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."

  1. Noah (and all mankind) - Gen. 9:11-17 (i.e. the rainbow)
  2. Abraham - Gen. 17:1-8 (esp. v. 7); Ps. 105:9a
  3. Isaac - Gen. 17:19; Ps. 105:9b
  4. to Jacob - Ps. 105:10
  5. aspects of corporate Israel's worship - Gen. 17:9-14; Exod. 31:16; Lev. 24:8
  6. Phineas the priest's actions involving YHWH's wrath on Israel - Num. 25:10-13
  7. David - 2 Sam. 23:1-7 (also note 2 Sam. 7)
  8. Noah's eternal covenant canceled - Isa. 24:1-6
  9. the universal invitation of Isa. 55 (esp. v. 3)
  10. Israel's remnant - Isa. 61:1-9; Jer. 50:4-5
  11. Patriarchal covenants remembered - Ezek. 16:60-63
  12. 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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