Covenant Vs. Contract Flashcards
Contract
Legal relationship find on mutual conditions to affect some future result
Diatheke
Unilateral covenant
- love indicative of grace, divine covenants have their source in the divine initiative, in the loving heart of God.
- God makes a covenant in Christ through his blood, still demands a response - Worship & involvement.
Suntheke
Bilateral covenants
- covenants between equals: marriage
- cannot exist without a response, not nature of covenant in christ
Apolutrosis
Redemption; sacraments
Padah
Person who intervenes in problem, god stepping in to deliver Israel.
Kipper
The offering made to redeem sin
Goel
Person who steps in to redeem family (jesus by dying on the cross)
Anhypostatic
God - humanward movement
Enhypostatic
Human - Godward movement
Katallage
Reconciliation - the entire process of sacrements
‘God took what is ours so we might have what is his’
Metanoia
By the spirit believers achieve a transformation of thought, for liberated communion
Jesus as Prophet
Jesus is God’s word made flesh, he IS his word
Jesus as Priest
He is the sole high priest, only one who offers a worthy response to God
Jesus as King
Final reign concerning total liberation from powers that bind a lost people - he is our SAVIOUR!!!
Covenant
A promise binding two people to love each other unconditionally
