1. Covenants Contract or agreement between two or more parties
Covenant is how God chose to:
Communicate to us
Redeem us
Guarantee us eternal life in Jesus Christ
The Bible is a covenant document

2. Pattern of a covenant in the Bible
Initiating party describes himself
Initiating party describes what he has done
A list of obligations between two or more parties is documented
Sections dealing with rewards and punishment that govern keeping and breaking of the covenant
Vows and oaths come out of this pattern

3. Biblical parties entering covenant
God—God
God—man
Man—man
Types of Covenants
Everlasting God—God
Temporal God—Man
Always conditional

4. Eternal Covenant—Everlasting
Parties: God the Father and the Son
Hebrews 13:20
God promising to bring the Son all who the Father had given Him
John 6:39, 17:9
The Son would taken on manhood
Col. 2:9; 1 Tim. 2:5
Become for a while lower than angels Heb. 2:2

5. Christ Jesus be found under the law
Gal. 4:4-5
The Son would die for the sins of world
1 John 2:2; 1 Peter
The Father would raise the Son from the Dead Psalm 2

6. Grace Covenants—God to man
Adam
Genesis 2:15-17
Noah
Genesis 9:12-16
Abraham
Genesis 17
David
Psalm 89:3-4

7. Israelites at Mount Sinai New covenant promised
Exodus 24: 4-8, 34:26; Hebrews 9:15-28
New covenant promised
Jer. 31:31-37
New covenant established
Luke 1:68-79, 22:20
The Covenant of Grace
John 1:12-13, 3:16; Romans 10:9-10