Biblical Covenants Of The Old Testament God - 1799 Words

Throughout the Old Testament God has picked His chosen people to guide and protect. God uses covenants with His people to hold them accountable to their actions. Covenants are agreements between two people that form a bond. To show how important covenants were in the Ancient times, an animal would be cut in half and both parties would walk between the halves implying that if the covenant was broken then the party that broke the covenant would be killed. God used this ideal of covenants to lead His children. The Old Testament covenants will show God, God’s relationship that He desires with His people and His children. â€Å"The LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart† (Genesis 6:6, Holman Christian Study†¦show more content†¦God promising to bless and take care of His people if they followed His commandments and worshiped only Him. A covenant provided three things security, accountability and a purpose (Foster, 2010). Noah did everything that God commanded of him to do. Noah was 600 years old when the floodwaters started to come. After the floodwaters had dried up God called Noah and his family out and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply, while the Lord said I would never again curse the ground because of mankind again. â€Å"As long as the earth endures, seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease† (Genesis 8:22). God found Noah to be faithful and He blessed him and made a covenant with him to protect him. â€Å"The Bible introduces a solution to the worlds sinful dilemma. The faithful obedience of a single individual becomes a powerful instrument in God’s hands † (Arnold, Beyer, pg. 64 2015). God calls Abram out of the land of his father’s house and away from his relatives. â€Å"I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing† (Genesis 12:2). Abram left the land of his family and followed God as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Lord appears to Abram and promises to you offspring I will give this land. The Lord led Abram through the lands. God wanted to make a covenant with Abram; He came to Abram in a vision. He took