SEVEN DIVINE REDEMPTIVE COVENANTS

IN THE SCRIPTURES
By The Venerable Dr. Ifechukwu U. Ibeme
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All pre-messianic covenants in the Scriptures are CUMULATIVELY REVELATORY (Rom 15:4; 1Cor 10:11;
2Tim 3:15-17; Heb 1:1-2) and PROGRESSIVELY REDEMPTIVE (Heb 9:8-15; 11:39-40) in order to SCHOOL
and TUTOR humanity unto Christ (Gal 3:21-27; 4:1-7). Jesus Christ brought the Eternal Messianic
Salvation from sin’s depravity, dominion and damnation for all humanity through His NEW COVENANT
to be the culminating and perfecting fulfilment of all the precepts, provisions and promises of all
former typological REDEMPTIVE COVENANTS. All Redemptive Revelatory Covenants in the Scriptures
are cumulatively TYPOLOGICAL SHADOWS (Heb 8:5; 10:1) building on one another toward their final
fulfillment in Christ as their ultimate ANTI-TYPOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE (Col 2:16-17). So then, all God’s
past covenants were not failed or void projects (Isa 55:11) as the Dispensationalists vainly theorize in
recent times, rather they all cumulatively and progressively, serve God’s redemptive, revelatory and
instructive purpose for all humanity till today. God’s “Word is for ever settled in heaven” (Psa 119:89)
and “the Scriptures cannot be broken” (John 10:35).

God has set His visible and invisible creation to be governed by the forces of NATURAL ORDINANCES
and the powers of COVENANT ORDINANCES. Humanity has been empowered to exploit natural forces
for theoretical SCIENCE and technological SKILL as well as called to exploit covenant powers for human
SOCIETY and godly SPIRITUALITY. Understanding natural forces and covenant powers are crucial to

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fruitful human involvement with God and with His gracious gifts to us – His Word, His creation and His
salvation.

According to plain Scriptures,

 God made immutable ordinance covenant with the Created Order (Jer 33:20, 25).
 God also made progressively successive covenants with Humanity through:
1. Adam (Hos 6:7) with universal mandate and Promise of the MESSIANIC SEED (Gen 3:15),
2. Noah (Gen. 9:9-17) with universal mandate and assurance,
3. Abraham (Gen. 12:2-7; Gen 17:2-21) – reaffirmed to Isaac (Gen 26:2-6) and Jacob (Gen 28:10-16)
– for both GENEALOGICAL National Descendants’ greatness by BIRTH and UNIVERSAL
Disciples’/Dependants’ Blessing by FAITH (Gal 3:6-9), with Promise of the of the MESSIANIC
SEED (Gen 12:3; Gen 18:8; Gen 22:18; Gal 3:16) for MESSIANIC UNIVERSAL BLESSING of
salvation from sin (Act 3:25-26; Rom 15:29; Gal 3:9-14; Eph 1:3;),
4. Israel – at Sinai (Exd 24:4-8; 34: 10-28), as Old national SHADOW Covenant of the New Universal
SUBSTANTIVE Covenant,
- renewed at Moab (Deut 29:1ff),
- renewed under Joshua (Josh 24),
- renewed under Jehoiada (2Chron 23:16),
- renewed under Hezekiah (2Chron 29:10),
- renewed under Josiah (2Kin 23:3),
- renewed under Ezra (Ezr 10:3),
5. Levi (Malachi 2:4) and Phinehas (Num 25:12-13) for national Israel in SHADOW Earthly Sanctuary
but subject to greater Promise of MELCHIZEDEK PRIEST-King for all nations SUBSTANTIVE
Heavenly Sanctuary (Psa 110; Heb 5:4-10; Heb 9:8-15),
6. David (2Sam 7; 1Chron 17) with national mandate for Israel as well as universal mandate in the
Promise of the MESSIANIC SEED,
7. Jesus Christ the Messiah with universal and eternal mandate (Isa 49:8; Jer 58:5; 31:31-33; Heb 8)
and the manifestation of the MESSIANIC SEED promise (Son of David and Son of God) for the
UNIVERSAL MESSIANIC BLESSING of Eternal Salvation as ONE Church (Gal 2).

