The Two Main Covenants God works covenantally in the Bible. A covenant is a pact or agreement between two or more parties. In fact, the Latin word "testamentum" is the word "covenant." Following is a chart that represents a two-division analysis of covenant. There are different interpretations of how many covenants there are but I lean towards two. | T H E T W O M A I N C O V E N A N T S | COVENANT NAME | ETERNAL COVENANT ALSO CALLED THE COVENANT OF REDEMPTION (HEB. 13:20 ) | COVENANT OF GRACE | PARTIES INVOLVED | Father and Son (Inter Trinitarian) | God and Man | PROMISE | The Father would... - Prepare the Son a body (Luke 1:35 ; Heb. 10:5).
- Give the Son the Spirit without measure (Isaiah 43:1,2; 61:1).
- Always support and comfort the Son (Isaiah 49:1-7; 49:8).
- Deliver the Son from the power of Death (Psalm 2; Psalm 16:10 ).
- Bring to the Son all whom the Father had given Him (John 6:39 ; 17:9,24).
- Give the Son a number of redeemed that no one could number (Psalm 22:27 ; 72:17).
| Eternal life for mankind The complete restoration of fellowship between God and man. | CONDITION | The Son... - Was to assume human nature (Gal. 4:4,5; Heb. 2:10 ,44,14,15).
- Was to be under the Law (Psalm 40:8; Gal. 4:4,5; Phil. 2:5-8).
- Was to bear our sins (1 Pet. 2:24 ).
| Faith in Jesus Christ | MEDIATOR | No Mediator | Jesus Christ |
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