After God Made Covenants With Noah And Abraham He Then

When it comes to how the Abrahamic covenant affected the relationship that God had with

Jesus Christ is both priest and King in the Order of Melchizedek. As He rules in the spiritual realm, He ministers to man in order to bring them into unification with God. This is the key to understanding what happens in the end, the day of reconciliation between the Church and Israel.

With Noah’s covenant, God redefines his relationship with

At the beginning of time, God created mankind, creatures made in his own image, with whom He could have relationship with. Unfortunately, the original humans, Adam and Eve, shattered this relationship by turning away from God and sinning, putting themselves before Him. All of the descendants of Adam and Eve, mankind itself, have and continue to suffer from the repercussions of this Original Sin. Ever since that time, thousands of years ago, God has been working through human history in order to repair His relationship with Humanity, redeeming them from the effects of sin. His plan of salvation began with a covenant He made with a nomad named Abraham, whose descendants became the nation of Israel. This covenant established the Lord's intentions to bring about redemption for humanity through the nation of Israel. Sadly though, the ancient Israelites time and again were unfaithful to their covenant with God, and would worship the false idols of the nations around them. Because of their sin of apostasy, the nation of Israel eventually split in two, and was then wiped out by foreign invaders, sending in the Hebrew people into exile. It was during this exile that the Prophets, men who would speak on behalf of God, began to predict the coming of the Messiah, an 'anointed one' of

   In the Bible, God commands Moses to go up Mount Sinai to receive divine instruction.    When he comes back, his people, the Israelites, have gone crazy.  They have forgotten Moses, and forgotten their God.  They form their own god, a golden calf, and build an altar.  They even had a festival for the golden calf.  "Afterward they sat down to eat and drink and sat down to indulge in revelry" (Exodus 32:6).  Moses then went down the mountain and got so angry that he smashed the tablets with the Ten Commandments on them.   The Israelites lost faith because they could not see the God they were worshipping, so they forgot him and began worshipping a false idol.  The Israelites are not very

Jesus announces that the reign is not something that is coming in the future but is here and now today and will continue, which changes the direction of attitudes of the Israelites. Second Jesus is the son of God. He refers to God in the personal name for Father. He is lovingly obedient to God his father.

Throughout the Old Testament I can see how humanity is drawn forward from the covenant of creation to the events concerning Jesus Christ. God connects with humankind through covenants which outline the plan of God. The Abrahamic covenant is the first covenant to show God’s unconditional love toward humankind. The Mosaic covenant is a conditional covenant that outlines the laws that we must live our lives by. The Messianic

The everlasting covenant spoken of in the book of Isaiah is fulfilled in New Testament passage and confirms that God has and will continue to keep His covenant. John 14:27 shows that Jesus gave His peace to the world. Jesus is our peace (NIV, Ephesians 2:13-18). Romans 6:23 say that the wages of sin is

Covenantal people of God: once again we gather here today to be reminded us God’s faithfulness, grace, and mercy upon our lives. Once again, we are reminded of our responsibilities as advocates for God’s kingdom, by caring for the widow, the alien, the orphan, and now, as our passage notes, caring also for the dejected man in the street. After all, we are called, as Christians, to exemplify the work God is completing in our world by serving the “other”. And, as can be recognized, the “other” is all around us. From the Syrian refugee crisis, to Palestinians on the West Bank, to the American perpetuation of slavery by way of incarceration against our African-American brother and sisters, to the surge in violence against members of the LGTBQ community, we recognize the “other”. The “other” is anyone who is not in power and is oppressed and marginalized by those who are in power. The systemic persecution against the “other” is as old as humanity itself. Nevertheless, we believe that God is working, through God’s people, to end this violence and put God’s world back to rights.

The first covenant was between Moses and God. A covenant is like a contract between God and people. The contract says that if the people do as God says that they will be rewarded. In the covenant that God made with Moses, God promised that the Hebrews would have a perennate place to live. To get the reward the Hebrews had to only warship God and reject all others. The Hebrews also so had to live their life following the 10 Commandments.

Theologically, a covenant (used of relations between God and man) denotes a gracious undertaking entered into by God for the benefit and blessing of humanity and specifically of those who by faith receive the promises and commit themselves to the obligation which this undertaking involves. The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional covenant. God made

There are three main covenants in the Old Testament. The first covenant is the Abrahamic Covenant. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation (Genesis 12:2). God also promised him the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:7; 17:8), He

In the Old Testament, the Israelites were seen as people who failed to listen to God’s commandments. Despite knowing beforehand that they would be punished for their disobedience, they still continued to commit sin. God tried to deter their misbehavior by promising them many blessings, but it worked to no avail. Due to the insubordination of the Israelites, He made sure that the promises He made to them would be withheld and that they would face consequences.

In Old Testament times God initiated and offered an agreement or covenant between Him and one nation, Israel. Entrance into this covenant was by physical, natural birth (Gen. 17:9-10). These biblical covenants were in effect during the time before Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. They were written on tablets of stone or scrolls (eg. Ten Commandments) which documented and instructed God’s people on how to live their lives. It established what sin was and the relationship between God and man was clearly defined. God also promised a Messiah would come to His people; His son, our Savior; a liberator.

Covenant making and covenant people have been a part of God’s plan since the beginning of time. In the Old Testament, and with Jesus Christ being just a foreshadow of things to come, covenants often made God and God’s holiness visible (Fehren, 1996). Furthermore, covenants were the vehicles or processes in which God used to institute promises and manage people (Korver, 2015). In the simplest terms, a covenant is an agreement between two or more parties concerning shared responsibilities and privileges, once ratified, covenants cannot be changed in any way, including the parties involved or the covenant provisions (Korver, 2015, p. 29). Covenants, may either be unconditional or conditional. Thus, an unconditional covenant, such as the one offered to Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3), requires no conditions to be placed on the recipient (Korver, 2015). Hence, the onus of the Abrahamic covenant was completely on God, and Abraham needed only to accept God’s offer. However, the enjoyment of the blessings made in the Abrahamic Covenant was dependent on how well Abraham and the future nation of Israel adhered to and listened to God’s commands (Merrill, 2006). Therefore, some action was required on behalf of Abraham and Israel to reap the full benefits of God’s blessing. Conditional covenants, such as the Mosaic Covenant (Exodus 19:1-8), requires the recipient to meet certain conditions before enjoying the benefits of the covenant (Korver, 2015). Typically, conditional covenants