- THE BIBLE COVENANTS END IN THE EARTH MADE NEW, WITH THE SAME Everlasting Covenant, part of our Creator God's original plan for humankind. Isaiah 66:22, 23
- THE SCRIPTURES REVEAL that the Seventh-day Sabbath of grace and rest is a sign and seal of the Everlasting Covenant: Read Leviticus 24:8; Isaiah 58:12-14; 66:22, 23; Ezekiel 20:19, 20; Mark 2:28; Luke 23:52-56; Acts 13:44; Hebrews 4:8-10.
- FOR CENTURIES CHRISTIANS have contemplated the use of the words old and new, first and last in reference to God’s covenants. Hebrews 8:1-13 and 9:1, 2 contain the only references in the Bible to the first (protos) and second, old and new covenants. Hebrews 7:22 reads “By so much more Jesus has become a surety of a better covenant.” Christians worldwide generally accept the the first or old Covenant refers to the Covenant made with Moses and the Jews, and that the second or new Covenant refers to the Covenant of Grace or the Gospel Covenant that God made with humankind through the Blood of Jesus, the Son of God on the Cross of Calvary.
- THE EVERLASTING COVENANT ACTUALLY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO THE NEW EARTH - as it overarches the five temporary historical Covenants and is confessed by each forgiven sinner acknowledging forgiveness and eternal life.
- 1. THE EDEN COVENANT - GOD’S ORIGINAL COVENANT - CREATION AND
PARADISE: Genesis 1:26-2:3, 2:15-17. Sealed with the seventh-day Sabbath, a day of grace and rest (not of works).
- 2. THE COVENANT WITH ADAM & EVE - SIN ENTERS - PARADISE LOST: Genesis 3:14-23.
- 3. THE COVENANT WITH NOAH - ARARAT – SALVATION: Genesis 6:18; 9:8-17; Hebrews 11:7. Sealed with a Rainbow.
- 4. THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM - MORIAH - BIRTH OF A NATION:Genesis 12:1-3; 13:14-17; 15:18; 17:1-14; 22:15-18 – Sealed with circumcision.
- 5. THE COVENANT WITH MOSES & ISRAEL - A COVENANT OF PROMISE: - (The only covenant made with the ‘Jews’) - HOREB & SINAI Ephesians 2:12; Exodus 2:24, 25; 3:1-10; 6:6-8; 19:3-6; 20-24; 31:12-17; Deuteronomy 11 & 28; Ezekiel 20:19, 20. Circumcision and the Sabbath of Creation are seals of this covenant.
- 6. JESUS’ NEW COVENANT OF GRACE - CALVARY: Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 49:8; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 26:26-30; 27:45-51; 28:18-20; Mark 2:28; Luke 4:16; 24:49-47; John 3:16, 17; 16:13; Acts 2:17; Romans 2:29; 8:9-11; 11:27; 1 Corinthians 2:2; 11:23-26; Ephesians 2:8, 9; Colossians 2:6-23; 3:12-17; Hebrews 4:8, 9; 8:7-13; 9:11-15; 10:8-10; 12:24. Sealed with the Blood of the Lamb, the Cross of Calvary, and Baptism by water and the Holy Spirit. God wants to make sure that this one works! Jesus rested in the grave after Good Friday, on the Seventh-day Sabbath, stamping the Seal of God on our creation, salvation and restoration.
- 7. THE NEW EARTH COVENANT – THE ORIGINAL RESTORED - ETERNITY / PARADISE RESTORED: Isaiah
58:11-14; 66:22, 23; John 3:16; 14:1-3; Romans 6:23; Galatians 4:24-27; Hebrews 9:15; Revelation 21 & 22. Sealed with the seventh-day
Sabbath - Isaiah 66:22, 23.