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"This is the covenant that I will make with them..."
Text: Hebrews 10:16
THE COVENANTS OF GOD
The Scriptures describe a number of covenants God established. These special entities are sometimes called “suzerainty covenants”. They are given out of Divine grace and mercy. The following are the covenants God gave. In chronological order: –
1. The Noahic covenant (Genesis 9:8-17)
2. The Abrahamic covenant (Genesis 15:1-18)
3. The Sinaitic covenant (Exodus 24:7; Deuteronomy 5:2-3)
4. The Levitical covenant (Malachi 2:4-5)
5. The Davidic covenant (Psalm 89:28)
THE BREAKING OF GOD’S COVENANT
Israel broke the covenant of God most severely. This was solemnly declared by Jeremiah the prophet. This was declared in the light of a new covenant that God promised to establish.
“‘Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,
when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah- not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them
by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant
which they broke, though I was a husband to them,’ says the LORD.”
Jeremiah 31:31-32