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b'Genesis 17:7, \\u201cI\\nwill establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and\\nyou and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be\\nyour God and the God of your descendants after you.\\u201d

God\\npledges that He will be the Lord Almighty to Abraham and his\\ndescendants forever. This pledge is irrevocable and is the foundation\\nstone of all other biblical promises. The \\u201ccovenant\\u201d between God and\\nHis people is one of the most important theological truths of the\\nBible, yet most believers have very little understanding of this\\ntruth.\\xa0 The most striking thing about God\\u2019s covenant is that God is\\n\\u201choly\\u201d, \\u201call-knowing\\u201d and \\u201call powerful\\u201d; yet He consents to enter into\\ncovenants with people who are weak, sinful and imperfect (like you and\\nme).

Covenant = A legal binding agreement between two people (or\\ntwo groups of people) that involves specific promises on the part of\\neach to the other - both parties binding themselves to fulfil specific\\nobligations. The Hebrew word \\u201ccovenant\\u201d is derived from a root word\\nmeaning \\u201cto join together/shackle\\u201d but it often implies \\u2018betweenness\\u2019,\\nemphasising the relational element that lies at the core of all\\nBiblical covenants. Human covenants can be between equals or between a\\nsuperior and an inferior, however, divine covenants are always of the\\nlatter type. Furthermore, a divine covenant mostly signifies an\\nobligation undertaken by a single person. When God \\u201ccuts a covenant\\u201d\\nwith His people it is never conditional upon the observance on their\\npart, even though a penalty may be attached to its non-observance. '