A covenant might be an agreement between two equal parties, but that notion would not apply to the covenantal relationship of God to man. The covenant in view in Scripture is a covenant between a lord and his servants. In that sense it does not imply mutual agreement, but rather it is a covenant unilaterally initiated by the LORD, with conditions and obligations placed on both sides. The obligations and conditions, we should note, are placed there by the LORD Himself; that is, we do not obligate