Christ Himself entered the temple Mark 11:11,15. When the veil of the temple was torn from top to bottom at the death of the Lord, it revealed the absence of the glory.

Romans 5:13-14; Death reigned from Adam until Moses, a dark period marking a time when the office of TA was not present on the earth. So what is meant by the phrase: “they did not sin after the likeness of the offense of Adam”? Those that sinned between Adam and Moses did not know the presence of God’s glory in their midst. 

Conditional Covenant; God would be with them as long as they kept the provisions of the covenant.

Prov 3:5,6; an example of a conditional covenant. I have to do A,B,C for God to do D

Exodus 19:5-6; If, then wording

The Abrahamic Covenant is called a Royal Grant. It is a trust where nothing is required except to be the recipient named. Suzerain-Vassal treaty of the ancient near east. A well known treaty structure of that time. If you obey the terms of the covenant text, then the suzerain promises to protect the vassal. If the vassal fails, he will be cursed. (Feudal system) Deuteronomy sets forth the provisions of a SV treaty with Israel. Ten Commandments with 615 laws that expand and explain the commandments. Six parts to the treaty

 The last section are the blessings and curses. Deut. 28 and Lev 26 Israel’s history in advance. 14 verses for blessings, 54 verses of curses.

Deuteronomy 28:49-50; 

Ownership vs Possession (enjoyment). e.g. An inheritance is placed in a trust. The trust allows you to possess a property but not enjoy it. You own the trust that owns the inheritance but you cannot enjoy it until certain conditions are met. The Mosaic covenant specifies the conditions through which the trust of the Abrahamic Covenant may be enjoyed.

Hosea 4:1-2 is the declaration of a covenant lawsuit against the nation of Israel. The prophets were sent to declare Israel’s violation with the warning that they will be invaded and dispersed if they do not comply.

Ezek 43:9; If, on the other hand, you comply you will be blessed with the presence of the Lord in their midst. Once they comply, they will not only be the owner but also the possessor. The Kingdom is not cancelled but postponed.

What is the difference between the Mosaic covenant and the land or Palestinian covenant? (When your neighbor asks you this the next time that you see him/her outside)

The Mosaic covenant points to Christ: His death and resurrection fulfills the covenant and purchases their right to occupy the full land promise. They must first confess with their mouth that Jesus is Messiah and that God has raised Him from the dead (Rom 10:9).

Deut. 17:15 One of the conditions of this treaty is that they have to accept the King of God’s choosing.

John 5:45-47 shows how Israel failed to recognize Messiah, the King when He came to them.

27 Overview of The Sub covenants

The elements of Abrahamic Covenant of land seed and blessing form the basis for the sub covenants that would come later in history of the nation. 

• The Conditional Mosaic Covenant set the terms for enjoyment of the land; 
• The unconditional Davidic Covenant promised that Messiah, the King would come from David's Seed; 
• The future New Covenant in the Kingdom Age fulfills the promise of Israel becoming a blessing for the entire world as a result of their link with their Messiah King.

This legacy of blessing requires an individual commitment. It is significant that God did not just speak a blessing upon the world but he determined that blessing would come through individual and personal commitments. 

Every believer is called to leave a legacy of blessing for future generations."Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.” 1Pe 3:9 We are blessed to be a blessing to others. 

Yet, when we look at the nation of Israel, we do not see them as a blessing to the world but instead they seem to be a constant source of irritation and world unrest. Knowing that it is God's promise to use Israel as a blessing, it is not unexpected that Satan would work to undermine that promise.  

