Introduction to the Biblical Covenants
|01 Noahic Covenant||Noahic Covenant|
An introduction to the Biblical covenants and an overview of the covenant God made with Noah following the global flood (Gen. 9:9-17).
|02 Abrahamic Covenant||Abrahamic Covenant|
God makes a covenant with a man named Abram who later becomes Abraham, the father of the Jews. This unilateral covenant, including promises concerning a land, a seed, and a blessing, is the fountainhead out of which flow the Land Covenant, the Davidic Covenant, and the New Covenant (Gen. 12:1-3; 15; 17).
|03 Mosaic Covenant||Mosaic Covenant|
At Mount Sinai, God gave the law, including the Ten Commandments, through Moses. Although Israel ratified a bilateral covenant with God promising to uphold His law, the nation subsequently broke the covenant by failing to keep the law. (Ex. 24:1-8; Jer. 31:31-34)
|04 Land Covenant||Land Covenant|
Prior to crossing the Jordon into the promised land, Moses reviews the law originally given to Israel at Mt. Sinai and makes a covenant with the new generation. This covenant develops the promise of land originally given to Abram and elaborates on the conditions Israel must meet to continue in the land. The history of the Jews can be better understood in light of the blessings and curses which God set forth as conditions for her occupation of the land. (Deu. 29; 30)
|05 Davidic Covenant||Davidic Covenant|
God makes a covenant with King David promising an eternal house, throne, and kingdom. The covenant finds fulfillment in the eternal God-man Jesus Christ, the Son of David, who will one day return to earth to reign on David's throne. (2 Samuel 7:8-16; 1 Chronicles 17:10-15)
|06 New Covenant||New Covenant|
During the Last Supper, Jesus referred to the cup which He shared with His disciples as 'My blood of the new covenant' (Mat. 26:26-28). How were these words understood by His listeners? Jesus was alluding to an often-overlooked passage from the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah explaining the scope and purpose of the New Covenant. (Jeremiah 31:31; Matthew 26:26-28)
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