Covenants are where God obligates himself to the human race by making promises to his people and, usually, requiring certain conduct from them. In the old testament, there are three explicit covenants.
The first covenant is between Noah and God. God floods the entire world after he becomes disgusted with the way humanity was becoming corrupt and evil. After the flood, God makes a promise to Noah, which is said to Noah, but it applies to all of humanity and to all other living creatures. In this covenant, God promises never again to destroy all life on Earth by flood and creates the rainbow as the sign of this "everlasting covenant between God and all living beings---all mortal creatures that are on earth.” (Genesis 9:16 NAB) There is nothing that Noah or anyone else has to do to ensure the promise is filled; instead, the promise holds legitimacy purely on God’s faith. Noah showed faith in God when building the ark so God returns the favor and ask Noah to have faith again. The fact that there is nothing anyone has to do to fulfill the covenant shows God’s ability to be remorseful. The covenant with Noah reveals the transactional relationship that God engages in with humans. The relationship might appear as disingenuous because it implies people have faith because they believe they will get something in return, but apart
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Often, left wondering what is the point of it all, because living morally can sometimes be a thankless job, the transactions are used by God to show his presence. We know throughout the Old Testament, God does make himself known in