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	The Biblical Covenant and Christian Worship - by Richard C. Leonard, Ph.D., Laudemont Ministries
		Although the concept of the covenant in general has continuously informed Christian theology, especially the Reformed tradition, the distinctive structure and terminology of the biblical covenant were recovered only in the twentieth century through archaeological discoveries.
		But covenant structure and terminology are equally evident in the psalms of petition, in which the servant pledges his commitment to the great King, and appeals to him in turn to honor the agreement between them.
		The Lord's covenant is with a people, the "royal priesthood." Christian worship is corporate, an action of the body, in which each worshiper has a role according to his or her gifts, but in which the focus is always upon the action of the community as the servant of the Lord.
	www.laudemont.org /a-bcacw.htm (5208 words)

	Implications of Biblical Covenants
		The purpose of the covenant was to emphasize the goodness and kindness of the lord to his vassal with a view to cause the vassal to accept his responsibilities and obligations gladly.
		The Land Covenant was given to reaffirm the title deed of Israel to her promised land as originally given in the Abrahamic Covenant.
		The importance of this covenant is to amplify the seed aspect of the Abrahamic Covenant.
	www.eternalministries.org /articles/BiblicalCovenants.htm (2126 words)

	Covenant & Polity in Biblical Israel: Introduction
		The idea of a civil covenant is one of the most important contributions of the last previous great revival of the covenant idea, the period from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the crucible that led to the emergence of modern democracy.
		This book is an exploration of the original covenant tradition, explicating its idea through living examples of their application, examining the ways in which that idea and its derivatives penetrated and permeated, shaped or gave rise to particular political systems, institutions, and behavior.
		Biblical political ideas are expressed through the description of the institutions, events, and prophesies connected with the government of ancient Israel.
	www.jcpa.org /dje/books/ct-vol1-int.htm (4863 words)

	"Covenant" by Robert I Bradshaw
		This meaning is added to the concept of covenant by the New Testament writers from their use of the Septuagint and forms a distinct development in the concept of covenant in the theology of Paul and the writer to the Hebrews particularly.
		Although the word covenant is not found in 1 Samuel 12 the passage follows the typical pattern for a covenant renewal.
		The continuance of the Covenant is assured by the presence of a godly remnant in the land (1 Kings 19:18; Rom.
	www.biblicalstudies.org.uk /article_covenant.html (6051 words)

	The Implications of the Biblical Covenants \|\| Eternal Ministries, Inc.
		Covenants are contracts between individuals that are given in order to define a relationship.
		An unconditional covenant is a sovereign act of God whereby He fulfills the covenantal promises made with an individual irregardless of man’s obedience or disobedience.
		The token of the covenant was to be circumcision (Gen. 17:9-14).
	www.eternalministries.org /studies/covenants.html (2222 words)

	Worship of Christ and the Biblical Covenant \| TheResurgence
		Although the concept of the covenant in general has continuously informed Christian theology, especially in the Reformed tradition, the distinctive structure and terminology of the biblical covenant were recovered only in this century through archaeological discoveries.
		The periodic affirmation of the covenant in festal worship is part of this ongoing struggle, the witness of the faithful to the sovereignty of the great King.
		First, the Lordâs covenant is with a people, the âroyal priesthood.â Christian worship is corporate, an action of the body, in which each worshiper has a role according to his or her gifts, but in which the focus is always upon the action of the community as the servant of the Lord.
	theresurgence.com /richard_leonard_1993-04_worship_of_christ_and_the_biblical_covenant (5443 words)

	Booklet > The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy > What Is a Biblical Covenant? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		It means "'covenant; league; confederacy.' This word is most probably derived from an Akkadian root meaning 'to fetter'; it has parallels in Hittite, Egyptian, Assyrian, and Aramaic.
		For example, after God clearly defined aspects of the covenant He was making with the nation of Israel, including the blessings for honoring it and the consequences for ignoring it (Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28-30), both parties-God and the people of Israel-accepted it.
		Remember His covenant always, the word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant" (1 Chronicles 16:8-9, 14-17).
	www.ucg.org /booklets/US/biblicalcovenant.htm (532 words)

	COVENANT COLLEGE -- Biblical & Theological Studies - Departmental Goals
		The Department Goal is to provide all students with general biblical and theological literacy and specifically with an understanding of the general content of biblical and theological truth in the Reformed tradition; to provide ways to arrive at that truth and its relevance for the Church and society.
		To fit them with the lenses necessary for a biblical world- and life-view that paves the way to Kingdom activity in the Church and society, and to equip them with the biblical rationale for all their culture-related activities beginning with their understanding and appreciation of education from the perspective of the Christian faith.
		To encourage all students in general and Biblical Studies majors and minors specifically to maximize the development of their talents and skills and to seek the advance of the Kingdom of God in the choice and exercise of their profession.
	www.covenant.edu /academics/trad/programs/bible/more.php (317 words)

