Covenant Primer

Opening Question:

Why do we make legal agreements with each other?

Introduction

The study this week summarizes some of the major covenant experiences throughout Scripture, which later lessons will focus on more specifically. For our purposes here, we’ll summarize these covenant experiences, then ask some broad questions about covenant, examining how the Bible paints the broad strokes.

Covenants Throughout the Bible

Some covenant theologians would see a covenant in Genesis with the creation of humankind, a sort of covenant with Adam, Eve, and even the Serpent, after the fall, and then with Cain after he murders his brother. But actual terms for “covenant aren’t ...