The Covenant

Covenant – Primarily signifies a disposition of property by will or otherwise In its use in the sept it is the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning a covenant or agreement to cut or divide in allusion to a sacrificial custom in connection with covenant-making e.g. In Genesis Chapter 15:18 The Lord made a covenant with Abram. In contradiction to the English word covenant lit. a coming together which signifies a mutual under taking between two parties or more each binding himself to full obligations. Let’s look at this; there were two men one a warrior the other a farmer they make a covenant between themselves the farmer says when you are hungry I will supply and the warrior says I will protect you at all costs no matter what. God has made a covenant with we His People He has said in Hebrews Chapter 13:5 I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Psalm 91:10 He lets us know there shall no evil befall thee neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwellings.