Classified by parties
Particular Covenants
Made with a specific people or group, not all of creation.
The Basic Shape
Most of the covenants that carry redemptive history forward are made with a particular people rather than with creation as a whole — Abraham and his offspring, Israel at Sinai, David's house. Their terms may still be works or grace — parties and terms are two separate axes — but their scope is a specific covenant people, not everyone.
This page is not yet built. It will explore which biblical covenants fall into this category and how a particular people relates to the universal covenants made with creation.