Covenantide

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  • Reading the Genealogies (Gen. 9:18-11:32)

    Reading the Genealogies (Gen. 9:18-11:32)

    It is undeniable that the genealogical lists in Scripture can seem boring.  But, rightly understood, they do have both a narrative and a covenantal significance in several ways.

  • The Covenant with Noah (Gen. 6-9)

    The Covenant with Noah (Gen. 6-9)

    The account of Noah and the ark is one that always features prominently in children’s Sunday School materials with colorful illustrations of lots of animals, but it is actually a very dark story; God did, after all, destroy the entire world with a flood because of the moral corruption mankind had sunk to. From a…

  • Start of the Covenant of Grace (Gen. 4-5)

    Start of the Covenant of Grace (Gen. 4-5)

    Many commentators observe the typological parallelism of Abel as a type of Christ, as well as the idea that Abel’s offering was of a blood sacrifice, anticipating the sacrifice that Christ would make in dying on the cross. More, however, can be said in terms of the covenantal significance of Gen. 4:1-6:8. This passage speaks…

  • The Covenant of Works (Gen. 2-3)

    The Covenant of Works (Gen. 2-3)

    In understanding the Bible, we need to realize that it revolves around a two covenant structure. The Covenant of Works (as the Westminster Confession puts it) or the Covenant of Life (as in the Larger Catechism terms it) highlights the potential for man to have had greater communion with God, had the covenant head, Adam…

  • Creation and Covenant (Gen. 1)

    Creation and Covenant (Gen. 1)

    The covenantal nature of Genesis 1 can be more clearly seen if one remembers three essential aspects of kingship, namely that a king—must have a realm over which to rule, the power to rule that realm, and legitimacy in exercising that rule, typically manifested in the majesty and glory that accompanies his reign. We see…