Theme: The Bible

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mankind. This can first be seen with G-d's dealing with Adam and Eve. G-d had decreed that if Adam and Eve were to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and bad " you shall die" (g 2:17). However, later it is seen that when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and bad, He did not enforce the death penalty. Rather, He allowed man a second opportunity to experience a reality of his choice, a world out of His harmony. "G-d banished him [Adam and Eve] from the Garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he was taken." (g 3:23) G-d made provision for them to live, procreate and maintain a relationship with them. Then, G-d made a renewal of this covenant with Noah. In the story of Noah, the exceeding wickedness of humanity almost resulted in the Lord's destruction of the world by a flood. Only Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord as it was described in Genesis 6:8-9, Noah was "a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with G-d." G-d then made a ...

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issue from her." (g 18:15-16) The Lord does this too to Abram, He changes his name from Abram to Abraham meaning "exalted father," which indicates the worldwide blessing G-d will bestow through him and his descendents. These covenants develop more as the descendents of Abraham grow into a nation.
The impact of the covenant focuses on the conception of God and mankind. These covenants place a grand impact on the biblical conceptions of G-d and human beings. It had first been intended that the human race be to rule over the earth while God was the master of the human race. The Lord had decreed that man was to " be fertile and increase, fill the earth and master it; and rule the ...

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