God’s Covenant with Noah (3)
This article argues that God's covenant with Noah, like all God's covenants, is fundamentally a covenant with Christ and benefits only the elect who are in Him, not all humanity. Laning contends that unbelievers do not profit from God's promises and that their continued existence apart from Christ only increases their judgment, illustrating this principle through biblical examples. The article defends a strictly particularist interpretation of the Noahic covenant against those who hold a more universalist view of its benefits.
Previous article in this series: August 2015, p. 441. Only Believers Profit God's everlasting covenant is first of all with Christ. Whenever we read in Scripture of God's everlasting covenant, we must remember this. The promises to Abraham were promises to Christ. The same is true of the promises to Noah. What God promised Noah, He promised to Christ and thus only to those who are in Him. Many, however, maintain that God's covenant with Noah and His covenant with Abraham are not the same....
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