Theme Old and New Testament
Covenant
Also known as New covenant
A covenant is a binding relationship God establishes with people by promise. Scripture traces covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel at Sinai, and David, and the prophets foretell a new covenant that Jesus inaugurates with His blood at the Last Supper.
Why it matters. Covenant is the backbone that connects the testaments; the New Testament takes its name from it.
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
Connections
The covenant with Abraham develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceGenesis calls this an everlasting covenant with Abraham and his descendants, sealed by circumcision.
Evidence:The covenant at Sinai develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceExodus calls the ten words and the book read to the people a covenant and seals it with blood.
Evidence:The covenant with David develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidencePsalm 89 calls God's promise to David a covenant sworn by oath.
The Last Supper develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus calls the cup the new covenant in His blood, using the language of Jeremiah 31 and Exodus 24.
Evidence:The crucifixion of Jesus develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe cup at the supper is the new covenant in Jesus' blood, and Hebrews presents His death as the sacrifice that inaugurates it.
Evidence:The council at Jerusalem develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJames reads the inclusion of the Gentiles as the rebuilding of David's fallen tent promised by Amos.
Evidence:Noah develops the theme Covenant
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceAfter the flood God establishes a covenant with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature, never again to destroy the earth by flood, with the rainbow as its sign. It is the first covenant Genesis names.
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