Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
The Fear of God and its relevance to establishing the Old Covenant and the New Covenant is vital in understanding the nature of the role of sacrificial blood and meal in Exodus and 1 Corinthians. The Fear of God acts to establish and maintain proper covenantal relations with God and a covenant community’s cohesion. There is also an element where those that participate in covenants are required to live under its commandments by self-sacrificial behavior.
Chapter 1 introduces the issue of this thesis within certain parameters and boundaries alongside the purpose and objectives this issue wishes to address. Chapter 2 primarily addresses the Fear of God in Exodus 24:4–11, and its relationship to covenant participation by blood and meal between both covenantal parties. Chapter 3 primarily places the previous aspects of Chapter 2 within the context of 1 Corinthians 11:23–32. Chapter 4 summarizes how the Fear of God initiates the process of becoming holy as God is holy in both covenants through their respective institutionalized sacrifices and in the community’s act of loving God and neighbor.
Recommended Citation
Propst, Matthew Taylor, "The Fear of God: The Foundation of the Divine Covenants Through the Blood Sacrifice and Meal of Exodus 24:4–11 and 1 Corinthians 11:23–32." (2025). College of Theology and Ministry Dissertations, Projects, & Theses. 9.
https://digitalshowcase.oru.edu/cotmdissertations/9
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