SPECIAL TOPIC: ETERNAL COVENANTS (OT)
This is a good example of the semantic field of 'olam (BDB 761, KB 798). The older
covenants mentioned in the Hebrew Bible were also called "eternal."
- Noah (and all mankind) - Gen. 9:11-17 (i.e. the rainbow)
- Abraham - Gen. 17:1-8 (esp. v. 7); Ps. 105:9a
- Isaac - Gen. 17:19; Ps. 105:9b
- to Jacob - Ps. 105:10
- aspects of corporate Israel's worship - Gen. 17:9-14; Exod. 31:16; Lev. 24:8
- Phineas the priest's actions involving YHWH's wrath on Israel - Num. 25:10-13
- David - 2 Sam. 23:1-7 (also note 2 Sam. 7)
- Noah's eternal covenant canceled - Isa. 24:1-6
- the universal invitation of Isa. 55 (esp. v. 3)
- Israel's remnant - Isa. 61:1-9; Jer. 50:4-5
- Patriarchal covenants remembered - Ezek. 16:60-63
- New Covenant of Jer. 31:31-34 - Jer. 32:40; Heb. 8:6-13
SPECIAL TOPIC: FOREVER ('olam and aiōnios)
SPECIAL TOPIC: COVENANT
SPECIAL TOPIC: ETERNAL
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