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905. The Covenant of Promise

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 1, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 5.

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905. The Covenant of Promise.

By S. J. J.

WHAT do you understand by the covenant of promises as referred to in Eph. 2:12; Gen. 13:14-18; Acts 7:1-6; Gal. 3:29; Rom. 4:13; Acts 26:6.
Eph. 2:12 names "the covenants of the promise" (R.V.), not the promises of the covenant. The promise is life, salvation, and kingdom through Jesus Christ. There are various covenants, as that with Adam, Noah, Abraham (Genesis, chapters 13, 15, 17), with Israel, with David; but all these are included in the new covenant in Christ which is "the everlasting covenant." Heb. 13:20. It is called the new covenant because the last one ratified, by the death of Christ. Gen. 13:14-18 takes in the promise of the kingdom, as also Rom. 4:13; Acts 7:1-6. Gal. 3:29 shows that all must be fulfilled through Christ; and Acts 26:6-8 is proof that it involves the resurrection of the dead.