THE MAJOR COVENANTS
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Adamic - Genesis 3:14-19 - Sign: none given

	God promises a Redeemer and 1) curses the serpent;
	2) puts women under mail domination and links motherhood
	to sorrow and pain; 3) curses the earth; 4) imposes
	burdensome labor, sorrow of life and physical death.  
	This is a universal covenant.

Noahic - Genesis 8:31-9:17, 24-27 - Sign: Rainbow

	God institutes human government and promises 1) to
	continue the natural order (sprintime, harvest, night,
	day, etc.), 2) never again to destroy all flesh by flood,
	3) Canaan's descendants will serve their brother, 
	4) Shem will have a special relationship with Jehovah,
	and 5) the predominant Gentile nations will come from
	Japeth.  This is a universal covenant, made with all mankind.

Abrahamic - Genesis  12:1-3 - Sign: Circumcision

	God promises to 1) create a great nation through Abraham,
	2) bless Abraham, 3) make Abraham's name great, 4) bless
	those who bless Abraham, 5) curse those who curse Abraham,
	6) bless all nations through Abraham, and 7) give 
	Abraham all the land of Canaan.  God later confirms
	this covenant with Isaac, Jacob and all of Israel.

Mosaic - Exodus 19:5-8 - Sign: Sabbath

	God gives the Israelites the civil, ceremonial, and moral
	law and promises that, if they obey it, He will make them
	1) a peculiar treasure, 2) a kingdom of priest, and
	3) a holy nation.

Deuteronomic - Deuteronomy 28:63-68; 30:1-9 - Sign: none given

	This covenant pertains only to the promise of the land. 
	God promises 1) dispersion for disobedience, 2) to bring
	the Jewish people to repentance while in dispersion, 
	3) the return of the Lord, 4) to restore the Jewish
	people to the land, 5) national conversion, 6) to
	judge Israel's oppressors, and 7) to bestow on Israel
	national prosperity.  This covenant is confirmed in
	Ezekiel 16:60-62.

Davidic - 2 Samuel 7:12-16 - Sign: none given

	God promises 1) David's son will succed him and establish his
	kingdom; 2) David's son will build the Temple; 3) David's
	throne (right to rule) will be established forever, never
	to be removed even if his son's sins justify it.  This covenant
	is confirmed in Psalm 89:3-4, 28-37.

New - Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 8:6-13 - Sign: Communion

	God promises 1) regeneration, to put His law in hearts; 2) to
	restore Israel to favor and blessings; 3) the gift of the
	Holy Spirit; 4) justification; 5) everlasting blessings; and
	6) to exalt Israel as the head of all the nations.  The blood
	of Christ is the foundation of all the covenant blessings
	(Zech. 9:11; Mt. 26:28; I Cor. 11:25; Heb. 13:20). Israel's
	restoration to the land is linked with this covenant (Jer. 31:38-40).


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from Israel My Glory - pg 35, July/Aug 2004 - issn 8755-402X

(note at bottom of page - Information for this chart
came frmo syllabus noes "Eschatology II", dated 1981,
edited by Clarence E. Mason, Jr., Philadelphia Biblical University
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