A COVENANT is specifically a formal agreement based on some solemn

commands and/or consents while a TESTAMENT is specifically a
formulary document of some covenant commands and/or consents.
Therefore, a TESTAMENT is the written testimonial document containing
all aspects of authenticated narrative and stipulations of a COVENANT
agreement. While the Old Testament Scriptures record the narrative and
stipulations of the Old Covenant as authenticated for the nation of Israel,
the New Testament Scriptures record those of the New Covenant as
authenticated for the Church of Christ. The New Covenant springs out of
the Old Covenant, such that the Old Covenant is anticipatory SHADOW
that points to the New Covenant accomplishing SUBSTANCE (Col 2:17;
Heb 10:1).

Since the modern conjecture of Dispensationalist Theory, many now tend

to perceive Divine Covenants as distinct durations or periods of what has
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come to be called “dispensations” during which each covenant expired in
failure and unfulfilled. Truth is that Divine Redemptive Covenants are
not about duration of eras and epochs but about redemptive
condescending of God revealing Himself for our engagements
with God through faith and fervour, devotion and stewardship.
None of these covenants has any terms which mention that the redemptive
Truth they reveal would cease to be divine Truth or fail to be fulfilled
before the world passes away; in fact they all look forward to their
fulfilment in Christ. And “dispensation” in the Scriptures does not mean
duration or epoch, but stewardship or assignment or administration.
Divine Covenants as they are found in the Scriptures are
revelations about redemptive operations of God, NOT divisions
about dispensational durations of times.

GOD’S REDEMPTIVE COVENANTS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO

PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS FOR DURATION OF TIMES FOR
ERAS OF HISTORY AS DISPENSATIONALISTS HAVE
IMAGINED TO THEORIZE IN THEIR MODERN INNOVATIVE
CONJECTURES, BUT MEANT TO PROVIDE REVELATIONS FOR
GRADUATION TO LEVELS OF INTIMACY WITH GOD, AS THE
APOSTLES AND PROPHETS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED TO WRITE
IN THE ANCIENT CANONICAL SCRIPTURE. When our
conjectural imaginations go contrary to God’s scriptural
inspiration, ours must be rejected – no matter how fascinating
ours may be.

To the Apostles, older covenants were typological preparations and

probations designed by God as schoolmasters (Gal_3:22-25) and
foreshadows (Col_2:16-17; Heb_8:5) which progressively built up to
graduate God’s people and humanity unto the perfect eternal salvation
from sin and death reserved in Christ’s New Covenant ( Heb_8:6-13;
Heb_11:39-40). But the Dispensationalists have a different logic and
concept for their theory – that covenants are “dispensational”, “crash-
reboot” and “partition” contingency or emergency devices which God
innovates to reboot His programme when humanity crashes an older
covenant! What blasphemy!

The Scriptures show that God Who creates all humanity also calls them to
loyally worship Him and intimately commune with Him, not casually or
arbitrarily but according to His clearly conceived and commanded covenant

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terms. Divine Covenant is God’s loving initiative to offer His blessed
resources and redemptive grace as means of bringing humanity into loyal
stewardship and intimate communion according to His counsel and
purpose. Those who answer this loving and redemptive call to loyal
intimacy are admitted into peculiar relationship through definite act of
covenant faith and covenanting rite by which they subscribe to the
provisions and precepts of God’s counsel and purpose revealed in His
COVENANT COMMANDS and God’s covenant promises.

GOD RELATES REDEMPTIVELY WITH ALL HIS CREATION

ONLY ON THE BASIS OF SOME COVENANT TERMS HE HAS
CONCEIVED AND COMMANDED. God Who conceives and
commands each of His redemptive covenant, also calls humanity
to commit to it for their redemption. Through God’s divinely
commanded Covenants, humanity is covenanted into redemptive
relationships with God in which God becomes their God and they
become God’s people (Lev 26:9-15; Jer 7:22-23; Jer 11:2-5; Ezek 36:24-
28; 2Cor 6:14; Heb 8:10; Rev 21:3). Every commandment in the Scripture is
a COVENANT COMMAND (Deu_4:13; Deu_4:13; Deu_29:1; Josh_7:11;
Judg 2:20; Neh 1:5; Psa 105:8; Psa 111:9; Mat 9:20; Heb 9:20) and every
blessing in the Scripture is a COVENANT BLESSING. So also, every
keeping of commandments in the Scripture is for keeping of COVENANT
COMMANDS for those who are already in covenant with Him, and every
claiming of promises in the Scripture is claiming of COVENANT
PROMISES for those already in such covenant with Him. God does not
redeem casually but always covenantally. God calls us to commit
and conform to His covenant commands in order to possess and
steward His covenant heritage according to His good pleasure.

