ThyWord IsTruth
Puritan Board Freshman
This is where my view on CT is at the moment. What camp do I fall in?
Covenant Theology
1. The Supralapsarian, Inter-Trinitarian Covenant of Redemption was the eternal decree of God outside of time and space to redeem a people to himself.
2. The Creation Mandate and instituting of the Covenant of Works upon Adam as the Federal head of all mankind (Romans 5)
3. Adam sinned therefore breaking the Covenant of Works and immediately God shed the blood of an animal (without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins) and covered the naked shame of Adam and Eve in a foreshadowing of the ultimate atonement and covering of sin that would occur in the promised Messiah of Genesis 3:15. This is the beginning of the Covenant of Grace and the Proto-Evangelion. God Himself was the first and last to sacrifice for sin.
4. The Noahic (Promise), Abrahamic (Prophet), Mosaic (Priest) and Davidic (King) were all fuller revelations of the Covenant of Grace. The Messiah instituting the Covenant of Grace by fulfilling the Covenant of Works becomes Prophet, Priest and King.
5. Those of the elect before the cross were saved by grace through faith in looking forward to the promised work of Christ and those of the elect after the cross look back to the finished work of Christ on the cross.
6. The Holy Spirit being the seal of the Covenant of Grace on the elect (takes out the heart of stone and gives a heart of flesh. Circumcision of the heart) and the one that applies Christ righteousness on the elect (imputation). Also giving the faith to believe and the granting of repentance by grace.
7. Salvation is of the Lord. We are justified by the Son, being sanctified by the Spirit and will be glorified by the Father in the Son. Salvation is threefold but He is faithful and just to complete the work He began in us as the Author and Finisher of our faith.
Covenant Theology
1. The Supralapsarian, Inter-Trinitarian Covenant of Redemption was the eternal decree of God outside of time and space to redeem a people to himself.
2. The Creation Mandate and instituting of the Covenant of Works upon Adam as the Federal head of all mankind (Romans 5)
3. Adam sinned therefore breaking the Covenant of Works and immediately God shed the blood of an animal (without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins) and covered the naked shame of Adam and Eve in a foreshadowing of the ultimate atonement and covering of sin that would occur in the promised Messiah of Genesis 3:15. This is the beginning of the Covenant of Grace and the Proto-Evangelion. God Himself was the first and last to sacrifice for sin.
4. The Noahic (Promise), Abrahamic (Prophet), Mosaic (Priest) and Davidic (King) were all fuller revelations of the Covenant of Grace. The Messiah instituting the Covenant of Grace by fulfilling the Covenant of Works becomes Prophet, Priest and King.
5. Those of the elect before the cross were saved by grace through faith in looking forward to the promised work of Christ and those of the elect after the cross look back to the finished work of Christ on the cross.
6. The Holy Spirit being the seal of the Covenant of Grace on the elect (takes out the heart of stone and gives a heart of flesh. Circumcision of the heart) and the one that applies Christ righteousness on the elect (imputation). Also giving the faith to believe and the granting of repentance by grace.
7. Salvation is of the Lord. We are justified by the Son, being sanctified by the Spirit and will be glorified by the Father in the Son. Salvation is threefold but He is faithful and just to complete the work He began in us as the Author and Finisher of our faith.