The Fall of man resulted in the Covenant of Works being broken, but God did not leave matters there. If man was to have the intimate, eternal communion with God for which he had been made, then the initiative for bringing that about would have to come from God by His grace. Grace is God’s … Continue reading Start of the Covenant of Grace (Gen. 4:1-6:8)
Month: November 2019
The Covenant of Works (Gen. 2-3)
The covenantal motif laid out in chapter 1 continues in chapters 2 and 3 of Genesis in describing God’s relationship with man. Adam, as originally created by God, was not merely subordinate to God, but was given a dominion of his own to rule over by God. In this, man was to be God’s vice … Continue reading The Covenant of Works (Gen. 2-3)
Creation and Covenant (Gen. 1)
The Reformed tradition has long held that the way to read Scripture is covenantally. Covenants in the ancient world were simply treaties, that is, legal arrangements regulating the relationship between two sovereign entities. Typically in the ancient world a suzerain (an overlord) king would impose a covenant on a vassal (subordinate) king. Such an arrangement … Continue reading Creation and Covenant (Gen. 1)
Reading Genesis Covenantally
Genesis is the first book of the Pentateuch and is best understood in light of the Pentateuch as a whole. The Pentateuch is comprised of the five books of Moses—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy—and was probably written between 1445 and 1406 BC. Of these five books, the legal and ceremonial portions of Exodus and … Continue reading Reading Genesis Covenantally
Covenantide 