God’s Covenant with Noah
Miersma examines God's covenant with Noah in Genesis 6, emphasizing how Noah's salvation through grace demonstrates God's sovereign favor and the continuation of His single, eternal covenant throughout history. The article presents the Noahic covenant as a crucial historical phase in God's redemptive plan, culminating ultimately in the new creation, and stresses that this covenant was not new to Noah but a known agreement that God would establish and realize with him.
But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. Genesis 6:18 There is nothing so beautiful and precious to us as is the truth of God's covenant. It is good to be reminded of this glorious truth from time to time. We see in the context that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord (v. 8). Noah is in the midst of wickedness as a righteous man. He walks with God, his covenant friend. As the object of...
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