Covenant Map

Where a passage sits in the larger story

Each tradition tells covenantal history differently. The map keeps the readings side by side, sharing the covenants they share, and attributes every relationship to the readings it belongs to.

Christian reading

  1. Creation → Noah · shared covenant
    preserves: The Noahic covenant preserves the created order and establishes a universal sign.
  2. Noah → Abraham · shared covenant
    narrows through promise: The universal human horizon narrows to a promised family through whom the nations will be blessed.
  3. Abraham → Sinai / Moses · shared covenant
    administers: The descendants of Abraham are constituted as a covenant people with law, priesthood, sacrifice and land obligations.
  4. Sinai / Moses → David · shared covenant
    royalizes: The Davidic covenant locates enduring royal promise within Israel’s covenantal history.
  5. Sinai / Moses → Prophetic promise · shared covenant
    anticipates renewal: The prophets anticipate covenant renewal, internalized instruction and restored relationship.
  6. Prophetic promise → New Covenant · shared covenant
    claims fulfillment: New Testament texts identify the death and priestly ministry of Jesus with the promised new covenant.
  7. New Covenant → Kingdom / Consummation · shared covenant
    extends toward consummation: The covenantal sequence is presented as moving toward final kingdom, renewal and divine presence.

7 recorded

Relationships

AM-COV-0001HighJewish, Christian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

Creation → Noah · preserves

The Noahic covenant preserves the created order and establishes a universal sign.

Evidence: Genesis 8:20-22; Genesis 9:1-17

No grounding claim recorded yet.

AM-COV-0002HighJewish, Christian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

Noah → Abraham · narrows through promise

The universal human horizon narrows to a promised family through whom the nations will be blessed.

Evidence: Genesis 12:1-3; Genesis 15:1-21; Genesis 17:1-14

Grounded by AM-CLAIM-000187

AM-COV-0003HighJewish, Christian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

Abraham → Sinai / Moses · administers

The descendants of Abraham are constituted as a covenant people with law, priesthood, sacrifice and land obligations.

Evidence: Exodus 19:3-8; Exodus 24:3-8

Grounded by AM-CLAIM-000187, AM-CLAIM-000188

AM-COV-0004HighJewish, Christian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

Sinai / Moses → David · royalizes

The Davidic covenant locates enduring royal promise within Israel’s covenantal history.

Evidence: 2 Samuel 7:8-16; Psalm 89:3-4

No grounding claim recorded yet.

AM-COV-0005HighJewish, Christian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

Sinai / Moses → Prophetic promise · anticipates renewal

The prophets anticipate covenant renewal, internalized instruction and restored relationship.

Evidence: Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:24-28

Grounded by AM-CLAIM-000185

AM-COV-0006HighChristian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

Prophetic promise → New Covenant · claims fulfillment

New Testament texts identify the death and priestly ministry of Jesus with the promised new covenant.

Evidence: Luke 22:20; Hebrews 8:6-13; Hebrews 9:15

Grounded by AM-CLAIM-000185, AM-CLAIM-000192 · illustrated by AM-CLAIM-000191

AM-COV-0007InterpretiveChristian, Latter-day SaintProvisional

New Covenant → Kingdom / Consummation · extends toward consummation

The covenantal sequence is presented as moving toward final kingdom, renewal and divine presence.

Evidence: 1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Revelation 21:1-5

No grounding claim recorded yet.

The map does not force contested theology into one storyline: where readings diverge, each is shown and attributed. JSON