“My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips” (Psalm 89:34). What is God talking about, exactly, when He speaks of covenant? Covenant is “an agreement or pledge between two or more parties.” Today we would use the word contract to describe a covenant. And like any contract, a covenant contains terms or duties that each party has to perform in order to fulfill the agreement. Such covenants are legally binding and once they have been
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