God’s Covenant with Noah (2): A Promise of God to His People
James Laning examines Genesis 8:20-21 and God's covenant promise to Noah following the flood, arguing that the divine covenant is grounded in and validated by Christ's sacrificial work rather than in common grace extended to all humanity. The article refutes interpretations that read universal grace into the Noahic covenant and instead presents Noah's burnt offering as a type pointing to Christ's redemptive sacrifice as the basis for God's preservation of creation and His people.
Previous article in this series: February 15, 2015, p. 223. In Genesis 8:21 we read that God said this in His heart: "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done." Many say that God in this word is promising to give some grace to all human beings, so that there will be at least some good in unbelieving man and, thus, human society will be preserved....
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