Which other scriptures highlight God's everlasting covenant with His people? Setting the Stage: Psalm 105:8 “He remembers His covenant forever, the word He commanded for a thousand generations—” Foundational Old-Testament Promises • Genesis 9:16 — “remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature” • Genesis 17:7 — “I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you” • Exodus 2:24 — “He remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob” • Exodus 6:4-5 — “I established My covenant with them… and I have remembered My covenant” • Deuteronomy 7:9 — “the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations” • 1 Chronicles 16:15 — “Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations” Echoes in the Prophets • Isaiah 54:10 — “My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion • Isaiah 55:3 — “I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion assured to David” • Jeremiah 31:31 — “I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah” • Jeremiah 31:33 — “I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts” • Ezekiel 16:60 — “I will remember the covenant… and establish an everlasting covenant with you” • Ezekiel 37:26 — “I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant” Fulfillment in Christ and the New Covenant • Luke 1:72 — “to remember His holy covenant” • Hebrews 8:6 — “the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises” • Hebrews 13:20 — “through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus” Living in the Assurance Today God’s covenant was never a passing arrangement. From the rainbow after the flood to the blood of Christ, Scripture traces one unbroken, everlasting promise. He bound Himself to His people, pledged His faithfulness through generations, and sealed that pledge in Jesus. Every cited verse whispers the same assurance: what God has covenanted He will certainly perform, now and forever. |
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