Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

And the title of today's post is,

Appealing to the God of Covenant.

First, before I read the post, let me say thank you once again

for the support given to Hurricane the Hurricane Helene victims,

it continues to pour in.

I'll say more about it tomorrow,

and since I record the post the evening before,

I'm not yet able to comment on Hurricane Milton.

I'll do so tomorrow. There are different types and levels

of covenant. Most Christians use the word covenant only in reference to God's covenant with Abraham

and his offspring, or when referring to the new covenant we have with God through Christ.

Because of this, many shy away from believing America as a covenant relationship with God.

The word for covenant in scripture, however, has a much broader range of meaning.

The Hebrew word is bereth.

Bereath, I'm sure I'm not pronouncing it properly.

Bereth.

It means a compact, covenant, alliance, pledge, promise, treaty, agreement, league, a constitution, ordinance.

These usages can refer to an agreement between individuals, as in a marriage, or a friendship.

The word even refers to a covenant, contract, or alliance between nations.

Israel, through their idolatry, had even made a covenant with death, Isaiah 28.

And of course, it is used to describe covenants involving God. Simply stated, a covenant is a binding

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