In the Scriptures, God reveals Himself as the only One Who is the sole
Creator Who owns all creation and Giver of all things and blessings found
in creation: both visible and invisible, spiritual and physical, temporal and
eternal – whether present, past and future. At creation, God beforehand
entrusted innocent Adam with regency over His wondrous creation and
brought Him to dwelling in Eden for covenant fellowship with Him subject
to God’s stipulated command (Gen_1:26-31; Gen_2:15-17).

The rebellious fall of Adam into sin and shame (Gen_3:1-12; Hos_6:7)
evoked God’s covenant justice on Adam, thus requiring provision for the
restoration of Adamic humanity from sin and judgment (Gen_3:13-24).

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 Fortunately, God revealed that by His testamentary deposition and
disposals, He has wisely and mercifully provided for restoration of
humanity into future Messianic Heritage if we acknowledge such
redemptive covenant in Christ (Rom_6:23). Through His Covenant terms,
God invites all humanity to receive divinely sworn and sealed rights of
eternal heritage and be entrusted with fruitful privileges of faithful
stewardship in every aspect of His rich resources (grace and blessings) as
He has commanded (Rom_6:20-22).

So in every divine covenant, God is the owner, testator, initiator, inviter,

censor and guarantor while we are His believers, invitees, beneficiaries,
stewards, and inheritors of the disposed resources. Every Divine Covenant
of redemption from sin is commanded and enacted with blood, sworn on
loyal oath or faith, and administered by a mediator (Exo_24:7-8;
Heb_12:24). Since the beginning of human history, individuals, nations
and royalties have used similar covenant principles in their compacts and
contracts, treaties and testaments.

COVENANTS WITH GOD involve God taking the initiative to

graciously make and mediate promises (grace and glory) and issue
counsels (precepts and commandments) as well as curses and cures,
with invitation to humans who then pledge to loyally walk in the
precepts, accept the promises as well as the penalties. (In Psa 119:89-104
the DIVINE TRUTH of God’s Covenant Terms is described
severally as God’s word, law, commandment, judgment,
statutes, ordinance, testimony, and precept). Covenants have four
or five elements (terms and curses/cures, oaths and symbols) binding the
covenanting parties:
1. the terms or precepts and basis, commandments and counsels,
provisions and promises, responsibility and benefit as stipulated and
consented to;
2. the curse or penalties for sinful disloyalty or violation (Heb_10:26-31);
3. the cure or propitiation for penitent sinner (1Chron_7:13-15);
4. the oath or binding pledge or loyal faith in God’s name subscribing to the
covenant basis, commandments, counsels, benefits, responsibilities and
penalties;
5. the sign-seal as guaranteeing symbol/rite for initial ratification (e.g.
circumcision, baptism, blood-cutting sacrifice for blood-sprinkling and
blood-shedding) and memorial mark/token for continuous

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 commemoration (e.g. rainbow, altar, weekly rest, annual covenant
feast, regular covenant meal).

Agreements solemnized by invoking God or other spirits in PLEDGES,

OATHS and VOWS, or agreements sealed with BLOOD are called
COVENANTS. Other agreements lacking spiritual oaths or blood-cutting
are mere varieties of formalized and informal agreements. Since God
has imbued great powers in the terms of all His DIVINE
COVENANTS with humanity, all other solemn or sworn
agreements have basis to claim and impose binding powers
according to their terms (Gal_3:15; Heb_9:17) whether they are:
DEMONIC COVENANTS involving demonic spirits, Mutual and
Suzerain TREATIES on behalf of peoples and nations,
CONTRACTS between business partners, and other BONDS,
COMPACTS and TESTAMENTS or Wills for various degrees of
associations, relationships and dispositions between persons
and peoples. Divine Covenants deliver from every other contrary
covenant because only a greater covenant could deliver from the powers of
a lesser contrary covenant (Isa_49:25; Luk_11:22; Heb_8:13).

Not all covenants in the Scriptures were conditional and not all covenants
were sealed with blood. A covenant may be:
1. MUTUALLY negotiated and CONTRACTED between two equals
(also agreement/consent e.g. Luk 22:15, Greek= suntheke) as with peace
treaties for civil alliances (Gen 21:28-32), compacts for social
relationships (2Sam 5:1-5; 1Sam 20:16-18; 2Chr 23:3) and self-plighting
troths for marriages).
Here, blood covenants are cut to bind the parties into a lifelong
brotherhood/friendship/partnership/union and carry the penalty of
condemnation and ostracism on the violator. (Gen_31:44-54; Joshua 9).

