I also have become more intrigued by the original language of the Bible/the people who spoke it 2,000 years ago. I’m also biased because I am a bilingual interpreter 🙂
Something that occurred to me as I read your response, too, is the idea of God upholding the covenant. Theologians and scholars act like the covenant is so fickle, flimsy and fair-weathered – that it would change on a dime between the Old and New Testaments. A covenant ought to be given more credit – it is a strong promise, a firm foundation between God and His people – why we think He would uphold it for some but not all discredits its power.
