However, while the concept of a covenant may not appear until after the flood, the major divine-human covenants (Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and the new covenant) all support and advance God’s creative (and redemptive) goal. That covenant affirms God’s commitment to creation after the flood. Understanding covenant in the more formal sense, the first divine-human covenant is the one God established with Noah (cf. Others, however, while not denying that God had a relationship with Adam involving mutual obligations, distinguish this from a covenant, which involves additional formalizing elements such as a sworn and/or enacted oath. They refer to this covenant with Adam as “the covenant of works” or a “covenant with creation”. WHERE IS GOD’S COVENANT MENTIONED?Īlthough the Bible does not explicitly mention a covenant until Gen 6:18 (when God announces that he intends to establish a covenant with Noah), many believe that God made a covenant with Adam (cf.
This excerpt is from the NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible. Let’s learn about the covenants in the Bible, like God’s covenant with Abraham, and how Christ ultimately fulfills them. So the biblical history of salvation and the unfolding of God’s covenants are almost synonymous. The concept exists at significant points in the Bible’s storyline and is the theological glue that binds promise to fulfillment. It is reflected in the traditional labels Old and New Testaments, i.e., covenants. Covenant is one of the most important theological ideas in biblical theology.
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