guaranteeing of security plays an important part, and this means that there is often an initiative on the one side whereby an imposition of will takes place. This is especially important when we come to the theological covenant. 5. The Theological Covenant. This arises when God is one of the participants and not merely a guarantor. Parallels to the OT exist wherever a family relationship with the deity is discerned (cf. a phrase like “Baal of the covenant” in Judg. 8:33, and also the national or
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