DIVINE REVELATION

Question 1

A COVENANT IS A SOLEMN AGREEMENT, AN OPEN-ENDED CONTRACT OF LOVE WHICH GOD COMMITS HIMSELF TOTALLY TO HUMAN BEINGS. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD PROMISED TO BE FAITHFUL TO US FOREVER WHILE HUMANS WERE TO REMAIN FAITHFUL TO HIM. HE PROMISED SALVATION, REDEMPTION, AND ETERNAL LIFE.

Answer 1

DIVINE REVELATION

Question 2

AFTER THE FLOOD, GOD MADE A COVENANT WITH NOAH AND HIS DESCENDANTS AND WITH “EVERY LIVING CREATURE” (GENESIS 9:10) THAT WAS WITH NOAH ON THE ARK. GOD PROMISED THAT NEVER AGAIN WOULD SEND A FLOOD TO DESTROY THE EARTH.

Answer 2

THE COVENANT WITH NOAH

Question 3

THE FATHER OF FAITH FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE, AND OUR SPIRITUAL FATHER BECAUSE OF OUR SHARED ANCESTRY WITH THE JEWS.

Answer 3

THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM

Question 4

GOD FORMED ISRAEL AS HIS PEOPLE WHEN HE FREED THEM FROM SLAVERY IN EGYPT AT THE TIME OF EXODUS. HE GAVE THE CHOSEN PEOPLE HIS LAW THROUGH MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI.

Answer 4

THE SINAI COVENANT

Question 5

THE CLIMAX OF SALVATION HISTORY WAS THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S SON, THE FULLNESS OF GOD’S REVELATION. JESUS IS GOD’S TOTAL WORD MADE FLESH, THE SON, WHO LIVED AMONG US. HE TAUGHT US IN A WORD AND DEED ABOUT GOD AND COMPLETED THE FATHER’S WORK OF SALVATION. TO SEE JESUS IS TO SEE THE FATHER.

Answer 5

JESUS CHRIST, THE NEW COVENANT