Death Breaks A Vow?

 

Death Breaks A Vow?

Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Leviticus 27:29 “None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.”

1 Corinthians 7:39 “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.”

     Did God make a vow?  A vow to Himself swearing that Adam would die if he ate the fruit.  Israelites practiced banning.  Idolatrous men and women in Canaanite towns were banned or condemned without chance of redemption. They were doomed to die as the armies mowed them over.  So did God ban Adam to death when He upheld His fruit promise?

     With those married, we see them bound as long as they live.  Their vow is still active if both were alive.  Only death, not divorce, put the living at liberty to marry again.

     Does vow understanding help with comprehending the cross?   Back in Genesis, God vowed by Himself that Man would die.  That was a continual curse on down the generations.   Hence, we are born dead to God.  This vow stayed active as long as the One swearing it existed.  In this case, as long as God lived, Man died.  We were bound by His vow.

     If God were to die, would that revoke the vow?  Jesus died as God on earth.  Did His act negate the vow that we may be reborn?  Lawfully, did have to do this to get out of His word?  Since His word could not be broken, did He choose to die instead?  Hmm… 

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