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Lesson 5

Salvation History Is a Love Story between God and His People, Told through the Covenants

Every covenant includes a mediator, a promise, a sign, and a progression.

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Covenant
    :
    A sacred permanent bond of family relationship. God entered in a series of covenants with mankind throughout Salvation History to invite us to be part of His divine family and to prepare us gradually and in stages and in words and deeds to receive the gift of salvation. (68-96)
  • Salvation History
    :
    The story of God’s love and mercy revealed to us throughout human history, culminating in Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross and Resurrection from the dead which won for us salvation from sin and death.
  • Mediator
    :
    The person God chose to represent all those entering into a covenant with Him. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus Christ are the mediators of the primary covenants throughout Salvation History.
  • Sign
    :
    An external representation of the interior reality occurring within a covenant. Every covenant included a sign taken from human experience to represent the depth of God’s love and mercy present at the heart of the covenant. Marriage between a man and a woman, the Sabbath, the rainbow, circumcision, the Law, Passover, the Temple, and the Eucharist are examples of signs of the covenants.
  • Promise
    :
    Every covenant included a blessing from God that He assured His people He would fulfill. For example, God promised Abraham that His descendants would be more numerous than the stars and that they would bless the world.
  • Progression
    :
    The increase in the number of people included in each covenant, and God’s family, throughout Salvation History.
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