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“Defining the Covenant”
Many who have encountered covenant theology quickly and intuitively recognize that this approach to Scripture has tremendous explanatory power. It reveals the progressive unfolding of the Old and New Testaments, while still providing a unifying coherence to the totality of Scripture, and it does so in a way that keeps the LORD at the center of the narrative. That said, as one grapples with covenant theology over the years, two problems areas stand out: first, the definition of “covenant” tends to be inconsistent, oversimplified, and malleable; and, second, after making a passing nod to the ancient Near Eastern context, scholars often fail to draw out the significance of that milieu for what God is saying to His people through the covenants. This essay is an attempt to address those issues to make covenant theology clearer to readers of Scripture.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
(Romans 12:1-2)
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