Theology & Doctrine
God said, “This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac,
that you may enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath, which Yahweh your God makes with you today;
the covenant which he made with Abraham, his oath to Isaac.
“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”
In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute; to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
the oath which he swore to Abraham, our father,
Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
God said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.
Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them. It will be an everlasting covenant with them. I will place them, multiply them, and will set my sanctuary among them forever more.
“I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant,
Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
“You shall be my people, and I will be your God.
I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.