Covenant

The Davidic covenant is found in 2nd Samuel 7. In this chapter God promises to David that his thrown will be forever, his name will be great, he will have land, no more war for him in his lifetime, and his son will build the temple for the Lord. This covenant is unconditional meaning the David has to nothing to have this covenant stay in motion. The sign of this covenant is the Temple built for God by Solomon. David’s thrown will “live on” through Jesus. The temple will be built by David’s son…

In The Gospel of Saint Matthew, the author presents a theme where Jesus gathers the covenant, promise, and teachings from past prophets and remakes them, changing the message and the possible perspective the listeners may have about God. In the document, Matthew notes that Jesus said “[t]hink not that I have come to abolish the law and the…

Parris’s sermons focused almost exclusively on Satan and witch craft. Moreover, what Parris referred to in this new work was the formation of a Puritan Church in Salem Village, which did not adopt the half way covenant, apart from the Church in Salem Town that did accept the half way covenant. This half way…

International Version). John 3:16 provides love as the reason God did this. This paper seeks to unfold and apply God’s plan of salvation through his son, Jesus, by discussing the meaning of the Old and New Testament covenants found in the Holy Bible. Abraham’s Old Testament Covenant Lord God initiated his salvation plan through Abraham, his faithful…

They took the Ark of the Covenant into battle so the Lord would win it for them, but God did not win the war. The Israelites lost ignominiously. . When old Eli heard that Israel's army had been defeated, his two sons had been killed, and the Philistines had captured the Ark of the Covenant, Eli died! (3:12-18) His daughter-in-law, learning of her husband's and Eli's deaths, suddenly went into labor and…

The covenants between Noah and Abraham weere different as follow. The covenant with Abraham and his children involved all the males being circumcised as a sign of their covenant with God. One of the Judaism resulted from the covenant between God and Abraham in the Old Testament about the chosen people. Abraham’s covenant is related to non-Jews as such his faithfulness was used as a channel flowing with blessings from God. Thereby, God’s promises to the Gentiles was under the umbrella of…

been introduced to the concept of divine covenant. In Genesis 12, the Lord promised Abram that He would make him a great nation, make his name great and bless others after him because of him. It is this contextual backdrop that leads to the Israelites becoming God’s chosen people. For early on in the narrative, we are made aware of the fact that God keeps His word – especially as it relates to His people. In it, we are illuminated to the importance of covenant throughout the narrative of the Old…

HOW DOES JUDAISM ACHIEVE PEACE AND INTER-FAITH UNDERSTANDING? Judaism is the 5th most popular religion in the world, with a population of approximately 14,000,000 followers (Berman Jewish Database, 2014). Judaism is an Abrahamic religion that promotes the seven dimensions of religion in everyday life. Through study of sacred texts, it becomes apparent that people of the Jewish faith are strong believers of peace, tolerance and inter-faith understanding. It is through the legal and ethical,…

contract, or covenant. This is Hobbes first obvious, direct refutation of Machiavelli’s argument. Machiavelli believes that the only reason that a man should make a covenant with another man is if it would benefit himself in the future. However, Hobbes says that these agreements are always necessary for peace. More importantly, Hobbes introduces the third natural law which is also directed at Machiavelli. Hobbes states that the third law is this, “That men must perform their covenants made.”…

Josh Bernstein’s Digging for the Truth, Josh is trying to find the lost Ark of the Covenant. The Ark of the Covenant is said to contain the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Book of Exodus says that these two tablets were given to Moses from God on Mount Sinai. After this, he took them to Jerusalem. Then, the two tablets were placed in a wooden chest coated with gold and was called the Ark of the Covenant. At first, the Ark was placed in the temple of solomon. Next, the Ark was…