GOD calls His commandments a covenant of love, good for a thousand generations. The commandments He is referring to were given on Mt Sinai. How can it be both a covenant of love and a covenant of bondage? Galatians 4:23-25
Deuteronomy 7:12
ESV - 12 And because you listen to these rules and keep and do them, the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love that he swore to your fathers.
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