Like each of the biblical covenants, the Davidic covenant served a crucial role in the progress of the salvation history culminating with the coming and work of the Messiah. This message considers the Davidic covenant in that light, particularly its relationship with the Israelite (Sinai) covenant and God's covenant with Abraham.

The biblical covenants are often considered and interpreted through the lens of particular doctrinal concerns and premises, rather than in terms of the scriptural storyline and its orientation and development. Each of the covenants finds its meaning and significance in relation to the others, but as they are situated and function in the developing salvation history that culminated with the person and work of Jesus the Messiah. This is the perspective from which this message examines the background of God's covenant with David.

God's covenant with the Levites is often overlooked in treatments of the biblical covenants. Studies will often jump from the Sinai Covenant to the Davidic Covenant, but the truth is that the Levitical and Davidic covenants are inseparable and mutually interpreting in terms of their prophetic contribution to the Old Testament's messianic revelation and its fulfillment in Jesus.

This message completes the treatment of the Sinai Covenant. It examines the gold calf episode as Israel's foundational act of covenant-breaking, and it considers the process, under Moses' mediation, by which the covenant was renewed and the covenant relationship between God and Israel was restored.

This message introduces the Sinai Covenant. It examines Israel's preparation to receive it, the two parts of the covenant (the "ten words" and the "ordinances"), the covenant's ratification, and the fellowship meal that celebrated it.

The Sinai Covenant has been a focal point in Christian theology since the medieval period, Protestant and Roman Catholic alike. This is because matters of "law" were central in the theological and soteriological formulations that developed through the Middle Ages and were formalized during the Reformation period. This focus on the role of "law" in salvation and sanctification continues to this day, and not surprisingly the "Law of Moses" is a key aspect of it. But far too often the Law of Moses (the Sinai Covenant) isn't treated in its historical, Israelite and covenantal contexts, which is the goal of this consideration.

This message examines the circumstances and particulars of God's covenant with Abraham, but especially as that covenant served His designs for His creation and functioned within the Israelite history that culminated with Jesus the Messiah.

Noah was God's chosen man to inaugurate His "new" post-diluvian world, and He chose Abram out of that world - still groaning under the curse - to be His instrument for ushering in the actual new creation that the post-flood world prefigured. This message examines the human and historical context for God's covenant with Abram, which is crucial for understanding the covenant's purpose in its own time, in the life of Israel, and in God's larger purpose for His creation fulfilled in the Messiah.

Most Christians agree that Jesus' resurrection is crucial to the truth and significance of the Christian faith. But perhaps most associate that event with simply God's affirmation that the death of His Son had met His just demand against human sin. This message considers the broader, more comprehensive issues in the resurrection and how it determines and informs the Christian's ethics and mission in the world.

This message examines Noah, the Noahic Covenant, and the flood as they function within the progress of the Genesis narrative and help build the case for God's day of purging and renewal that was to come in the offspring promised to Eve.