establishes an agreement to be subjected to His terms, as well as his punishment for failure to abide by those terms.
When we are making a vow, oath or a promise and we take it to the next level and include God, then we elevating that promise into a divine covenant, and He is now a party who can establish the terms or punishment should we fail to adhere to our oath.
Marriage is a ritual that creates a partnership between two people. It is an agreement to love, honor, and cherish another person until death do you part. However, when that marriage is performed in a church or with God as a witness, it becomes a covenant because God becomes a party to the marriage, and it is expected that the marriage will include a relationship with Him that extends beyond the ceremony. Divine covenants such as these also include oaths that create a relationship with the church and God, such as baptism, communion, or confirmation.
The intentions of covenants are established in the Eucharistic Prayer IV, which states that God formed man in His likeness, and even though man abandoned Him, God abided by His covenant not to abandon man. Bergsma points out the line in the Eucharist Prayer that summarizes the message of salvation written in the bible, "Again and again you offered a…show more content… These covenants are the compass that walk us through the Bible, and its meaning, from beginning to end. They also encompass the organizations and relationships throughout life. While these covenants are made between God and specific mediators or Biblical figures, it is important to know that in doing so, God also created a covenant with humanity and all people throughout history, for we are all created in His
