Comments on: Life as the Enjoyment of the Covenant Communion Bond: The Garden of God https://reformedforum.org/life-as-the-enjoyment-of-the-covenant-communion-bond/ Reformed Theological Resources Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Daniel Ragusa https://reformedforum.org/life-as-the-enjoyment-of-the-covenant-communion-bond/#comment-3538591 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:03:47 +0000 http://reformedforum.org/?p=7456#comment-3538591 In reply to Andrew Gent.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the question! By union I had in mind the bond between God and Adam within the covenant of works that entailed fellowship, enjoying God, walking with God, etc. Adam being made in the image of God was disposed for this communion with God (with no need for the incarnation of Christ). Geerhardus Vos has a helpful discussion on the image of God in his Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 2: Anthropology, 13. The covenant of grace must provide a remedy for the new context of the fall (=difference), but entails this same fellowship now brought to permanent, eschatological consummation in Christ (=similarity). So for one there was no remedial aspect to the covenant of works as there is in the covenant of grace. The covenant of grace required the incarnation of the Son, which was not the case in the covenant of works. Hope that helps!

]]> By: Andrew Gent https://reformedforum.org/life-as-the-enjoyment-of-the-covenant-communion-bond/#comment-3536167 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 15:41:36 +0000 http://reformedforum.org/?p=7456#comment-3536167 Hey Dan,

When discussing the garden-kingdom (in the pre-lapsarian state), you refer to “life, that is, union and communion with God.” Could you expand a bit about what you mean by “union” with God? What did that union entail and how was it similar to or different from our union with Christ under the covenant of grace?

Thanks!

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