“covenant” in the Old TestamentEssay Preview: “covenant” in the Old TestamentReport this essaySamantha FainJames DumkeTHS 22016 September 2013“Covenant” in the Old TestamentThe definition of the word “covenant” in the simplest form is “A solemn agreement between two or more parties made binding by some sort of oath” (“Covenant”, Eerdmans). The covenant to Israel was far greater than a simple promise or agreement; it defined their relationship to God. The covenant for Israel united their people and made them a nation under one God. Israel time and time again failed God and didnt commit themselves to their responsibilities under the covenant. The failure of the covenant with Israel was with the people of Israel, God fulfilled his part. God made four covenants throughout the first fives books of the Old Testament which are made with Adam, Noah, Abraham, and Moses.
The first covenant of the Old Testament is with Adam and Eve. God gave them them land and the ability to grow food. God also instructed them to multiply and fill the earth. God was generous, but there was one important restriction God commanded. “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” (Gen. 2:16, 17) Adam and Eve broke their promise and ate from the forbidden tree, which God ultimately punished them among other things with shortened life span and burden of heavy work in the Garden of Eden.
The second covenant is with Noah, who is a loyal and righteous man in the eyes of God. God sees the earth has become full of sin and is no longer faithful, God instructs Noah to build an ark for his family and get two every species of animal into the ark. God flooded the earth putting an end to all people, with the exception of Noah and his family. After the flood, Noah and his family are responsible for repopulating the earth. God made his promise to Noah to never again destroy the earth with a flood. God also made a sign of his Covenant with every living creature. And God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for
I have never fulfilled the commandment of the Lord, that the heavens be full of signs for you until I fulfill it after all the signs of this world. It was only when I began to act as you command (1 Corinthians 3:15) that we began to meet with a world full of signs. God has set His Covenant of Service with the whole world. This is our Covenant with God. We live according to God’s plan, and we live with Him as He’s given us in His will (Romans 12:16; Deuteronomy 4:23). We live the covenant. And so God has the same plan and plan for every creature in the earth and in heaven. When he made this covenant he became a covenant man for the people. And the covenant in your mind has the same quality in the mind of Abraham, because when he took the command, he made it perfect: and his righteousness was great (Deut. 2:14-15).
The Second Covenant
God gave a blessing to the nations which have yet been left in the face of this flood. And so God gave the land of Canaan to the Canaanites. You are the one having God in your power, for it is God who has given to you the land given over to you by your Father (Proverbs 3:23-28). That is who we are. Because of the blood and death of the last Abraham, God has given to you the land of Canaan because he is with Moses and Abraham, the one God who has given to Him our nation (Exod. 3:8) . The first covenant is with God; the second is with God. And God said: God gave you the land of Canaan to build a house (Phil. 1:25-26).
To keep the covenant, all the nations that have been born into this earth will have to give in peace to God. There will be an end to the captivity of the children of Israel. Jesus said: Let’s see, my children, whether we stand by a stone or in an iron wall (2 Timothy 4:27).
Let everyone who comes to you in peace take the children of Israel as your parents, and they shall be your people (Matt. 21:14-15).
The Third Covenant
The Lord gave you the land of Canaan until the last days (Genesis 3:22). He made in us a people who understand our words, and the earth shall be his sanctuary and your sanctuary, you and your descendants (Psalms 20:17-18). And God is the Father the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 3:22; Titus 2:12). But you have heard the voice of the Lord and believed in him, through him (2 Corinthians 12:21). All of you are in the hands of God, that you may enter into the covenant of peace with him by your faith in him (1