Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

See, I and the sons whom the LORD has given me are to be signs and portents in Israel, sent by the LORD of Hosts who dwells on Mount Zion. Isa. 8:18 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed cf. Dt. 28:15; because thou hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:  And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, (cf. Isa. 8:18.) and upon thy seed for ever. Dt. 28:45–46. KJV  Covenant theology saw redemptive history in terms of one overarching covenant of grace—with the various biblical covenants as administrations of the one covenant,   “I will be their God, and they will be my people.” What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God , as God said,      “I will live in them and walk among them,      and I will be their God,      and t...

An account of the genealogy of  Jesus the Messiah , the son of David, the  son of Abraham . (Gen 12:3; 22:18; Ps 132:11; Isa 11:1; Lk 1:32; Jn 7:42; Acts 2:30; 13:23; Rom 1:3; Gal 3:16) Matt. 1:1  I will  bless those who bless  you , and the one who curses  you   I will  curse, and  in you  all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”, ( Gen 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 27:29; Ex 23:22; Num 24:9; Acts 3:25; Gal 3:8) Gen. 12:3  And the king will answer them, ‘Truly  I tell  you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,  you did it to me .’ Matt. 25:40  Inevitably, this leads to an inevitable question: “What, then, was the purpose of the law?” (Gal.3:19). The answer is complex, and, judging by what he says elsewhere (e.g. Rom 7), Paul makes no attempt to give a complete answer in Galatians 3. But intrinsic to its significance is its function in preparation for the coming of Christ “ ...