Lesson 8: The Abrahamic and Old Covenants

These 2 covenants plus the New Covenant all link salvation and demonstrate Scripture as a progressive revelation.

The Abrahamic Covenant

• Genesis 12: Promise to Abraham
• Abraham was 75 and was promised the Land of Canaan and Descendants (seed) which is Christ (Galatians 3:16)
• Genesis 15: Covenant is Cut
• Abraham surrenders (Genesis 15:6) by "believing"
• Covenant is cut AFTER he believed
• We enter into covenant with God through Christ when we surrender/believe.
• Genesis 17: Promise Reaffirmed
• Abraham is 99 years old
• Isaac will be the son of promise, not Ishmael
• Circumcision was the sign of remembrance
• Name change from Abram to Abraham

The Old Covenant (Law)

• Exodus 6: God's Covenant Name
• Revealed "Lord" "Yahweh"
• Exodus 19: Mount Sinai
• Arrive at Mt. Sinai after 3 months
• Moses is the mediator
• if/then obedience
• the people agree

Timeline

• Genesis 17: Name change from Abram to Abraham
• Genesis 26: Covenant Confirmed with Isaac
• Genesis 28: "Jacob's Ladder"
• Genesis 32: Name change from Jacob (deceiver) to Israel (one who strives with God)
• Famine
• Genesis 46:27: 70 people went into Egypt and 2 million came out 400 years later
• Exodus 6:1-8: Moses hears the Covenant name of God "Lord/Yahweh"
• Exodus 20-23: Law Given
• Exodus 24: Covenant confirmed by blood
• Exodus 25: Tabernacle built

Please reference the Tabernacle Handout in your Appendix for the next part or see one here. (Scroll down about halfway)

How the Tabernacle Represents Christ

1. John 14:6, Matthew 7:13-14 Jesus is the gate (anyone can come)
2. John 1:29 Jesus is the Lamb of God (Jesus is the sacrifice on the altar)
3. Ephesians 5:25-27, Hebrews 10:22 Jesus is the cleansing (laver)
4. John 10:1-5,7 Jesus is the door to God
5. John 1:9, John 8:12 Jesus is the lamp (true light, light of the world)
6. John 6:35, 49-50, Revelation 3:20 Jesus is the bread of life (the bread of presence)
7. Psalm 141:2, Isaiah 56:7, Revelation 8:3-4, Romans 8:34 Jesus is the Sweet Aroma/Incense (prayers are sweet aroma)
8. - 10. Hebrews 10:19-22 Jesus' flesh is the curtain (our priest)

Special thanks to THE Kathy Drake for taking notes in my absence!