	Covenant
		Every covenant that God made with His people demonstrated his grace and mercy, each one being unique and all being interrelated, being progressively revealed and pointing toward the new covenant which fulfilled all of the earlier covenants and itself equating to the great everlasting covenant.
		The Edenic Covenant was the Covenant God made with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden prior to the entrance of sin (Gen. 1:1; 2:25).
		The Adamic covenant (also known as the covenant of grace) was a "seed" covenant which God made with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, detailing His purpose in the covenant of redemption (Gen. 3).
	www.angelfire.com /la/TEACH3/Covenant.html (3678 words)

	Biblical Ancestors and Heroes
		According to the biblical presentation, the laws in the Bible are promulgated by God through Moses as the Israelites' obligation to God in covenant.
		The benefit of interpreting the biblical covenant (at least the Sinai covenant, for there are other covenants in the Bible) from the perspective of a political treaty model is undeniable.
		Even though the biblical covenant is not a political treaty, the political treaty model does illuminate the significance of several features of the covenant.
	moses.creighton.edu /simkins/203/lectures/lecture15.html (2799 words)

	Covenant: The Christian Marriage Covenant: Resources - FamilyLife - Strengthening families, marriages and relationships
		Both popular and scholarly discussions of the biblical aspect of covenant marriage entail comparisons and contrasts between biblical understandings of covenants and contracts.
		Marriage as a covenant, therefore, should not be viewed as a contract that can be broken or set aside simply upon the mutual consent of spouses or upon the unilateral consent of one spouse because of irreconcilable differences or an irretrievable breakdown in the relationship.
		Theologically speaking, covenant marriage raises the question of what God’s relationship is to marriage and to a couple in marriage.
	www.familylife.com /resources/mcbac/covenant_marriage.asp (659 words)

	Business by Covenant: Biblical Management - Christian Business
		The secret strategy of the successful, nineteenth-century slaveholder mentioned earlier was the covenant he made with his slaves that gave them the opportunity to buy their freedom and become self-governed, free men.
		The covenant required the slaves to work more productively in order to earn the money to buy their freedom and their own land to work in their off time.
		Biblically, the top position is the person who serves the most, so the more responsible you become, the more you will be accountable to serve (Luke 12:48).
	www.businessreform.com /article.php?articleID=10139 (1654 words)

	Quodlibet Online Journal: The Great I-AM of God in Biblical Covenant Relationship with His People in the Old Testament ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		But still the Biblical Theology movement's insistence that no identity is to be thought between the transcendent and divine freedom of God as He is in Himself and who He is in His acts in history appears a tragic mistake.
		There are, in fact, some today who would suggest that Biblical covenant cannot be employed at all to exegete the Old Testament, while others simply continue to struggle to apprehend its significance for the development of a theology that might overcome the apparent fragmentation in all these efforts.
		Covenant relationship as taught us in the Bible is, however, a reality and not merely an idea, and when we lose our grasp of it, history itself seems but an idea to us.
	www.quodlibet.net /mckenna-iam.shtml (10102 words)

	The Biblical Covenant
		A covenant is an agreement between two people or two groups that involves promises on the part of each of the other.
		These many covenants of promise may be considered one covenant of grace, which was fulfilled in the life and ministry of Jesus.
		But the most important biblical concept in regard to blood is the spiritual significance of the blood of sacrificial animals.
	www.angelfire.com /sc3/we_dig_montana/Covenant.html (1451 words)

	The Biblical Covenants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Covenants are seen in the Scripture between individuals (Genesis 21:32; 1 Samuel 18:3), between one person and a group of people (Genesis 26:28; 1 Samuel 11:1-2), between nations (Exodus 23:32; 34:12; Hosea 12:1) and between God and man.
		The Palestinian covenant is found in Deuteronomy 30:1-10 and reaffirms to Israel the promise of land.
		The new covenant guarantees Israel a converted heart as the foundation to the promise of blessing and is found in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
	www.valleybible.net /resources/AdultEducationClasses/Doctrine/Eschatology/BiblicalCovenants.shtml (1370 words)

	biblical studies center ~ Gallant: Covenant, Predestination, and Dogmatic Method
		Covenant, after all, is the historical outworking of the decree.
		The data of covenant are to be understood in the light of the biblically-developed doctrine of predestination.
		Covenant is the context for predestination to function on our side (which is the only side we can be on, inasmuch as we are not God).
	www.biblicalstudiescenter.org /interpretation/dogmaticmethod.htm (3476 words)

