Revelations from God

May 9, 2026

God's Covenants with Man

Hey, something amazing just came to me! I did not understand this before, I had never heard teaching on this before! It is on the topic of covenant.

What is a covenant? I did a study on this-

"A covenant is a formal, binding, and solemn agreement, contract, or promise between two or more parties, often establishing a long-term relationship or specific obligations. It is frequently used in legal (property/finance), religious, or historical contexts, emphasizing a pledge rather than just a simple contract."

In the bible a covenant was an agreement between God and man intended to restore a broken relationship (caused by sin).

The old covenant was based on the law and the remission of sins by blood of animal sacrifices, while the new covenant was based on the complete forgiveness of sins due to the blood of Christ!

At the last supper Christ told his disciples "“This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:20)

The scripture also says that the new covenant is better than the old covenant.

I also found this teaching on the internet-

The Old Covenant required blood sacrifices, but it could not provide a final sacrifice for sin. The Old Covenant required repeated, daily sacrifices of animals as a reminder of the people’s sin. But, as Scripture says, “it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins” (Hebrews 10:4). Under the Old Covenant, the same inadequate sacrifices were constantly repeated. For every sin, the process was replicated, day after day, month after month, year after year. The Old Covenant never provided a full, complete sacrifice for sin. “For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second” (Hebrews 8:7, ESV).

The scripture also says that the Ten Commandments were the old covenant, the 2 tablets with the Ten Commandments written on them were housed in the Ark, the Ark of the covenant. The scripture about this is here:

"Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments." -Exodus 34:28

There is alot in the bible about covenant!