Six Objections Against the Common Grace Interpretation of Genesis 6:18 and 9:8-17
Cammenga argues against the common grace interpretation of God's covenant with Noah by examining the Hebrew grammar and theological language of Genesis 6:18 and 9:8-17, emphasizing God's unilateral sovereignty in establishing the covenant. The article contends that the covenant with Noah is a manifestation of God's singular covenant of grace rather than a separate covenant of common grace, drawing on detailed exegetical analysis of the biblical text.
Ronald L. Cammenga (An excerpt from “The Covenant with Noah: Common Grace or Cosmic Grace?” Protestant Reformed Theological Journal, vol. 40 [April 2007], no.1, pp. 14-18) A number of weighty objections must be lodged against the view that God’s covenant with Noah was a covenant of common grace, altogether distinct both in its recipients and promises from God’s covenant of grace in Jesus Christ. First, the account in Genesis makes plain that it is God alone who establishes the covenant. The...