Covenant
May 6th, 2010 by sharingvillage
In Scripture, covenant between humans involved assessment of each other, drafting an agreement with conditions that benefit both parties; obtaining critical support of forces necessary in order for a sovereign to establish rule of order; words of honor established with trustworthy persons especially when you can’t find them in your own family...
This episode explores the beauty of COVENANT as prepared by the LORD God from the beginning and throughout the ages:
From the time the Almighty Creator introduced Himself “I AM THE LORD your GOD” to Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, making covenant (Heb. beyrith) with both conditions and promises extending to their descendants... to GOD’s REMEMBRANCE of His covenant whenever willful, headstrong descendants cried out to Him... to the time GOD Himself made a covenant with the people of Israel, the most basic manifestation of which was the commandments... one feature stands out: That even if people have been consistently unfaithful, the LORD GOD has always been faithful “from eternity to eternity...”
Making it all the more astonishing that the LORD GOD went ahead to lay everything on the line to give His only Son to shed His own blood for a “new covenant [Gr. diatheke] ]which the LORD GOD will make with the house of Israel,” the conditions and promises extending to humans all over the earth...
