Covenants are the backbone of the biblical story. The Rainbow Covenant, covenant partners obligate themselves to one another with promises and call curses upon themselves if they disobey. The covenant with Noah seems to be unconditional.The covenant with Noah is a covenant of preservation, signifying a new beginning for human beings and the continuance of life on earth until the time of the end. The new covenant is the climax of all of God’s covenants. The new covenant represents the culmination of God’s saving work among his people. God regenerates his people by his Spirit and renews their hearts so that they obey him.

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