2. UNILATERALLY stipulated and COMMANDED by a superior (e.g.

God or any potentate) with the inferior graciously invited to pledge
commitment (as in Divine worship Testaments and Suzerain royal
Ordinances).
Here, blood covenants are cut to bind the invited beneficiaries to
irrevocably unending allegiance, and usually impose the curse or
sentence of death on the violator, who is inevitably the inferior party.
(Exo_24:4-8; Jer_34:18). But there is usually a provision for atonement.

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 In God’s eyes, BLOOD has life in it (Gen_9:4; Lev_17:11a). Blood
Covenants save/give life (Joh_6:53-54; Lev_17:11b; Heb_2:14)
and cost life (Gen_9:5; Jer_34:18), such that their power last
beyond life (Heb_9:12-15; Heb_12:24).

Christian Marriage is a good example of mutual covenant of intimacy

and loyalty between a husband and a wife plighting their life, love and
livelihood to each other in the Lord, (NOT demanding love and service
from, BUT devoting such to each other). When Marriage is by
gentleman agreement based only on human honour and authority it
becomes a mere contract. Nevertheless, God’s covenant relationship
with Israel as His betrothed was not mutual but redemptive
(Ezek_16:8; Hos_2:18-20). So also is Christ covenant
relationship with His Church as His bride not mutual but
redemptive (Eph 5:25).

UNILATERALLY COMMANDED COVENANTS are God’s means of offering

His divine redemptive love:
1. either as conditional law (gives promises for commitment to pleasing
God – “If you will …, then I will …”) for regulation of hard-heartedness
and lawlessness;

2. or as unconditional grace (gives the promises of endowments to

please God) which could be:
(i) reward for past merit (“Because you have …, I will surely …” e.g. the
covenant with David) or
(ii) grant/gift for no merit (“Because I have …, I will surely …” e.g. the
New Covenant in Christ).

Notice that the HERITAGE promises to Abraham (Gen_15:5-10), the

GUIDING precepts through Moses (Exod_24:8) and the SAVING
provisions through Christ, the Messiah (Mar_14:24; Eph_1:7) were all
sealed with blood (Heb_9:18-22) not only for ratification, but also
because these covenants involve death for purging from sin
(Mat_26:28; Heb_9:22) in order to enter into the life of commune with
God (Heb_10:22).

There are other covenant promises God made without blood in the Old
Testament Scriptures – some of which were “conditional” (For Adam’s
Edenic dwelling, for Israel’s heritage of the Promised Land at Sinai under

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 Moses) and some “unconditional” (For Adam’s Regency on earth, for all
humanity’s protection against Flood through Noah, for Universal
REDEMPTIVE BLESSINGS through Abraham’s Seed, for Messianic RULE
by the Seed from Davidic Dynasty).

THE SEVEN REDEMPTIVE COVENANTS

When a Covenant, commanded or declared by God is confirmed
or ratified with blood, it becomes immutable and can no longer
be altered, revised or modified (Gal_3:15; Rev_22:18-19), but it can
only be conformed to, be received, and be testified (Mat_28:20;
Act_1:8). The following are the Divine Covenants which God made with
humans in the Scripture:

1. Covenant with Adam: God’s commissioning blessing on Adam to

replenish and subdue the earth was not called or described as “covenant” in
the Scriptures, but God’s commandment banning Adam from eating of
the tree of knowledge when brought into the sacred Garden of Eden is
likened to a covenant, hence Adam’s disobedience to the commandment in
eating of the tree of knowledge in Eden was later compared to
“transgression of the covenant” in Hos_6:7. This was the basis for God’s
commination penalizing Adam for eating of the tree of knowledge. This is
because God set agreement terms for Eden dwelling and Adam consented
just similar to a covenant, but later transgressed. This fits into
Conditional Covenant.

Subsequent to the Fall of Adam and Eve, God’s commination against the sin
of Adam and Eve paradoxically revealed the Unconditional Promise
that Eve’s MESSIANIC SEED shall inevitably bruise the head of the Serpent
(Gen_3:15). This seems to have made the Devil to frantically set out on
destroying the descendants of Eve, despite the exploits of Abel and Enosh.
But God overruled in the case of Enoch by taking him to heaven and in the
case of Noah by saving him from the Flood and guaranteeing his
descendants from further flood.

