Mulling over George Pope to Steve Asher 21 Nov 2005

G'day George,

 SA> Oh? According to Deuteronomy 32: 48-52, God told Moses to ascend Mount
 SA> Nebo & view the land of Canaan, but because of trespass against 
 SA> God,

 GP> Yes, that was the stated reason, but it's apparent from the
 GP> circumstances that Moses was snookered into that whole sin/error
 GP> deal! 

Interesting. Do you have any evidence from scripture to back up that
claim? (Take your time)

 SA> he would not enter the land. And why would Christianity not focus on
 SA> Jesus, given that He is the one mediator between God and man?

 GP> Maybe because the prophets clearly taught that no mediator was
 GP> required, and the prophets spoke the Word of God?

Interesting. Maybe the prophets did clearly teach that no mediator
was required, but I would prefer you to post some evidence from
scripture to support your view, given that Moses was effectively
the mediator of the covenant with Israel ... God spoke to and
through Moses. Were the prophets themselves not mediators?

If the prophets "clearly taught" that no mediator was required, why
did Jeremiah the prophet, in Jeremiah 31:31-32 record the Lord as
saying... "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make
a new covenant with the house of Isael, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the
day that I took them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant
they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord."

What do you think that new covenant might be? Who do you think 
the mediator of the new covenant might be?

Cheers, Steve..

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