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Herbert W. Armstrong explains that a covenant is an agreement between two individuals having conditions and promises. God made an agreement with ancient Israel, promising immense, but temporal physical blessings-headship and prominence over the nations of the earth- if they would submit to His Commandments and yield to His rule. Because of their hard-hearted carnality, most of them disqualified. God subsequently fashioned a second covenant with spiritual Israel, having superior promises (including eternal life and to become co-heirs with Christ as members of God's very family) ratified with Christ's blood. The conditions (keeping God's laws in the spirit as well as the letter) remain the same - with the added feature that with the begettal of God's Holy Spirit, one would have the will and power to keep these laws in their spiritual intent. The booklet The Ten Commandments was offered on this program.

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