Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Quite often in modern Christianity, the New Covenant is thought to be a spiritualized fulfillment of Old Covenant promises. Israel was promised the land, and that is understood as a physical type of the spiritual antitype of salvation. BUt is that really the connection that we see? Is it a physical vs. spiritual contrast? Or is the contrast more along the lines of big vs. HUGE?

It seems to me that Israel had true spiritual promises and true physical promises, and in likewise manner, the church today has true spiritual promises and true physical promises. The difference, then, is that the promises made to us in the church today are vastly expanded upon those made to Israel.

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