That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Ephesians 2:12 (KJV)
Covenants – Yup, that’s right, it’s in the plural form. And you thought there was just one covenant didn’t you? We focus on the new covenant and forget about all the rest. But that’s the Greek mind, not the Hebrew. In Hebrew thinking, covenants are layered one upon the other. They build upon the previous covenants and grow from them, never doing away with the ones that came before. Continue reading “It’s Not Just One Covenant”