HisRobes4Mine
Puritan Board Freshman
My wife and I are studying CT and attempting to understand some basic level definitions.
As I understand it, there have historically been 3 overarching covenants within Scripture: The Covenant of Redemption, the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace. It seems that these covenants are basically the framework of the gospel message. Are we on the right track as understanding these covenants as defined below?
Covenant of Redemption = Election? - God elects from before the creation of all things to redeem a people for himself. (Psalm 110; Isaiah 42:6; Ephesians 1; Philippians 2)
Covenant of Works = Law? - God graciously entered into a relationship with mankind through its federal head Adam calling him to obedience and offering him eternal life as the reward. Essentially God gave commands to Adam to obey which if he did would have gained him that eternal life. (Gen 2:15-17; Hos 6:7; Rom 5:12-14; Gal 3:10-12)
Covenant of Grace = Offer of the Gospel? - Because Adam failed to keep God's commands laid out in the CoW, in Gen 3 God made a second covenant with mankind offering the gift of eternal life because Christ kept the CoW. Faith is the requirement to enter into this covenant. (Gen 3:15; Gal 3:21)
As I understand it, there have historically been 3 overarching covenants within Scripture: The Covenant of Redemption, the Covenant of Works, and the Covenant of Grace. It seems that these covenants are basically the framework of the gospel message. Are we on the right track as understanding these covenants as defined below?
Covenant of Redemption = Election? - God elects from before the creation of all things to redeem a people for himself. (Psalm 110; Isaiah 42:6; Ephesians 1; Philippians 2)
Covenant of Works = Law? - God graciously entered into a relationship with mankind through its federal head Adam calling him to obedience and offering him eternal life as the reward. Essentially God gave commands to Adam to obey which if he did would have gained him that eternal life. (Gen 2:15-17; Hos 6:7; Rom 5:12-14; Gal 3:10-12)
Covenant of Grace = Offer of the Gospel? - Because Adam failed to keep God's commands laid out in the CoW, in Gen 3 God made a second covenant with mankind offering the gift of eternal life because Christ kept the CoW. Faith is the requirement to enter into this covenant. (Gen 3:15; Gal 3:21)