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f God’s people (Heb 8:10-11). Includes a return to the land and peace for future converted Israel, ensuring they never aga. “Biblical covenants” only. It is not to be confused with what is popularly known as “Covenant Theology”, which is a framework constructed by Reformed theologians.
The major covenants of God begin with the covenant made with Noah. According to II Peter 3:3-7, there is a distinction between the “former heavens and earth” and the present heavens and earth.
The promises encompassed by the patriarchal covenants (those God established with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) are recorded in Gen 12:1–3. The essence of these divine promises is that God would bless Abraham in two ways: (1) God would make him into a great nation and so make his name great, and
Mosaic Covenant: God is righteous and the source of all righteous laws, judgments, statutes and decrees (Deut. 4:8; 32:4; Ps. 119:137–138). Priestly Covenant: God is holy and calls His people to holiness through the activities involved in sacrifice and priesthood (Num. 25:10–13; Ezek. 48:11).
Israel, already united to Yahweh by covenant through Abraham, was to live as His people by obeying the instruction set forth by God in the law. Obedience would bring covenant blessing, while disobedience would bring covenant curses (Deut 28).
The God of the Bible is a covenant-making and a covenant-keeping God. But what is a covenant and how does it differ from a contract? How many covenants has God made with humans? How many of these apply to Christians today? These are crucial questions for the interpretation and application of Scripture.
In the Abrahamic covenant God promises Abraham land, a seed and blessing. The Abrahamic, Davidic and New Covenants are God’s one-way commitments in which He assumes responsibility for Israel’s destiny and through them, the blessing of the world.
