Covenant

Deuteronomy 29:14-15 – I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.

Exodus 19:5-6 – Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

Jeremiah 31:31 – “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.

Ezekiel 37:26 – I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and increase their numbers, and I will put my sanctuary among them forever.

Application:

• ·         The covenant between God and Israel at Mount Sinai is the outgrowth and extension of the Lord’s covenant with Abraham and his descendants 600 years earlier.
• ·         As the old covenant was put into effect with the shedding of the blood of animals, so the new would be put into effect with the shedding of the blood of Christ.
• ·         Participation in the divine blessings is conditioned on obedience added to faith.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV