Noahic Covenant Research Paper

Noahic. Abrahamic. Mosaic. Davidic. The New Covenant. These are all the different covenants presented in the Bible. The first four are covenant of the Old Testament while the last is of the New Testament. The covenants of the Bible in many ways describe the relationship between God and His people. Covenants are one of the foundation stones for people’s relationship with God throughout the Bible, but did not end with Revelations. How these covenants evolve is important, especially the shift from the covenants of the Old Testament to the New because these covenants still affect Christians today. The Noahic Covenant was the first covenant established between God and His people (Genesis 8:20-917). The Noahic Covenant was the most basic of all

The Mosaic was established with the people as a whole, while the Davidic covenant is established upon one lineage. The Lord declares that He would prepare a house for David and provide protection for him and the kingdom (2 Samuel 7:11). The Davidic covenant was the last covenant that was established in the Old Testament. Even though the people continually broke the covenants with God, He never abandoned them. David’s lineage would appear again with Christ. The covenant itself was not fallen, but Israel had because they did not obey God’s law.As Breno Macedo explains in his article:

Because of his people’s sin, God is forced to repudiate and to punish them. This reaction on the part of God results from the covenantal relationship with Israel and does not terminate Yahweh’s gracious dealing. On the contrary, it is the unilateral character of the covenant that secures its perpetual nature and invites, even motivates, the bonded people, into repentance. (124)

Israel did repent, many times, but they constantly turned from God until He gave them over into other nations hands. That is not where the story ends. In Jeremiah 31 the Lord declares that a new covenant would be established to replace the old covenants that Israel had

Instead of the sacrificial system of the Old Testament Christ serves as one sacrifice for all. “For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous” (Romans 5:19, ESV). Through Christ’s death God’s grace was extended to mankind. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9). Believers are made alive in Christ and transformed by His grace and the law that is now inscribed on their hearts (Macedo, 143). Again, it is understood that the condition that are depicted in the covenant do not merit God’s blessings of any kind no matter how close they are followed. It is only by God’s grace believers receive His blessing of