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COVENANTS (7)

The agreement at Mount Sinai. God’s promises, or grants, covered thus far are God’s unilateral and unconditional actions on behalf of sinful humankind. However, the agreement with God that the people made at mount Sinai is not God’s unilateral and unconditional action. The agreement made at mount Sinai involved two parties. The response to the

COVENANTS (6)

Review of the covenants, or grants, addressed in previous blogs. Previous blogs presented God’s grants (Covenants) given to individuals He chose from among the sinful humankind. God’s promise of a Savion he made in the garden of Eden applied to all of humankind. God created the whole of humankind in the first man Adam. God

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The covenant with Abram continued. The territory that God promised to Abram did not become a part of the nation of Israel until King David. Even the city of Salem (Jerusalem) did not become a part of Israel until King David conquered it and made it the capital of the nation of Israel. The kingdom

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The covenant with Abram “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.’” (Genesis 15:18). So, God called Abram to go to the land He would show him. When Abram arrived in the land,

THE COVENANTS (3)

The covenant with Noah and his sons continued. The covenant with Noah and his descendants is God’s unilateral action on behalf of His enemies, the rebellious humankind. God did not place a condition for his promise. Instead, God assured the rebellious humankind that He would watch over them whether they loved him or not. For

THE COVENANTS (1)

Covenants in the Old Testament Scriptures. The Old Covenant Scriptures present several promises that God gave to the people. Bible describes these promises as covenants. Usually, the covenant is an agreement between two parties. However, some of the covenants described in the Bible are not an agreement between two parties. Examples of these grants, or