An agreement.
Contract, Undertaking, Commitment, Guarantee, Warrant, Pledge, Promise, Bond, Indenture
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.
Edenic (Genesis 2:15-17) the only covenant that ended, when Adam sinned, it died.
Adamic (Genesis 3:14-19) went into effect when Adam was expelled from the Garden and will last until the start of the Millennium.
Noahic (Genesis 6:18,9:9-17) a Covenant never to flood the earth again, with no end.
Following Covenants are made to the Jew, Israel:
Abrahamic (Genesis 12:1-3; 15:18; 17:2-21, Exodus 2:24; 6:4-5; 19:5) a Covenant with All descendants of Abraham with no end.
Mosaic (Exodus 20), Law/Tablets (Exodus 24:7-8, Deuteronomy 9:9) with the Jew to last into the Millennium.
Palestinian (Deuteronomy 30:1-10) To the Jew for the Land to last forever.
Davidic (2 Samuel 7:4-17) His throne to last for ever.
New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-37) to the Jews and it begins at the start of the Millennium, after Armageddon.
EVERLASTING (14 times in Old Testament and once in Hebrews 13:20)
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The Jew, Israel, was warned through out the Old testament to keep God’s covenant even into the Gospels and Acts.
Luke 1:72 To perform the mercy …, and to remember his holy covenant;
Acts 3:25, 7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
The Apostle Paul, writing to the Hebrews (Jews) before the destruction of the Temple, reminded them of the Covenant and a better covenant.
Hebrews 8:6-10 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: …
Hebrews 8:13, 9:1,4, 10:16,29, 12:24, 13:20
In Paul’s letters to the churches, he wrote of the Old Covenants given to Israel, The JEW, and how they did not honor them.
Romans 1:31, 9:4, 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. Galatians 3:15,17 4:24 Ephesians 2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, …, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God …
God’s covenants with man have been kept by HIM. Man has failed. But God will keep HIS covenants forever.
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT
Genesis 9:16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature …
Genesis 17:7,13,19, Leviticus 24:8, 2 Samuel 23:5, 1 Chronicles 16:17, Psalm 105:10, Isaiah 24:5, 55:3, 61:8, Jeremiah 32:40, Ezekiel 16:60, 37:26, Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,