CovenantsThe more a subject or word is used in the Bible the more we know it is important. If God takes time to talk about a subject repeatedly it reveals its value to God and it ought then to be a high priority for us. Even a quick reading of Scripture will show the importance of Covenants. The word is used at least 26 times in the book of Genesis [where 4 out of the major 7 covenants are given!]. “Covenant” is used 227 times in the rest of the Old Testament and 33 times in the New Testament. Is God trying to get our attention? Yet many Bible Schools and Seminaries do not even mention the topic. The ones that do usually cover it very quickly. Much of the popular error which is taught today about the “end-times” and related topics would be eliminated by a proper understanding of Covenants and God’s work and purpose through them. So why is this study important? God has a purpose in the world. He has chosen to reveal that purpose through a series of covenants or testaments. When I say “a purpose”, I mean exactly that. God has one overall purpose for His creation. This single purpose is revealed in successive stages. Each of the Seven Covenants we are about to study is intimately linked to the covenant before it. Each Covenant reveals a new stage and shows a new and fundamental aspect of the Truth in the plan of God. This progression through Covenants is like starting in school with addition and advancing over time to algebra. No first grade student starts with algebra! Even so God reveals His plan step by step. If we jump to the New Covenant without understanding the foundation on which it was built we will fail to understand [or will misapply] all that it encompasses. So we need to start in Grade One with the first Covenant and then work our way through each covenant in turn. It is important to do them in their proper order. Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: Acts 2:23 God’s eternal purpose centers around Jesus Christ and we know that salvation is through Him alone. “The determinate counsel” shows us that God had a plan in the very beginning. When the Jews crucified Jesus they did not take God by surprise or alter His eternal plan one bit. In fact, it was in the plan all the time. Covenants reveal God’s eternal plan one step at a time. To begin this vital study place your name and e-mail address below. You will get lesson one quickly in your inbox and the rest of the sample lessons will follow every 7 days. The entire Covenants course is available in PDF workbook form which you can download to your computer and print off. It includes the Making Of A Blood Covenant. There are 21 Workbooks. The average workbook is 35-40 pages. The workbooks contain questions and tests and come with a Score Key. They are ideal for home study, Bible studies, Church training programs, and schools. For more details see the Joshua Club. God Bless,
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