THEOLOGY

Adamic Covenant and Abrahamic Covenant

Adamic Covenant and Abrahamic Covenant

Covenants

A covenant is a covenant, agreement or contract between two or more parties (individuals or groups). The first purpose of a covenant is for both parties to be benefited from such a transaction. In the Bible there are a number of covenants established by God between and men (there are different interpretations as to the number of existing agreements). In many places, the Old Testament, that God makes a covenant with the people (Prickett and Barnes, 1991, pp. 48-49). This paper intends to study the roots of Adamic Covenant and the Abrahamic Covenant.

The Adamic Covenant

Covenant and Bible

The Adamic Covenant (Genesis 3:15-17, see appendix 1) was the first covenant God made with man. It was a conditional covenant with Adam in which life and death, blessing or curse depended Adam's faithfulness to God. Adam was to give the responsibility of being the father of the human race, to subdue the earth, to have dominion over the animals, care for crops and eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For failing to Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit, was imposed death for disobedience. Adam and Eve died spiritually immediately born again and needed to be worthy of salvation. He later died physically. His sin plunged the entire human race into sin and death. But then God made this covenant with all mankind after the fall. It is a covenant in which God declares to man what is his life because of sin (Connell, 2007, pp. 170-172).

Covenant with Adam is mentioned in the stories of creation, the first three chapters of Genesis. Some Christians do not believe that God made a covenant with Adam Official. Most of them are based on the fact that the first three chapters of Genesis, the term “covenant” is not found. Also argue that these chapters do not reflect the major structural elements of God's commandments. However, there are three arguments in favour of the fact that God really made a covenant with Adam, as a representative of humanity. First of all, the first three chapters of Genesis trace the basic outlines of the covenants (Harless, 2004, pp. 83-91).

Following confirmation that God entered into a covenant with Adam, in the book of Hosea 6:7. We read: “And they, like Adam, have broken the covenant and it changed me.” In this passage, the author likens Israel to sin sin of Adam in the Garden of Eden, and called their behaviour a violation of the covenant. Israel violated the covenant so as mankind in the Garden. The third argument in favour of that God entered into a covenant with Adam, we find in verse Genesis 6:18. Genesis 6:18 is the first passage in the Bible, which uses the term “covenant” (Harless, 2004, pp. 83-91). God tells Noah to this: “with thee will I establish my covenant ...” This is an important passage because the original word translated “put” usually does not mean “to set or to make a ...