To learn how the steps were done in the Old Testament and how we can relate to them today through the New Covenant we have through Jesus, click on the appropriate links below. Here is indeed another of the spiritual mysteries of the New Covenant, which lose their power when understood in human wisdom, without the ministration of the Spirit of life. The meal included bread and wine, which represented the body and blood of the covenant partners.Step 9 -- Plant a Memorial: The two parties plant a tree and sprinkle it with the blood of the animal to memorialize the covenant.+++If you enjoyed this video and Jerry Robinson's teachings, be sure check out his teaching website https://truerichesradio.comLive monthly teachings with Jerry Robinson here: https://truerichesradio.com/liveWant to learn more about Jerry Robinson? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Step 2 -- Selection and Sacrifice: The selection of the covenant representatives and the cutting of the covenant sacrifice Step 3 -- Exchange Robes, Belts, Weapons: In many cases, the parties to the covenant would exchange robes, belts, weapons to symbolize their unity.Step 4 -- The Walk Unto Death: The two parties walk in a figure eight through the pieces of flesh making declarations of their allegiance to each other even unto death.Step 5 -- Blessings and Cursings: Two parties would declare the blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience associated with the covenant.Step 6 -- Seal of Covenant Mark: Often a scar would be inflicted upon both parties to remind them of their covenant.Step 7 -- Exchange Names: Two parties become one by exchanging names indicating the exchange of personality, character, reputation, essence, and authority.Step 8 -- Covenant Meal: A time of great celebration. Abraham passed the test. Subject: Six Steps of the Abrahamic Covenant. If something happens to you, your covenant partner will see to it that your wife and children are taken care of. What was a blood covenant (Genesis 15:9-21)? And so, in the Middle East among the Arab peoples to this day, there is a saying that expresses this truth: Blood is thicker than milk!, When the hour had come, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full (God Himself will be your Eternal Covenant Blessing). If you abide IN ME, and My words abide IN YOU (that is, if you protect and maintain our Covenant Union), ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. Fax: 011 233 302247628 Major Prophets And thereafter, God called Himself The Friend of Abraham.. This is saying to the other person, "We are becoming one with each other. He has seen to it that Israel overcomes her enemies and survives them, generation after generation. ], Covenant Messenger Ministries July 10, 2022. So ponder this as you consider what happens after the exchange of the gifts and the pronouncement of the blessings and curses. Israel did not consult with God and failed to receive His guidance. This is God's word, may He add His blessing to it. xXoE{A|zx >P.iJ5cxS^{Eyq~Azx?O. And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. Examples of how the concept of covenant has largely been replaced with the idea of contract in Western thinking. Emphasis added. The transition from the death of the Old Covenant to the life of the New was, in Christ, "through the blood of the Everlasting Covenant." Love Adonai your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Much thought does not help them; even prayer does not appear to bring the light they seek. 6 0 obj Hear now the word of the Lord. EAT MEMORIAL MEAL: I Corinthians 11: 23-26, "For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, `This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' and of course, the New Covenant. The Old Testament They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, declares the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. (Jeremiah 31:31-34), Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God, It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy Name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. ), Therefore, if you have been raised up with Messiah, keep seeking the things (the Perfect Covenant Realities) abovewhere Messiah is, sitting at the right hand of God. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. If we would enter truly and fully into all the New Covenant is meant to be to us, let us beseech God to reveal to us the worth and the power of the blood of the Covenant, the precious blood of Christ! stream A covenant is a kind of promise, a contract, a binding agreement between two parties. This comes from the ritual of making a blood covenant by cutting animals in half, spreading them out on the ground for the two covenant partners to walk among in a figure-eight pattern while reciting the covenant oath. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. What happened to the animals reminds the representatives of the death penalty they are calling down upon themselves, and those they represent, in the case of any future covenant violation and betrayal. There could be no Covenant of friendship between a holy God and sinful men without atonement and reconciliation; and no atonement without a death as the penalty of sin. General Epistles I am coming into you and we are becoming one.. "-1 Cor 11:25; Mat 26:28. of Scripture. But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. One that would be tested and tempted with sin and die in the place of the first Adam and for all of his descendants. To Him be the Glory forever. As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. This awesome Blood Bond relationship will appear everywhere! But (for your sake they are included in this Covenant that I make with you, and) I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. The blood of the New Covenant is redemption blood, a purchase price and ransom from the power of Sin and the Law. Covenant is His plan to have relationship with His family. (Hebrews 12:1-3. By taking off my robe and giving it to you I'm symbolically saying "I'm giving you all myself. Emphasis added.). Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete., It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, AND BEHOLD, THERE APPEARED A SMOKING OVEN AND A FLAMING TORCH WHICH PASSED BETWEEN THESE PIECES (while Abram slept). (Genesis 15:12-17. Shenandoah, IA 51601 We must learn to honor and abide by the Covenant of our Creator, into which He chose to graft us. THE BLOOD COVENANT I n ancient times the blood covenant was common among almost all of the people of the middle east. ), A crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You. Answering them, He said, Who are My mother and My brothers? Looking about at those (His disciples) who were sitting around Him, He said, Behold My mother and My brothers! 1:4; 4:15), the confession of sins by both the priest (Lev. Ephesians 6:13-17 "Therefore, take up the full armor of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Making a blood covenant agreement implies you are not just giving your time or possessions to each other. The world needed a second Adam. 0 grace above all grace! Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. We come to this covenant clothed in sin and unrighteousness. The blood of the New Covenant is redemption blood, a purchase price and ransom from the power of Sin and the Law. In the same way He took the cup also, after supper, saying, `This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.' CUT THE COVENANT: Hebrews 10:14-18, "For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. So, from ancient times, this is how fallible humans were able to engender and earn a very high level of mutual trust. After the Covenant was cut, God changed the names of Abram and Sarai to, Abraham and Sarah. The Steps In Making A Blood Covenant The Steps In Making A Blood Covenant By William Handschumacher Rock of Offence Special Commentary A series of events are set into motion when two people decide they want to "cut the covenant." It is referred to as the blood covenant ceremony and is considered a most serious and solemn event. We'll look at them today. Wisdom Literature God shake: "I have given you the blood upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul." You will say then, Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in. Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. I am The Vine, you are the branches (we are ONE Blood Covenant corporate entity); he who abides IN ME and I IN HIM, he bears much fruit (Covenant blessings), for apart from Me you can do nothing (you are dead according to the broken Covenant of the First Adam). Step 2 Selection and Sacrifice: The selection of the covenant representatives and the cutting of the covenant sacrifice. For whoever wishes to save his (individualistic radically independent Self-adoring) life will lose it; but whoever loses his (Self) life FOR MY SAKE (becoming one with Me in Gods Eternal Covenant) will find it (That is, everything he will need to be totally fulfilled for all eternity, he will find it by being one with Me and all that pertains to Me. Mark 14:24. What no thought of man or angel could have conceived, what even now passeth all understanding, the Eternal Son of God took flesh and blood, and then shed that blood as the blood of the New Covenant, not merely to ratify it, but to open the way for it and to make it possible. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. And they call upon their God, or gods, to witness this along with all the human witnesses so from that day on, they and their unborn descendants will be one into the endless future. 1:2-3), examining the animals for any blemish, placing hands on its head (Lev. The Need for the Second Birth. He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. Let your (indwelling Covenant Representative abide in you, and let His) Light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in Heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16 Amplification and emphasis added.). Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 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