God promised to bring blessings if they followed his commands, but curses if they disobeyed see Deuteronomy 28 , most notably exile into foreign lands. And we get the feeling in Deuteronomy A sign that God sanctified and set apart Israel to be holy unto him. God establishes David as king over Israel and promises to make his name great. God will raise up a Davidic descendant who will build a house for the Lord and his throne and kingdom will last forever.
God then chooses David, the son of Jesse, from the tribe of Judah. This should peak your interest. But God has other plans. He will build an everlasting kingdom and throne for David, not the other way around. David and his descendants must remain faithful to God, walk in covenantal faithfulness, and lead Israel in obedience to the covenantal laws. However, there are conditional and unconditional elements to the covenant. Hmmm…I wonder who that could be?!
He promises to make an everlasting covenant with his people in which he will write his law on their hearts, bring complete forgiveness of sin, put his Spirit in them to empower them to love and obey his commands, raise up a faithful Davidic king to rule over them, bring them back into the land to reunify them into one people of God, and cause them to be a light to the nations. The new covenant is explicitly introduced by the prophets in the context of total failure.
The curses of the covenant came upon them as they were exiled to Babylon. But, there, the prophets give us hope—God would one day bring about a new covenant. The anticipation of this covenant pushes the story forward into the pages of the New Testament where we are introduced to Jesus, the one who will fulfill all the prophetic promises and bring about blessing for all peoples.
There are no stipulations to this unconditional covenant of grace. God both gives the promises and brings them about through the work of his faithful Son Jesus. This could be a big discussion! But in Matthew While Pentecost activates new covenant themes from Ezekiel 36 and Jeremiah So the death and resurrection of Jesus and the outpouring of the Spirit can be seen as signs of the new covenant. Do you see now how the covenants progressively build upon one another forming a backbone of sorts to the redemptive storyline? God preserved the world through Noah, initiated redemption through Abraham, formed a special people through Israel, promised a shepherd-king through David, and then fulfilled all of his covenantal promises through Jesus.
The New Testament presents Jesus as the offspring of Abraham who trusted his Father, even to the point of death, and so became a blessing to all nations. He is the obedient Israelite who perfectly kept, fulfilled, and thus transcended the law of God. Think about it—Jesus perfectly succeeded at every point humans failed. This makes him the guarantor and mediator of the new and better covenant see Hebrews 7: In this new covenant we get total forgiveness of sins and cleansing from shame.
We can actually do justice and righteousness, and so be a light to all the nations. We can walk in freedom and light, rather than sin and darkness.
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We have bold access to God and stand in the realm of grace. We trust that a renewed world is coming where peace and righteousness will reign forever under the rule of King Jesus. She holds her M. You can check out her work at her website, whitneywoollard. The Backbone of the Bible by Whitney Woollard. The Beginning of the Covenantal Story Like every good story, the covenantal story began long ago in a land far, far away—the garden of Eden.
Want us to let you know when we launch new videos and other great content? We typically only send a couple emails per month! Genesis 12, 15, and 17 Situation: Not one sentence is wasted. Jun 06, Darryl Burling rated it really liked it. Good intro, several areas to take issue with, but Schreiner is non-dogmatic on several of these. It still carries some assumptions that need testing though. Sep 25, Jeanie rated it it was amazing Shelves: The new covenant represents the culmination of God's saving work among his people.
God regenerates his people by His Spirit and renews their hearts so that they obey him. God has made promises to his people. Starting with Adam and Eve and ending with his Church. It is by understanding the promises of G The new covenant represents the culmination of God's saving work among his people.
It is by understanding the promises of God, we can understand and appreciate His work in redemption. The promises show his character and attributes and how the law is like gravity. What comes up, must come down. What laws are broken, consequences will ensue. The 10 commandments only show how far we are from God and his holiness. The six chapters cover the six covenants.
God has made promises to his people with these covenants but what is our responsibility? Covenants are for those in committed relationships and with committed relationships, we have a responsibility to respond to the promise. Each covenant is building on the previous and does not necessarily need us to comply but defines who God is. This is what he has done thru his Covenants and that he can be trusted in Faith. A mind-set responding to God's covenants should be a desire to be in his presence, not to manipulate God to get what we desire.
