As depicted in the Letter to the Hebrews, the Prince of Shalom Himself is the sacrificial lamb and at the same time the priest who presides over the sacrifice of reconciliation, forging a new
covenant of shalom.
Yahweh will make with
them a covenant of shalom, which will include the banishment of wild animals, abundant showers, splendid vegetation.
Such peace was often the result of a formal peace treaty or «
covenant of shalom» as between Isaac and Abimelech (Gen. 26:26 - 31) or Joshua and the Gibeonites (Josh.
When they repudiate
the covenant of shalom, the whole world falls into chaos.
Not exact matches
All this is implied in the great biblical vision
of covenant and
shalom, in which every family, clan, tribe and person has a place in which their God - given dignity is respected.
We look not to the past but to a new future, brought about by social repentance and conversion to divine commandments, so that the
covenant of creation can be rectified and God's
Shalom brought to nature and society.
Yahweh is pledged,
covenanted to bestow
shalom on the people
of Yahweh.
Thus, it is within the
covenant that one attains salvation; outside it is spiritual death.16 The basic message
of the
covenant is salvation, «that God is willing to set his
covenant partner in a
shalom status.