Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss the covenants in the Bible and why it's important to understand them.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What happens in Genesis 1-11?
• What is a covenant?
• What are some covenants we find in the Bible?
• How do covenants form a structure for reading and interpreting the Bible’s story?
• What is involved and entailed in the covenant with Abraham?
• What are the core promises of God’s covenant with Abraham?
• How does the covenant with Abraham shape the rest of the story?
• In the covenant with Moses, what is entailed or unveiled?
• Why do people find that the story of the bible opens up for them as they come to understand the significance and structure of covenants?

Helpful Definitions:

• Covenant: Promise in which God obligates Himself to His people to act on their behalf.
• Pactum Salutis: Covenant in which God has said He is going to secure and save for Himself a people in Christ Jesus. (Exists before creation.)

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Genesis 1-11, 12, 15, Ephesians 1, Revelation 13, 2 Samuel 7, Jeremiah 31, Genesis 22
• TGC25
• “Words of Life” by Timothy Ward

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