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6. I am building on the discussion of the “four-fold” action found in Gregory Dix,
The Shape of the Litur~ (Westminster, England: Dacre Press, 1945).
7. Covenant-making in the Bible always entails the act of dividing and restructur-
ing. Thus, Eve was divided from Adam, and then rejoined to him in the one-
flesh relationship. Similarly, when covenant was made with Abraham, the ani-
mals were divided in half (Genesis 15). See O. Palmer Robertson, The Christ of
the Covenants (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980), especially pp. 127ff.
8. See note 6 above.
9. See note 2 above.
10. For an example, see James B. Jordan, “Hexameron: Theological Reflections
on Genesis One (A Syllabus)” (available from Biblical Horizons, P.O. Box
132011, Tyler, TX 75713), chap. 19.
11. See James B. Jordan, Covenant Sequence in Leviticus and Deuteronomy (Tyler, TX:
Institute for Christian Economics, 1988). Significant literature on the subject
includes George E. Mendenhall, Law and Covenant in Israel and the Near East
(Pittsburgh: Biblical Colloquium, 1955). Mendenhall divides the covenant into
seven basic parts. Klaus Baltzer, The Covenant Formulary: In Old Testament,
Jewish, and Ear~ Christian Writings, trans. David E. Green (Philadelphia: For-
tress Press, [1964] 1971). Baltzer finds six basic parts. Meredith G. Kline, The
Structure of Biblical Atdhori~, rev. ed. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972). Kline
also sees six “standard sections,” p. 121.
12. See John M. Frame, Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presby-
terian and Reformed Pub. Co., 1987).
13. The most expansive treatment of the five-fold approach is found in Ray R. Sut-
ton, That You May Prosper: Dominion by Covenant (Tyler, TX: Institute for Chris-
tian Economics, 1987); cf. Sutton, Who Owns the Fami~?: God or the State? (Fort
Worth: Dominion Press, 1986); Seiond Chance: Biblical Principles of Divorce and
Remarriage (Dominion, 1988). See also Sutton’s newsletter, Covenant Renewal,
published by the Institute for Christian Economics, P.O. Box 8000, Tyler, TX
75711.
Gary North has worked with this model in several books, including The
Sinai Strategy: Economics and the Tm Commandments (Tyler, TX: Institute for
Christian Economics, 1986); Liberating Planet Earth: An Introduction to Biblical
Blueprints (Fort Worth: Dominion Press, 1987); Inherit the Earth: Biblical Principles
for Economics (Dominion, 1987]; Healm of the Nations: Biblical Princ+lesfor Intern-
ational Relations (Dominion, 1987).
Other significant literature employing one or another version of this model
includes David Chilton, The Days of Vmgeance: An Exposition of the Book of Revela-
tion (Fort Worth: Dominion Press, 1987); Gary DeMar, Ruler of the Nations: Bib-
lical Princi)slesfor Government (Dominion, 1987); George Grant, The Changing of the
Guard: Biblical Principles for Political Action (Dominion, 1987).

Chapter 11 — Man: The Agent of Transformation

1. From The Oxford Book .fCarols (London: Oxford University Press, [1928] 1964).
2. These are actually sayings of Agur (Proverbs 30:1), but they are regarded as part
of Solomon’s collection. Agur means “sojourner,” and scholars have hypothesized
that these proverbs came from Jacob, or possibly Moses. See Roland E.
Murphy, Wisdom Literature (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1981), p. 80.
3. The expression “deep sleep” refers to a state near death, or even death itself
(Psalm 76:6; Proverbs 10:5; 19:15). During “deep deep” God appears to men in