The covenat with God, mediated through Moses at Mt. Sinai, was conditional: blessings would come with obedience, and curses through disobedience. The inability of the Israelites to keep this covenant led to the New Covenant, in the blood of Christ, where God promises to transform those who trust in his Son.

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