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... | Eternal life for mankind The complete restoration of fellowship between God and man. | CONDITION | The Son... | Faith in Jesus Christ | MEDIATOR | No Mediator | Jesus Christ |
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