Since the Fall in Eden, God has successively made what the Scripture
clearly calls “covenants” for redemptive relationship with subsequent
generations leading progressively (Gal_3:22-25) to the arrival of the
Messianic Seed (Christ):

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2. Covenants with Noah firstly for preservation of Noah from diluvian
destruction of sinful humanity (Gen_6:18) and secondly for preservation
of all his descendant humanity from any further universal deluge
(Gen_9:9-17) – Unconditional Covenant (but admits on basis of natural
descent).

3. Covenants with Abraham for his particular natural descendants by

birth and his believing spiritual disciples by faith:
(a). Abraham’s descendants by BIRTH for National Material and
Multiplication blessing for the holy-land heritage (Gen_12:2 and 7;
Gen_17:2-21; Gen_22:17). This was re-affirmed to Isaac (Gen_26:2-6)
and Jacob (Gen_28:10-16) – Conditional Covenant.
(b). Abraham’s disciples by FAITH for Messianic Spiritual blessings
for All Nations (Gen_12:3; Gen_18:18; Gen_22:18. This was fulfilled in
Christ and His Church Act_3:25-26; Gal_3:14-29) – Unconditional
Covenant (but admits on basis of faith in God’s promises).

4. Covenants with Israel (Legal/Probationary and

Temporal/Preparatory, Gal_3:23-25; Gal_4:1-4) – Conditional
Covenant:
At Sinai (under Moses) for conditional heritage of the holy-land
temporalities as God’s special people (Exo_24:4-8; Exo_34:10-28).
This same covenant was thereafter re-enacted severally:
- under Moses at Moab (Deu_29:1 ff),
- under Joshua (Josh 24),
- under Jehoiada (2Ch_23:16),
- under Hezekiah (2Ch_29:10),
- under Josiah (2Ki_23:3),
- under Ezra (Ezr_10:3).

Old Covenant that enabled Israel against Enmity from national Princes
for possession of the Promised Land shall be upgraded to the New
Covenant that enables the Church against Iniquity from demonic
principalities for possession of the Heavenly Kingdom.

5. Covenant with Levi (Mal_2:4) and Phinehas (Num_25:12-13) for

Israelite priesthood – Unconditional Covenant (but admits on basis of
natural descent).

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 This national Levitical priesthood for temporal earthly sanctuary in the
Old Covenant shall be overtaken by universal Melchizedek Priesthood for
eternal heavenly sanctuary in the New Covenant.

6. Covenant with David (2Sam 7; 1Chron 17) for Israelite dynastic and
universal Messianic RULE – Unconditional Covenant (but admits on
basis of natural descent).

Old Covenant David ruled Israel and the whole of Middle East (2Sam_8;
1Chron_18) from his temporal base in the Old Jerusalem. So his New
Covenant Messianic Seed, Who is Lord over David and Greater than
David, will rule Israel and the whole world from His eternal base in the
New Jerusalem (Rev_21).

7. Covenant with Christ: The New (Final, Internalised, Eternal,

Universal and Messianic REDEMPTIVE) Covenant that brings the
Light of ALL Spiritual blessings from heaven (i.e. salvation from
sin and Satan) for BOTH Israel and All Peoples through Christ – Seed of
Abraham and David (Luk_1:69-79; Mat_26:26-29; Joh_1:29; Act_3:25-26;
Isa_49:8; Isa_56:3-8; Jer_31:31-33; Hos_2:18-20; Rom_4:13-14; Gal_3:8,
Gal_3:29; Heb_8:1). Through Christ’s GREATER and more PERFECT
priestly mediation (Heb_9:11), and the gift of the divine power of abundant
Grace (2Pe_1:2-3), the New Covenant fulfils, perfects and exceeds all older
covenants to offer BETTER promises (Heb_8:6) which are EXCEEDINGLY
GREAT and PRECIOUS promises of participation in the divine nature
(2Pe_1:4).
The New Covenant of Christ’s Gospel justifies us by Christ’s Blood and
especially brings the FREE love GIFT of divine fruitful power
(2Pet_1:2-8) which is the quickening GRACE to enable us exercise
dominion over self, sin and Satan. Only such saving power could
redeem us from all iniquity and purify us for zealous good works which
God had purposed beforehand that we should walk in them (Rom_6:14-16;
Eph_2:4-5; Eph_2:8-10; Tit_2:11-14) The Messianic New Covenant
REDEEMS us through Christ to REIGN with Christ – Unconditional
Covenant (but admits on basis of faith in Christ).

