essay on The Christ of the Covenants by Robertson
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In his book, The Christ of the Covenants, Robertson attempts to show us how the Bible ties together its theme of God's relationship with his people, and through Covenants he moves his kingdom forward. By approaching the Bible as a book with a centralized Covenant theme, Robertson interprets the major events in the Bible not as disconnected stories, but as one piece in God's sovereign plan. Through Covenants he moves his kingdom forward.
Robertson defines a covenant as "a bond in blood sovereignly administered." God uses Covenants to bind his people to him, to establish a relationship with them. The blood signifies a covenant's importance; divine covenants are a matter of life and death. A divine covenant is sovereign because God administers and dictates its terms.
Using this definition of a covenant, Robertson then shows the structure of the Bible in relation to covenants.
The Bible, according to Robertson, divides into two major divine covenants: the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. Although God made one unified, divine Covenant with man, he also made distinct Covenants to build up to when the divine Covenant would come in its fullest...