Allegory

First of all, those of you who attended Beginnings when this message was taught will know this message by the title, "Two Covenants: Part 1." This was the original title, but "Allegory" fits better with the flow of the Types and Shadows series.

Second, as a follow up thought to the message, in Galatians, Paul helps us to see from a different angle what the difference is between those who are still slaves and those who are free. In chapters 3 and 4, Paul argues that the Law was a guardian that kept God's people in prison until Christ would come. The point of the Law was never for the purpose of obtaining God's promises through obedience to it. The point was to show us that when we try, we are slaves, and we need to be freed by someone who is the perfect Son of God. And through Christ, we receive adoption as sons and daughters so that we might be free from the Law. So in a sense, Christ conquered the Law/Guardian for all who believe so that we might be free like sons instead of slaves. Sons end up inheriting and owning what belonged to their fathers; slaves don't. So if you want to be a Son and inherit all of God's possessions, you must walk out of the prison of the Law and trust Christ entirely. You are now free to live for God's glory without worrying that you might fail. That's what the heart of a free son feels like.