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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
Ex 34:10*And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee.
Being born again is not a covenant. Being redeemed from sin is also not a covenant. But, declaring that Jesus is Lord of all and Heir of all is. Saying that we have been saved and redeemed unto this goal of adoption as sons is also referring to this covenant.
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This covenant includes building the tabernacle of God on Earth. It also includes all of the offerings to God to make peace, pay for sin, sins, etc. None of those things could refer to being born again. How could you make a covenant with someone prior to them being born?
But this explains verses like "work out your own salvation with fear and trembling" or "how great a salvation" or "saved to the uttermost". The adoption as sons is not guaranteed, nor has it been accomplished once for all.
Building the church -- that is God's work that all people will see. This labor is related to our covenant with God and it is related to us being foreordained according to the good pleasure of God to the adoption as sons.