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= Covenants: cycle of Blessings, Curses & Redemption = | = Covenants: cycle of Blessings, Curses & Redemption = | ||
God's blessings are conveyed through creation and the "Covenants," which establish his relationship to his people and his promises for them. | |||
The blessings are conferred by God upon those keep their Covenants (promises) with God, and thereby receive the blessings promised by the Covenants. Note that "blessings" are inter-generational, and are conferred from one generation upon another through God's chosen agent, such as when Israel blesses Jacob and thereby selects Jacob to be the beneficiary and agent of the Covenants that were passed on to Isaac by his father, Abraham, who blessed (chose) him. | |||
God never breaks his covenants (promises); people do. When they break their promises, God "curses" them, but always within the context of "redemption," as in "to come back", as if the curse were a punishment designed to guide the people back to God's ways. Thus the curses are always "redemptive" and are designed to bring the people back to God's ways. | |||
<u>Note</u>: "Covenant" is the same as "Testament," thus the "Old Testament" is at its heart God's Covenants for his people, and "New Testament" is about the "new Covenant" brought by Christ. | |||
== Edenic Covenant == | == Edenic Covenant == | ||