Psa 25:14  The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. 

God the Father will show his covenant to those who fear [be in awe and reverence of] him. The knowledge of the covenant is absolutely astounding. With this knowledge we come a step closer to end time events, which will rock the whole world.

The old covenant begins with Gods promise to Abraham, of national riches.

Gen 12:1  Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:

Gen 12:2  And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 

Gen 12:7  And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. 

Abraham and his innumerable descendants were promised the land forever. Abrahams descendants would number as the dust of the earth.

Gen 13:14  And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: 

Gen 13:15  For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever.
Gen 13:16  And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 15:5  And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

God repeated the promise to Abraham several times.

Gen 15:18  In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: 
Gen 17:2  And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 
Gen 17:4  As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 
Gen 17:7  And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 

The covenant people were to be circumcised as a sign of the covenant.

Gen 17:9  And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. 
Gen 17:10  This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. 
Gen 17:11  And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you. 

God tested Abraham to the point of sacrificing his son, Isaac.

Gen 22:12  And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. 

The covenant was now unconditional.

Gen 22:17  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 
Gen 22:18  And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

The covenant, given to Abraham, was passed to Isaac, then Jacob. Jacobs twelve sons make up the nation of Israel, but the covenant promise was passed to Josephs two sons Ephraim and Manasseh. These two Nations are modern day Great Britain and America. The other eleven sons were given individual blessings. Gen. 49 v 1 to 24.

God promised that no diseases would come on the Israelites if they kept his commandments. This promise was made at Marah, where the bitter water was made sweet. This day was the last day of unleavened bread.

Exo 15:26  And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. 

God the Father, offered the old covenant to all of Israel, on Mt. Horeb. The covenant promised incredible physical riches for obedience to Gods laws and statutes. These promises are given in Deut. 26 v 1 to 13.

The Israelites agreed to the terms of the covenant.

Exo 34:27  And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 
Exo 34:28  And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. 

Exo 19:8  And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. 

The Israelites were unable to keep the covenant, and will have to pay the penalty, as described in Lev. 26 v 14 to 39.

Jer 11:8  Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. 

The breaking of the old covenant has brought physical Israel to the brink of destruction. Every evil is now rampant and accepted in our countries. Modern day Joseph [Great Britain and America] have received the blessings promised to Abraham. They will suffer most, unless they turn to God, as per the words of the covenant.

Jer 30:7  Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it. 

The new testament confirms that the old covenant began with Abraham.

Gal 4:22  For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 
Gal 4:23  But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 
Gal 4:24  Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which engendereth to bondage, which is Hagar. 
Gal 4:25  For this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. 

Present day Jerusalem is the result of breaking the old covenant. The Israelites were unable to keep it.

Heb 8:8  For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 

There was no mercy given in breaking the old covenant.

Heb 10:28  He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 

God knew, from the time of Noah, [and possibly from the time of Adam] that humans were incapable of obeying him 

Gen 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 
Gen 6:6  And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 

What a sad reflection on humanity; God knew they would not keep the old covenant, but it had to be given so the world would also know.

Heb 3:5  And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; 

God knows that modern day Israel will not repent during the time of Jacobs trouble; but it has to be brought on. Ever since Adam chose the tree of good and evil, and brought eternal death to mankind: God has had to implement a plan of salvation for all mankind.

The new covenant will be written in hearts. Gods laws will be kept physically and spiritually.

Heb 8:10  For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 

Christ added mercy to the law, as the account of the woman taken in adultery shows. Jesus did not condemn her, but he said ‘sin no more’ John 8 v 3 to 11.

Jerusalem above is the result of keeping the new covenant.

Gal 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

Jerusalem above is Gods people who are keeping the new covenant. Gods people are on earth, but their citizenship is in heaven. This includes the Israelites, who have repented and come out of captivity. 

Phi 3:20  For our conversation [citizenship] is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: 

Compare the following scriptures with Gal. 4 v 26 quoted above.

Gen 37:9  And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 
Gen 37:10  And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 

Rev 12:1  And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 

The woman is clothed with the sun, moon, and stars; which are identified as the recipients of the new covenant. The woman is Gods chosen people, who keep the new covenant. They are on earth, but they are citizens of heaven. This woman is the church members who God has called for his purpose, and also repentant Israel who have come out of captivity, and are now keeping the terms of the new covenant.

This woman [Gods church, and repentant Israel] is straining to bring forth the knowledge of Jesus Christ: the knowledge that Jesus is the Son of God from the beginning.

Rev 12:2  And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 

Paul likened his work to a woman in travail.

Gal 4:19  My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 

Notice that the woman is in heaven, paining to be delivered. When satan pursues the woman; she is on earth. However, it is only repentant Israel  which flees to the valley of Achor, the church remain behind for their persecution.

