A Greater Covenant!

Genesis 9: 9 " Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you;..."

The first mention of the word covenant in the Old Testament takes place in Genesis 6:18 and there God is also speaking to Noah.

A covenant was a a treaty, alliance of friendship, a pledge, an obligation between a monarch and his subjects. It was a contract which was accompanied by signs, sacrifices, and a solemn oath. 

One of the important things for us to notice is that God chooses to enter into this contract with Noah, mankind's official representative. 

In Genesis 9:9 we see the fulfillment of God's promise to enter into covenant with Noah. God preserved Noah, his family and a portion of all living animals from being destroyed by the flood. Now, God enters into a agreement with Noah and his descendants never to destroy the earth by a flood again. The sign of this covenant is the rainbow. Despite the fact that scientist can explain the rainbow, does not diminish its significance. 

God has chosen to enter into a greater covenant with you and me. This is the New Covenant made available to us through the broken body and spilled blood of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. God's intention in entering into covenant with Noah was to keep him aliveas well as mankind.

Through the giving of His Son God is still seeking to keep us alive. All those who put their faith and trust in Jesus Christ will not only receive the forgiveness of sin, but will be given life eternal. We celebrate this covenant in the communion meal as we remember and reflect upon what Chrsit did for us in obedience to the Father.  

Our God is a covenant keeping God who desires to enter into a binding contract with us in order that we might receive eternal life.

Could there be anything better?