	Ark of the Covenant: Encyclopedia II - Ark of the Covenant - History
		Ark of the Covenant - Captured by the Philistines
		Ark of the Covenant - In Solomon's Temple
		Ark of the Covenant - The Babylonians and afterwards
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Ark_of_the_Covenant_-_History/id/610963 (1234 words)

	Principles of Biblical covenant and blessing
		A covenant is a special type of relationship in which two people enter into an alliance which involves a firm commitment to one other and which usually makes demands on each party.
		I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you - the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you - every living creature on earth.
		This covenant is significant as it forms the basis of the Messianic dynasty from which Jesus Himself is a descendant (Isaiah 11:1f; Ezekiel 34:22-24; Matthew 1:17; 9:27-34; 12:22-24).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/5951/missa.html (4071 words)

	Gary Anderson's New Covenant Theology provided by Bravenet.com
		I view New Covenant Theology as being gospel centered, that is founded on the power of the gospel in the lives of men.
		They support the biblical view that Jesus was begotten with regard to His birth on earth and with regard to His resurrection.
		Christ is the new Moses, the new Levitical priesthood, the new sacrifice, the new high priest, the new king David, the new sabbath.
	www.newcovenanttheology.com (1517 words)

	The Canadian National Newspaper: The Bush Doctrine in Iraq and Afghanistan violates Biblical Covenant
		Having broken that Biblical Covenant, any group which still presents itself as disciples of Jesus in any way could further be viewed to be comprised of hypocrites and a "pretenders".
		The peoples of Iraq, the Middle East in general, (including Afghanistan), and the American people, in the context of Biblical Covenant are all "children of G-d', in the apparent representation of the Bible, and who are no greater or lesser to each other.
		Canada's participation in a peacekeeping tradition, was inspired in part, by Biblical Covenant, and is associated with using the Canadian military strictly for defensive and peace-making purposes.
	www.agoracosmopolitan.com /home/Frontpage/2006/09/26/01188.html (3636 words)

	What Is a Biblical Covenant ?
		For example, after God clearly defined aspects of the covenant He was making with the nation of Israel, including the blessings for honoring it and the consequences for ignoring it (Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28-30), both parties-God and the people of Israel-accepted it.
		I make this covenant and this oath, not with you alone, but with him who stands here with us today before the LORD our God, as well as with him who is not here with us today" (Deuteronomy 29:13-15).
		Remember His covenant always, the word which He commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, and confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant" (1Chronicles 16:8-9,14-17).
	www.ucgstp.org /lit/booklets/usbbp/ch1covenant.html (658 words)

	Positive Liberty » The Biblical Covenant is Undemocratic
		Even Bernard Bailyn recognizes that Biblical principles/Covenant theology were one of the sources from which our Founders drew when positing the principles of the Declaration/Constitution.
		So when it came time to pick and choose from “covenant theology,”; they left out the very heart — the covenants themselves (neither the Constitution, nor the Declaration or Federalist Papers contain or call for the Biblical Covenant!) — and replaced them the with the social contract and Art.
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	positiveliberty.com /2006/12/the-biblical-covenant-is-undemocratic.html (807 words)

	Index - The Idea of Covenant
		The settlement of new worlds by bearers of the covenant tradition in politics gave those settlers an unparalleled opportunity to build societies on the covenantal model or as close to it as they could.
		Covenant as the Basis of the Jewish Political Tradition - Kinship and Consent: The Jewish Political Tradition and Its Contemporary Uses, Chapter One (1996)
		The Multi-faceted Covenant: The Biblical Approach to the Problem of Organizations, Constitutions, and Liberty as Reflected in the Thought of Johannes Althusius (1991)
	www.jcpa.org /dje/index-cov.htm (403 words)

	Christ Community Covenant Church
		The Evangelical Covenant Church is a denomination with more than 100,000 members in over 600 churches in the United States and Canada and over 160,000 members on world mission fields in over 1,600 national churches.
		Covenant supported higher education can be found at North Park University (Chicago, Illinois), North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago, Illinois), Covenant Bible College (campuses in Strathmore, Alberta; Windsor, Colorado; and Ecuador), and Centro Hispano de Estudios Teologicos (Bell Gardens, California).
		The Covenant provides ministries of care and service through institutional forms including hospitals and retirement communities that are nationally recognized for their excellence.
	www.ccccarvada.com /affiliation.html (280 words)

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