The law and the prophets are meaningless without the atonement, and the atonement is stripped of its meaning when separated from the law and the prophets. For the sovereign Creator of all things to enter into a covenant with man is an act of pure and total grace. At the same time, a covenant is a treaty of law whereby God declares that the way of peace with him is to talk in terms of his law, the way of righteousness or justice. These themes and more are integral to an understanding of the book of Exodus, as well as understanding redemption itself.
The comparisons between Israel's deliverance from Egypt and the redeemed deliverance from sin is brought to life in this second in Rousas John Rushdoony's Pentateuch series. In it, he makes it clear that God's covenant is brought to its perfection in Jesus Christ, and both the law and the prophets are validated.
