This article looks at the second covenant, given by God at Mount Sinai and reinforcing the covenant that God had given to Abraham.
The Second Covenant
Last updated 2009-07-07
The Second Covenant
The covenant that God gave at Mount Sinai reinforced the covenant that God had given to Abraham, and told the Jews what they would have to do as their side of the covenant.
God again promised to stay with the Jews and never to abandon them, because they were his chosen people.
...if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my own possession among all peoples; for all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation...
God told the Jewish People, that for their part, they must dedicate themselves to serving God for ever, and to making the world a better and holier place by obeying God's laws.
The Jewish people agreed to do this by saying,
All that the LORD has spoken we will do.
Exodus 19: 1-8
The covenant at Sinai sets out in great detail the relationship between God and the Jews.
Much of Judaism can be seen as the working out of this relationship and the development of the God's rules into a complete lifestyle.
What does it all mean?
The covenant is made with the Jewish People as a whole, not with each individual Jew - and the result of this is that Jewish history is full of the Jews' attempts to create a good and just society.
In modern times Jews continue to be very active in the fight for social justice and equality for all people.
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