Rev 12:6  And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 

Gods church with the spirit of power, are the chosen ones, who keep the new covenant. Christ is building his church, on the knowledge that Jesus Christ is the Son of God from the beginning. At the time of writing, this knowledge is given to very few, but eventually this knowledge will fill the world.

Mat 13:31  Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 
Mat 13:32  Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 

As this knowledge becomes known: A force of evil will rise up to counteract it.

Rev 12:3  And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 
Rev 12:4  And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 

God the Father has used the heathen nations to punish Israel. When they repent, and are brought out of captivity, the great dragon tries to kill them. However God provides a method of escape and they flee to the Valley of Achor. the dragon then goes to persecute the church members.

THE MARRIAGE COVENANT.

The covenant, given to Israel during the exodus was a marriage covenant. Remember, there were physical promises for physical obedience. God the Father betrothed himself to physical Israel. The following scriptures are some of the many; that talk of a marriage covenant, and subsequent divorce; with the physical nation of Israel. 

Jer 31:32  Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD: 

Jer 3:20  Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. 

Isa 54:5  For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 
Isa 54:6  For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. 

Jer 3:14  Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 

Jer 3:8  And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.

Hos 3:1  Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. 

God uses the analogy of a marriage in his dealings with Israel. When Israel broke the covenant; God divorced them. When Elijah turns Israels heart to God and Gods heart to them; God remembers his covenant, and once again betroths them.

Notice that this is physical Israel, and it is forever.

Hos 2:19  And I will betroth thee unto me forever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 
Hos 2:20  I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. 

The land belongs to Abrahams seed forever.

Gen 13:15  For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed forever. 

Abrahams descendants are as the stars of heaven, and inherit the land forever.

Exo 32:13  Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou sworest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it forever. 

There is well under a hundred generations from creation till now.

Psa 105:8  He hath remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.

Gods spirit will be given to physical Israel, from one generation to another forever.

Isa 59:20  And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. 
Isa 59:21  As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and forever. 

Eze 11:19  And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh: 
Eze 11:20  That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 

Every person born, will get a hundred years to qualify for immortality.

Isa 65:20  There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 

God chose Israel and God loves Israel, and Gods covenant is with Israel. Israelites can be grafted out, and Gentiles can be grafted in. Salvation is dependent on repenting of sin, and choosing to obey God. In the kingdom of God; satan will not be able to affect people, and human beings will be able to see their spiritual teachers. 

The bride of Christ

The bride of Christ is the saints in the first resurrection.

Rev 19:7  Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 

1Cor 15:23  But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 

Jerusalem above is the wife of the Father, and new Jerusalem is an actual city. The church, which has made itself ready is Christs bride. This knowledge helps give understanding to the following verses.

Rev 21:2  And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 

The word ‘as’ can also mean ‘for’ the new Jerusalem is ‘prepared for a bride adorned for her husband.’

The angel offers to show the bride in verse 9: he does so in verse 27.

Rev 21:9  And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 

Rev 21:27  And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 

The knowledge of the covenant is absolutely breathtaking, and reveals the absolute magnitude of the great God. God the Father marries physical Israel. The Israelites get a hundred years to prove themselves. They are then born as sons of God into immortality. Gods family began with the birth of Christ, who also has a bride. The God family will grow forever. 

Rom 8:19  For the earnest expectation of the creature [creation] waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 
Rom 8:20  For the creature [creation] was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, 
Rom 8:21  Because the creature [creation] itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 

Let’s look at the next scripture with the true meaning.

Isa 9:7  Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. 

God the Father is the God of this world; He always has been and always will be. God sets up and brings down Nations, and places the basest of men over them. God the Father has been in control of events for all eternity, and has let us suffer throughout history. All the suffering of this world has been used and will be used  to bring the whole world to repentance. Israel first, and then the Gentile Nations. God will have used the whole, evil time, of mankinds history, from Adam to the return of Christ to bring about the fulfillment of his covenant.

Adam had rejected the tree of life in Eden [the Paradise of God] and all mankind have been cut off from eternal life, except for the very few. The earth will once again be the Paradise of God, and the tree of life will be freely available.

The thief on the cross will be resurrected into Paradise, and given a chance to overcome.

Luk 23:43  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise. I.

As amazing as it seems, there will always be evil in the world. These people will be accursed [cast into the lake of fire] after a hundred years. 

Isa 65:20  There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die a hundred years old; but the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed. 

Sinners will not be allowed into the new Jerusalem.

Rev 21:27  And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Circumcision will once again be a token of the covenant.

Eze 44:9  Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.

The earth will be Paradise, as the Garden of Eden was.

Amo 9:13  Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. 

Joe 3:18  And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 

Isa 35:1  The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 

The overcomers will be born as sons of God, into immortality.

The knowledge of the covenant shows the unlimited magnificence of our Great Creator God.

There are no words in the English language, which can correctly describe God the Father.