Concept:The covenant at Sinai was conditional, with Israel’s blessings resting on their obedience to God’s commands.
Explanation:In Exodus 19:5–6, God promised that if Israel would obey His voice and keep His covenant, they would be His treasured possession among all peoples.
He also called them to be “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation,” but this privilege was tied to their faithful response.
Circumcision was only the outward sign of the earlier Abrahamic covenant, not the central theme of the national covenant at Sinai.
Restoration and salvation are important biblical ideas, but the central condition God repeated throughout the covenant was obedience to His commandments.
Therefore, the covenant relationship depended on Israel’s willingness to listen and obey God.
Answer:C. obedience