NOTE: All the covenants are unconditional (depositions and dispositions

independent of meritorious works) except the “covenant” of Eden Garden
with Adam and covenants of the Promised Land with Abraham and Israel

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(SEE No 1, 3a and 4 ABOVE) which are conditional (depositions and
dispositions dependent of meritorious works).

While all the several preparatory covenants with Israel (collectively called
“Old Covenant” as one group in 2Co_3:14; Heb_8:13) promised temporal,
natural and national blessings, the consummating messianic (i.e.
Christ’s) New Covenant promises eternal, spiritual and universal
blessings.

As humanity matured, God gradually revealed His Kingdom administration

or dominion by building each newer covenant on top of the older
covenants. God began to reveal His Kingdom with universal covenants
from Adam to Noah for PATRIARCHAL Kingdom commission. Next,
through Abraham to Moses and David God narrowed into Israel as His
ETHNIC Kingdom example with national covenants, in order to
culminate in Christ as the Eternal King of the Kingdom by Whose
mediation God fulfilled His new universal covenant (Heb_9:15) for
better, excellent, and everlasting (Heb_7:22; Heb_8:6; Heb_13:20)
MESSIANIC Kingdom consummation.

The Scripture shows that it is by His sovereign initiative, God authors

explicit terms of His REDEMPTIVE COVENANTS by which He reaches
out to humans for intimate COVENANT RELATIONSHIP as the means of
revealing Himself and dispensing the riches of His redemptive
blessings (Eph_1:2-12). Otherwise, worshipping God would be a fruitless
guesswork – a mere uncertain groping in the dark (Act_17:27). By means of
God’s condescending through His Covenants to call us to walk with
Him through our loyal commitment (i.e. faith and obedience), God
graciously invites us to obtain His superlative blessings which include:
- RESTORATION to life of fellowship with God as His people (All
Covenants),
- ADOPTION to heritage of God’s Kingdom (Messianic/New Covenant)
and
- ENDOWMENT with divine possessions of:
temporalities – protection & provision (All Covenants) ,
and
spiritualities – purity & power (New Covenant).

THE REDEMPTIVE SEED PROMISED ALL THROUGH THE

AGES IS FULFILLED IN CHRIST

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Galatians 3:16
(16) Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He saith not,
And to seeds, as of many; but as of One, And to thy Seed, which is Christ.

Hebrews 2:16
(16) For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him
the Seed of Abraham.

All Divine Redemptive Covenants culminate in the New Covenants and are
finally perfected therein for our full redemptive blessing (2Cor 1:18-22; 3:5;
Gal 3:8, 16-17, 24-26; Heb 8:6-7, 13; 11:39-40). God’s Word reveals that the
ultimate Seed Who would bring about the blessed redemption of all
humanity is Christ the Son of God:
1. In the judgment pronounced to the Serpent, God spoke about the
Seed of the woman that would bruise the head of the Serpent’s seed
(Gen 3:15).
2. In the covenant promise to Abraham, God spoke about the Seed in
Whom all the nations of the earth shall be blessed (Gen 22:18).
3. In the covenant promise to Isaac, God spoke about the Seed in Whom
all the nations of the earth shall be blessed (Gen 26:4).
4. In the covenant promise to Jacob, God spoke about the Seed in
Whom all the families on the earth shall be blessed (Gen 28:14).
5. In Jacob’s patriarchal blessing to Judah, God spoke about the
Sceptered Shiloh Who will gather all people to Himself (Gen 49:10;
Isa 9:6-7; 65:9).
6. In the covenant promise to David, God spoke about the Seed Who
shall seat on the throne forever (1Chron 17:11-12; 22:10; Psa 89:4, 29.
36; Act 15:15-18).
7. In the angelic gospel annunciation to the Virgin Mary, God confirmed
that Christ the Son of God is the ultimate Seed of Abraham and David
(Luk 1:30-33).
8. In the apostolic gospel preaching to the Pentecost crowd, God
confirmed that Christ the Lord is the ultimate Seed of Abraham and
David (Act 2:25-28, 34-36; 3:25-26).
9. In the first apostolic ecumenical council circular epistle, God
confirmed that Christ is the ultimate Seed of David (Act 15:15-23).
10. In the apostolic gospel teaching to the Early Church, God
confirmed that Christ is the ultimate Seed of Abraham (Gal 3:8, 16,
24-26).

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 Last revised: July 8, 2018
by Ven. Dr. I. U. Ibeme
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