11 The Covenant in Eden

The eight promises or covenants God made with mankind forms a structure of God’s dealings with human beings. Because of our inability to secure our own prosperity—spiritual and physical—on the earth, a gracious God has committed Himself to providing what we cannot.
The main biblical covenants are a unifying factor for all events described in the Bible involving God and human beings. Some of them provide the guarantee that yet—future predicted events will occur. For example, the Abrahamic covenant is the basis for all of God’s subsequent dealings with Israel, and is expanded in the Land, Davidic, and New covenants, which, respectively, provide for Israel’s eternal possession of the land, an eternal kingship, and the conversion of a remnant. Most of the covenants have not yet been completely fulfilled. The Church is given the benefit of the New Covenant although it was originally addressed to the nation Israel.

The major biblical covenants are:

1. Edenic; Gen. 1:28-30; 2: 15-17
2. Adamic; Gen. 3:15
3. Noahic; Gen. 9:16
4. Abrahamic; Gen. 12:1-3; 13: 14-17 15:5, 18; 17
5. Mosaic; Ex. 19:5
6. Land; Dt. 29-30
7. Davidic; 2 Sam. 7:10-17
8. New; Jeremiah 31: 33-34; Ezekiel 36: 24-28; Heb. 8:8