What is a Covenant A covenant is an agreement between two groups with rules promises and stipulations that each group must do Covenants were legal agreements often between a stronger group such as a King and a weaker group ID: 417316
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Covenants Slide2
What is a Covenant?
A covenant is an agreement between two groups with rules, promises, and stipulations that each group must do.
Covenants were legal agreements, often between a stronger group (such as a King) and a weaker group.
Covenants were a common form of justice and law within the Ancient Middle East.
(Similar to ancient suzerainty
treaties.)Slide3
What is a Covenant?
All covenants had conditions—obligations which must be performed.
Keeping
the conditions of the covenant had
blessings or advantages
while
breaking
the covenant had
curses
.
We find two types of covenants in the Bible:
Conditional
Unconditional Slide4
Conditional Covenants
Conditional: Both parties need to keep the terms of the covenant. The one who breaks the terms is subject to curses and the punishments outlined in the covenant. Slide5
Unconditional Covenants
Unconditional: the more powerful party will always keep the conditions of the covenant even if the weaker party fails at keeping the terms. Slide6
Why would God make a covenant with humans?
?Slide7
He wants a relationship with us!
Woooo
Hoooo
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Let’s look at the covenants in the Bible!Slide9
The Cultural Mandate- Adam and Eve
This is not a specific covenant, but God’s promise to Adam and Eve does have promises, responsibilities, and consequences, just like a covenant.
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The Noahaic
CovenantNoah and the Flood
God unconditionally promises never to destroy the earth with a flood again. The rainbow is a sign to demonstrate His promise.
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The Abrahamic Covenant-
Abraham into a Nation
God unconditionally promises to make Abraham’s family very large and to give that family the land of Canaan (modern day Israel).
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The Mosaic Covenant-The Law
This is a conditional covenant. This is where the Old Testament laws and regulations can be found. God promised to take care of Israel if Israel would obey this covenant. They did not so they often suffered for it.
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The Davidic Covenant-A King for Israel
God promises to King David that his descendants will be Kings. This ultimately becomes true as Jesus is a descendant of King David, and He is the King of the Universe.