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Religion » COVENANT by: FUNMINIYIIDOWUT(m) .:. Mon, 02 Jan, 2023 - 01:00:27:pm GMT
COVENANT

What is covenant, covenant is that Oath-bound promise whereby one party solemnly pledge to bless or server another party in some specific way.

There are two main types of covenants in the Bible: conditional and unconditional. Let's first look at both by using examples from everyday life today. Later, we can apply these distinctions to biblical covenants.

Conditional covenant or covenant between Human.
What is a conditional covenant?
A conditional covenant is an agreement between two or more parties that requires certain terms to be met. If the terms are met, there will be one kind of result (favorable). The Bible records many covenant between Human beings. Abraham and Abimelech made covenant at Beersheba. Jacob and Laban made covenant, swearing to do each other no harm,l. Jonathan and David cut a covenant in which Jonathan acknowledge Davis right to the throne of Israel.
If the terms are not met, there will be a different result (unfavorable). Here are some examples of conditional covenants:

A company hires a contractor to construct an office building for a certain amount of money. If the contractor fails to complete the building as laid out in the contract agreement, the company will withhold payment to the contractor.

A woman hires an accountant to help her with filing a tax return. She shows up for the appointment, but the accountant chooses to spend extra time with another client and misses the appointment. The woman decides to fire the accountant and hire someone else who is more reliable.

In both cases, some type of work was expected on the part of a certain person in order to get a certain result. These conditional covenants are also called "covenants of works."

While the Mosaic covenant was an administration of the unconditional Abrahamic covenant of grace, it had a conditional aspect in respect to the physical land promise: the people of Israel needed to keep the stipulations of the covenant in order to stay in the Promised Land (see Isa. 5:1-7). They repeatedly broke the covenant and were eventually sent into exile:

For thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant. (Ezek. 16:59)

What is an unconditional covenant?
An unconditional covenant is an agreement between two or more parties that involves no stipulations of any kind for fulfillment of the agreement. Here are two examples of unconditional covenants:

A father and mother promise unconditionally to pay for college in full for their child. The child's grades and general behavior cannot affect the keeping of the promise. Even if the child is a poor student, disrespectful, or involved with drugs, the parents must follow through on their commitment.

A person bequeaths property to another person in a will/testament, with no conditions needing to be fulfilled by the recipient to receive the property.

An unconditional covenant is also known as a "covenant of grace" or a grant. In unconditional covenants, agreement by both parties is not necessary. One party makes an oath to another person and keeps it, regardless of the opinion/wants of the other party. The Abrahamic covenant is an example of an unconditional covenant. There was nothing Abraham could do to break the covenant God made with him:

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” (Gen. 15:18-21)

All people—both Christians and non-Christians—need to know whether a biblical covenant is conditional or unconditional, because this distinction determines its meaning for them personally today.


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Re: COVENANT by: Obajichi(f) .:. Thu, 05 Jan, 2023 - 02:49:02:pm GMT

In my opinion as a Christian, I believe there's a covenant binding a human being to his creator.

It is necessary to know what covenant binds you with God.

Abraham had a covenant with God which was extended to his descendants.

We likewise should know ours .
Some of our ancestors had good covenants upon them which is working for their descendants today .

I must state that, nit all covenants are evil.
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