These stipulations are the way God's people defeat the enemy. By relating to God in terms of ethical obedience, the enemies fall before His children. The principle is that law is at the heart of God's covenant. As in the suzerain treaty, Kline observes that this is the actual process of ratification. The principle is that there are rewards and punishments attached to the covenant.
Continuity determines the true heirs.
This continuity is established by ordination and faithfulness. It is historic and processional. The covenant is handed down from generation to generation. Only the one empowered by the Spirit can obey and take dominion. He is the one who inherits.