1. The sad reality is that we live in times where the leadership in Israel is captured by the same globalist elites that the United States government has been captured by. So while we recognize and support the unconditional promise of Israel’s existence, guaranteed by God Himself, that doesn’t mean that their exercise of government should be unconditionally supported. 
2. Isaiah 43:1; “called by their name” i.e. naming = authority over something or someone. This reminds us that God’s scepter of authority is invested in Israel. The Jews are God's people and a direct challenge to Satan’s authority. This explains much of why they are so persecuted and yet survive to thrive.
3. Genesis 49:2,10: Jacob’s prophecy concerning Judah as the channel of blessing through Shiloh, the King of Peace. Israel is the direct channel of Messiah crushing Satan’s power and restoring God’s Kingdom on earth. It is no wonder then that Satan would infiltrate the Jewish culture. Satan would delight to make a mockery of God’s promise to use Israel as a channel of blessing to all people. (the Jews reject Jesus today because they claim that He failed to bring peace)
4. “God’s kingdom plan involves the establishment of a “nation” that would be the means through which universal blessings would occur. But this nation needed to be set apart unto God for service. It must be different from the other nations.”

Vlach, Michael. He Will Reign Forever: A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God.

The only way for this to happen is for God Himself to guarantee the outcome. So, He makes covenants and memorializes them with specific Covenantal signs: Rainbow, circumcision, sabbath, communion table. By means of legal contract, God obligates Himself before all of His creation to bless the earth. 

People today recognize that there is a force greater than themselves that governs the worlds and their inhabitants. They refer to this force as ‘the universe’- a kind of impersonal force that they can tap into through spiritual exercise. The universe is not an impersonal force. There is an unseen realm filled with personal witnesses for the truth of God’s Eternal Word. (They are called “The watchers” in Daniel 4:17)

As evidence of this we see that at the end of Moses life, he is given a song to teach the people of Israel in every generation. God said that he gave Israel this song was given to be a witness against them. The song affirms that God will punish them for their evil but regardless of how evil Israel becomes, God will not destroy them as a nation. God speaks to His people through this song of Moses by calling upon heaven (the universe) to bear witness to this oath: 

"For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. ... Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, [and] to his people." Deuteronomy 32:40,43. 

Why would God lift His hand to make an oath to an impersonal force?

Titus 1:2 reminds us that this Kingdom hope springs from the integrity of God’s Word.
Hebrews 6:18: Promise and an oath that it will be accomplished upon pain of death.

Sub covenants restate and expand the promises of Land, seed and blessing
Genesis 15:18-21: We have seen that this covenant is a literal geographical portion of land inhabited by literal people groups whose literal displacement is confirmed historically.

Deut 29:1 informs us that the land covenant (sometimes called the Palestinian Covenant) is different than the Mosaic covenant. It is closely related to it as it states the conditions upon which they will remain in the land. It also seems to be a covenant that extends to future generations or any people who will honor Israel's claim upon the land:

"Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with [him] that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with [him] that [is] not here with us this day:" [Deuteronomy 29:14-15 KJV]

This land covenant itself stands as an unconditional promise of regathering
Deuteronomy 30:3. A promise that when Israel’s sin causes them to be driven out of the land just like those that they displaced, God will regather them into His land again. 
“This Land Covenant also should be construed literally since the eschatological regathering of Israel is mentioned alongside Israel’s scattering.”
Woods, Andrew M.. The Coming Kingdom: (p. 35). Grace Gospel Press.

2 Sam. 7:12–16 amplifies the seed promise given to Abram: God entered into a covenant with David, which promised that through David’s seed would come an eternal house, throne, and kingdom.

“Since these promises given to David are an amplification of the seed component of the Abrahamic Covenant, they share the Abrahamic Covenant’s literalness and terrestrial nature.” This observation teaches us to avoid spiritualizing what the Spirit of God intends to be taken literally.

Gal 3:16,29 further defines seed as referring to one person in particular who will come through David’s lineage and enroll both Jew and Gentile believers as heirs to the promise.

John Walvoord clarifies that this inclusion of Gentiles does not spiritualize David’s literal throne in Jerusalem to mean the reign of Christ from the Father’s throne in heaven.

