Covenant Love Bible Study, Review of Lesson One, Lesson Outline

I noticed that a few of you are returning to this lesson.  Therefore, I will continue to post portions of it.  Each one of the sections in the outline below is a link to the St. Paul center, for those who are working ahead.   If you do arrive to the conclusion before I do, please come back and comment on what you learned.

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

Lesson One: The Master Key that Unlocks the Bible

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Lesson Outline:

1. Course Introduction and Overview
   1. How to Read the Bible Cover-to-Cover
   2. The Covenant Principle: Testimony from Scripture and Tradition
2. What is a Covenant?
   1. The Difference Between Covenants and Contracts
   2. The Meaning of Covenant in the Bible
3. An Introduction to the Covenants of the Bible
   1. The Number of the Biblical Covenants
   2. The Character of the Biblical Covenants
4. A Bird's Eye View of the Bible
   1. Reading the Bible as "the Book of the Covenant"
   2. The Course Ahead
5. Discussion Questions

Covenant Love Bible Study, Review of Lesson One Objectives

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

Lesson One Objectives:1. To learn the "big-picture" overview of the Bible - the story that the Bible tells.2. To understand the concept of "covenant" and its importance for reading and interpreting the Bible.3. To learn in general detail the six major covenants in the Bible.

1.  The big picture overview of the Bible, for me, is summed up in one word, Love.  The Bible tells us that God loves us and that we should love God in return.


I suppose this is a covenant.




2.  The concept of covenant is a reciprocal relationship.  In this case, it is considered a family relationship, sort of an "adoption".  God has adopted us as His children.


3.  I'm not certain, but I think they left out the 7th and greatest Covenant of all.  When, after the Judgment, Christ gives all which exists back to the Father.


If you count that, there are 7 Covenants.


Did I pass?  What d'ya mean that wasn't the test?


Sincerely,


De Maria