Types of Covenants
an agreement between two parties, but only one of the two parties has to do something. Nothing is required of the other party.
What is an Unconditional Covenant?
A contract in the Bible, an agreement between God and his people, in which God makes promises to his people, and usually, requires certain conduct from them.
What is a Covenant?
The covenant where the ten commandments are given
What is the Mosaic Covenant?
The Prophet who aimed to steer humanity back to God's Covenant after King David's time when Israel has begun worshipping false idols and were being punished by God with the Babylonian forces. Often labelled the weeping prophet.
Who is Jeremiah?
an agreement that is binding on both parties for its fulfillment. Both parties agree to fulfill certain conditions. If either party fails to meet their responsibilities, the covenant is broken and neither party has to fulfill the expectations of the covenant.
What is a Conditional Covenant
What is an element of Old Testament covenants?
The covenant where God says "and your house and your kingdom will be forever established before you. Your throne will be established forever"
The Davidic Covenant
1. God enters into a Covenant
2. Humanity falls into Idolatry and God punishes with war, famine, death etc.
3. A prophet or teacher is sent to steer humanity back to God
4. The people return to following the covenant
5. Their is peace between man and God
Noah, Abraham, Moses and David
the three-fold promise. This refers to divine presence, blessing and giving.
What is a the three-fold promise?
The rainbow
What is the symbol of Noah's Covenant?
The plan carried out in Jesus' Life, Death and Resurrection which aimed to reconcile God with Humanity by offering His Son to teach humanity about the right way to live and act as well as fulfill the covenants of the past while creating a new covenant under Jesus' Kingdom. This is done when he sacrifices himself for the forgiveness of our sins and is then resurrected to show victory over sin and death.
What is God's Saving Plan?
What does a covenant create between God and God's people?
The covenant where God incites capital punishment
What is Noah's Covenant?
The covenant where they are promised a child
What is the Abrahamic Covenant?
Jesus is described as the son of God, Immanuel (God with us), Born of the virgin Mary and conceived by the Holy Spirit, a person of repentance and reconciliation
What does Jesus' life say about him?
The newest covenant partner who fulfills all the broken covenants of the Old Testament
How is Jesus relevant to covenants?
The covenant where the symbol is Circumcision
What is Abraham's Covenant?
The covenant that is conditional in the Old Testament
What is the Mosaic covenant?
Jesus mends the covenant partnership in his life, death and resurrection by being the faithful covenant partner for God. This means he does not follow false Gods, he continues the legacy of Abraham and David and he teaches and lives out the ten commandments.
How does Jesus fulfill the Old Testament covenants?