Jer 31:31-34: Lastly we come to amplification of blessing found in the new covenant. Again, we cannot confuse the new covenant established with the church as the fulfillment of the new covenant in the Millennium. (Notice the phrase, “after those days” i.e. days of tribulation)

The church is but the first fruits of this covenant. The fulfillment of it will be with Israel when they finally receive Yeshua as Messiah. James points out to Jewish believers that are scattered and now form the early church that they are the firstfruits of a greater harvest to come.

"Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." - Jas 1:18 KJV

Paul reminds us that in the church, not only are believers from the twelve tribes a kind of firstfruits, but Gentiles also share in this promise:

"that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel," - Eph 3:6 NKJV

“Once inaugurated, this eternal covenant (Jer. 32:37–40) will bring forth both regeneration for Israel, thereby permanently removing from them the necessity of the Mosaic Covenant” (Jer. 31:32). Woods, Andrew M.. The Coming Kingdom:(p. 36).

This observation then reminds us of the gracious provision of the new covenant that is established with the individual believer, does away with the need for the Mosaic law. 

Summary:

• The Abrahamic Covenant is the basis for the sub covenants that provide for a legacy of blessing through personal faith in God’s promise.
• The sub covenants expand the promises of Land Seed and Blessing.
• The Covenants legally bind God before the hosts of heaven to perform them
• The Covenants are to be literally fulfilled through Israel in a land of prescribed boundaries

26 Why did God create Israel?

 

As conscientious parents, we learn to anticipate the trouble that our children may encounter or engender. This causes us to make plans that will preserve a legacy to bless them with yet not handicap them by denying their exercise of free will. We must all learn that choices have consequences but we cannot learn that without the freedom to choose.

The Covenant that God made with Abraham was to ensure that the all of the peoples of the world would be blessed. The creation of a unique nation separate from the ubiquitous mother child cult provided mankind with a choice. The unconditional promise of land, seed and blessing that God made with Abraham affords every human soul an opportunity to witness the goodness of God. Like faithful Abraham, we may either embrace this truth or cling to our fallen nature and reject the goodness of God. 

We have considered how God’s Messianic purposes are traced through individuals. We are reminded that we each have opportunity to choose the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in order to leave a legacy of blessing to our descendants.

Summarizing the Abrahamic Covenant we can observe:

• The Abrahamic Covenant is the basis for the sub covenants that follow. These provide for a legacy of blessing through personal faith in God’s promise.
• The sub covenants (Mosaic, Davidic and New) expand the promise to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) of Land Seed and Blessing.
• The Covenants legally bind God before the hosts of heaven to perform them.
• The Covenants are to be literally fulfilled through Israel in a land of prescribed boundaries

Sub-covenants

The first of the sub covenants was given through Moses. Unlike the covenant with Abraham, it's fulfillment was conditional. Whereas the Abrahamic covenant guaranteed ownership of the promised land, the Mosaic covenant stated the terms by which they would take possession of it. Chief among those conditions was to receive the King that God would choose for them.

The law provided a basis for identifying that King. Only He would be its fulfillment. This evidence was presented to the nation several millennia later when Jesus declared:

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: 

I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." 

Matthew 5:17 KJV

Jer 31:31-34: Lastly we come to amplification of blessing found in the new covenant. The fulfillment of it will be with Israel when they finally receive Yeshua as Messiah. (Notice it is a covenant “with the house of Israel after those days” i.e. days of tribulation) 
In the early days of the church, believers were almost exclusively Jewish. James points out to these twelve tribes that are scattered and now form the early church that they are the first fruits of a greater harvest to come. The church is but the first fruits of this covenant and points to a greater harvest of redeemed souls.

"Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures." - Jas 1:18 KJV

Paul informs us that in the church, not only are believers from the twelve tribes a kind of first-fruits, but Gentiles also share in this promise:

"that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel," - Eph 3:6 NKJV

Again, we must not confuse the new covenant established with the church as the fulfillment of the new covenant in the Millennium because we are the first fruits and not the full harvest. 

