tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post7577977877219417837..comments2023-08-12T00:51:02.219-07:00Comments on The Pilgrimgram: The Curse of CursesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post-69794015175835087222009-07-25T09:24:42.073-07:002009-07-25T09:24:42.073-07:00As usual, Tim, your comments make me think. Thank ...As usual, Tim, your comments make me think. Thank you!David McLainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496698847536406039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post-7304845143555658082009-07-16T18:39:10.027-07:002009-07-16T18:39:10.027-07:00Dave, my first clue is that covenants are set up a...Dave, my first clue is that covenants are set up as bonds with attendant blessings and curses (see Dt 28 for a clear example). The New Covenant is no different (see 1 Cor 10). God's covenants predominate Scripture. It's clear enough that all God's dealings with humanity are by way of covenant (see below), which includes the most fundamental one with Adam in the garden, wherein we are all under God's curse. All particular curses flow from man's cursed estate in Adam, which flows out of covenant.<br /><br />On the exhaustive nature of God's covenantal dealings with humanity, read the wisdom of our Puritan fathers: "The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of Him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which He has been pleased to express by way of covenant" (Westminster Confession of Faith, Ch 7:1).tim prussicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post-11060441927722515752009-07-10T18:14:12.274-07:002009-07-10T18:14:12.274-07:00Hi Tim, good to hear from you. Particularly, I'...Hi Tim, good to hear from you. Particularly, I'd like to hear more about this. The implications of imprecations, eh? <br /><br />What tells you that blessings & curses are covenantal?David McLainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10496698847536406039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899018576420083198.post-91759404505625247452009-07-10T11:36:00.444-07:002009-07-10T11:36:00.444-07:00Interesting thoughts! I'm sure there's muc...Interesting thoughts! I'm sure there's much to discuss in what you've written, but I'll zero in on something that I think is usually overlooked with reference to curses. I think blessings and curses are both tied to covenants in the Scripture. They don't just float out there, but find a place within the context of covenant, whether that covenant is creational or redemptive (that is, dealing with nature or grace). Thus, imprecations are covenantal - they're not hokus pokus, issued by anyone in any context. That kind of curse has no foundation (I don't think) in the Bible.tim prussicnoreply@blogger.com