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Understanding our Covenant with God
It’s the basis of our identity in Christ. It’s the reason for “the hope that is in us.” It’s the “crimson thread” that ties together the various parts of Scripture. It’s the covenant—a word used over 300 times in the Bible. In the ancient world, covenant making was a social arrangement of convenience or necessity, obligating two parties to show “lovingkindness” one to another. At its heart, a covenant was a bond in blood, the establishment of a binding, legal relationship with no exit clause. Covenant partners died to their rights to independent living, becoming functionally one in the process. The shock of the Bible is that God himself has entered into covenant with the human race. With “uplifted hand,” he swore on oath to keep his Word, even upon pain of death. In this course, we explore this dynamic mega-theme of Scripture, which guarantees the eternal love and faithfulness of God to his people.