1 Cor 11:26: The new covenant sign that the Lord instituted was the communion table. The apostle Paul explains that the bread and wine not only remembers what was accomplished at the Lord’s death, but it also anticipates His return and a future harvest. This sign will still have importance in the Millennium in the same way that it is a celebration of victory as it was when Abraham rescued Lot from the grip of 10 kings. Melchizedek the priest of the Most High and King of Salem (peace) met him with emblems of bread and wine.
Importance of these covenants. Because God is legally obligated to fulfill the terms of this covenant, it forms the basis of God’s intervention in human history. 
Jeremiah 31:35-37. As the children of Israel are about to be removed from their land, God assures Israel that He is disciplining them for what they have done, but He has not cast them off.
Everything that we see in human history in terms of the movement of nations and national boundaries are the outworking of God’s plan to preserve Israel in the midst of Satanic opposition to destroy Israel.
Ezek 36:22 The regathering of Israel is for the Lord’s name. The problem with Israel was not that there was no one who believed in the promises, it is that they had allowed pagan practices to take root in their midst. This condition required God’s discipline. Those whom God loves, He rebukes and chastens.(Heb 12:6,7) It calls us to take inventory of the paganism (legalism is paganism) that we have allowed to continue and take root in our lives, our families and our churches.
“Once inaugurated, (in the Millennium) this eternal covenant (Jer. 32:37–40) will bring forth both regeneration for Israel, thereby permanently removing from them the necessity of the Mosaic Covenant” (Jer. 31:32). Woods, Andrew M.. The Coming Kingdom:(p. 36). 

This observation then reminds us of the gracious provision of the new covenant that is established with the individual believer, does away with the need for the Mosaic law. 

How does the Mosaic Covenant fit into God’s Kingdom program? It serves to provide a limited restoration of theocratic admin. Unlike he AC, It is a conditional covenant that man has a part in.
Summary of God’s kingdom program in the era of Moses - Vlatch
Summary of God’s kingdom program in the era of Moses - Vlatch
Mosaic covenant of Ex 19-24. Remember that the Lord told Abram in Gen. 15 that his descendants would be afflicted for 400 years but that the Lord would bring them out with great substance.
We remember that Abraham and his sons were brought into Egypt because of a famine and that God used one of Abraham’s sons, Joseph, whom Abraham believed had been killed by a wild animal. 
18.1.In truth, his brothers had sold him into slavery and lied to their father about Josephs death. Gen 39-41 tell the story of how Joseph miraculously came to be ruler in Egypt. So we see how God intervenes in history to act for His names sake in spite of the evil of Israel’s sons. 
18.2. Why did Jacob count Joseph’s sons among his own sons and not Joseph alone? Gen 48:5
But then there arose a Pharoah in Egypt who did not know Joseph. The Hebrews as they were known by the Egyptians multiplied in the land and were perceived as a threat by Pharoah. 
Map of exodus: Their bondage in Egypt ended as a result of the 12 plagues so that they were driven out in haste and given precious jewels, silver and gold.
Psalm 147:19-20 What is important to note is that this covenant given at Sinai, or Horeb, was given only to Israel and it stated the conditions that must be met for them to stay in the land. Remember that the Land covenant (Palestinian Covenant) of Deuteronomy 29 unconditionally states the promise of regathering after they are scattered due to violating the conditions of the Mosaic covenant.
Is there a contradiction between the 400 years of Gen 15:13 and the 430 years of Ex 12:40,41; Galatians 3:17? According to Gal. 3:17 the oath of Genesis 15:13 was the start of a 430 year period that ended on the day that Israel left Egypt. It appears that a closer examination of the chronology suggests that Pharoah caused them to be put into bondage no more than 144 years (depending on how soon after Joseph’s death a new Pharoah came to power).