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Our desire should be for him. As each of these Covenants show the character and strength of God, it also reveals our weakness and self rule we settle into. A study on the covenants is a strong foundation in walking in faith. Sep 28, Mike rated it really liked it. Schreiner is a phenomenal Bible scholar who has contributed greatly to various theological studies. His teaching and writing is biblically solid and trustworthy. Those six covenants are: Each of the six covenants and several of their dynamics were handled briefly and simply.
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While explained well, I still needed to read slowly and carefully in order to comprehend what Dr. While I found the book rather dry, I did learn greatly from it. For that, I give this book just 4 stars. I received the digital version of this book free of charge from Crossway in exchange for my unbiased review of it. All opinions are mine. Jul 13, E rated it liked it.
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A bit odd to have a baptist write a book on covenant theology, but that is what Crossway has chosen to do. Thus we can predict where the issues will lie: I love Bob Yarbrough's slightly passive-aggressive blurb inside the front cover: I actually respect Tom Schreiner, and think he might be the best Southern Baptist thinker out there.
And he does lay out the various biblical covenants well. He excavates some nice prophetic writings that often get skipped over in discussions of the new covenant. And yes, he is succinct. The Covenant Story of Redemption.
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Oct 04, Michael Harshman rated it it was amazing. Schreiner's "Covenant and God's Purpose for the World" covers the progressive covenants that are seen throughout the Bible. The author covers six covenants that include the covenants of creation, Noah, Abraham, Israel, David and then the New Covenant.
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This book is full of excellent information to help you gain an understanding of what the covenants are all about. This book is a fairly quick that will help you to see the progression of the covenants and how they really tie the biblical message all together. I received an electronic copy of this book in exchange for this review from Crossway and all opinions are my own.
Jan 27, Chris Curry rated it it was amazing. In this short book Schreiner exposits each of the six main covenants mentioned in the Scriptures: The Covenant of Creation 2. The Covenant with Noah 3. The Covenant with Abraham 4. The Covenant with Israel 5. The Covenant with David 6. Nov 16, Jon Pentecost rated it really liked it Shelves: Tom Schreiner is the kind of scholar whose work always helps me understand the Bible better, and love Jesus more.
This book is no exception. Schreiner steps through six biblical covenants, showing how they help structure and inform the storyline of scripture, and showing how they point towards the final, new covenant that is brought about by Christ Jesus. It is clear, helpful, and straightforwardly grounded in the text of the Bible. The chapter on the Abrahamic covenant left me just worshiping the Tom Schreiner is the kind of scholar whose work always helps me understand the Bible better, and love Jesus more. The chapter on the Abrahamic covenant left me just worshiping the Lord—something I was not expecting!
Particularly helpful at the end is how he looks back from the new covenant to articulate the relationship of the new covenant to each of the previous ones covenant with creation, Noah, Abraham, Israel, and David. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to read and understand the Bible better. Jun 23, Laura Shannon rated it really liked it. I found this book to be extremely helpful in understanding the structural unity of the Bible.
As so many of today's Bible studies for lay people focus on a single book or topic, it was refreshing to focus once again on the unity of the whole of scriptures around the structure of God's covenants with man and His fulfilment of them. God's glory is expressed in the integrity of His fulfillment of all His covenants. The Short Studies in Biblical Theology series stated purpose is"This series is desig I found this book to be extremely helpful in understanding the structural unity of the Bible. The Short Studies in Biblical Theology series stated purpose is"This series is designed to help readers see the whole Bible as a unified story--culminating in Jesus.
I will recommend this book to those who are new to those struggling to see unity between the old and new testaments and to those who want to reject parts of the old testament as unrelated to our present faith. Aug 09, Todd Miles rated it it was amazing Shelves: This book gets five stars because it does exactly what it intends to do, and it does it with excellence. It is not a book on covenant theology. It is a short biblical-theological examination of the biblical covenants.
Schreiner's writing is typically easy to follow and his logic is submitted to the biblical language and storyline. Of particular interest is his emphasis on continuities and discontinuities in the biblical covenants. This will make its way into the required reading of my Intro to B This book gets five stars because it does exactly what it intends to do, and it does it with excellence.
This will make its way into the required reading of my Intro to Biblical Theology class. Sep 14, Dave rated it really liked it. I would disagree with his belief that the New Covenant community is entirely regenerate, but I understand he is coming from a credo-Baptist perspective. Either way, this is another great book in this very strong series!