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Brigham Young University

Faculty Publications

2020

New and everlasting covenant

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Recognizing The Everlasting Covenant In The Scriptures, Kerry Muhlestein Jan 2020

Recognizing The Everlasting Covenant In The Scriptures, Kerry Muhlestein

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The Abrahamic, or new and everlasting, covenant is an important element of the Old Testament. In fact, the main way the Old Testament frames human relationships with God is whether people make and keep a covenant with him. Yet we often do not notice how much that theme is woven throughout all scripture. For example, the Book of Mormon title page specifically references the knowledge of the covenant as part of the purpose of writing and preserving the book, and the covenant is a major theme for many of its authors. The New Testament and the Doctrine and Covenants are …