Featured Covenant of Redemption

Jesus explains to us the purpose of the parables in the covenant of redemption.

*Matthew 13:10-17*
Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: “‘“You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.” For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.’ But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

 

I can only speak for myself, but I view the Covenant of Redemption within the Abrahamic and New Covenants, which are eternal covenants. The Covenant of Redemption would be encompassed in this passage:
*Genesis 12:2-3*
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Understanding that the Israel of God is established in the Abrahamic Covenant we also see this Covenant of Redemption within the New Covenant.

*Jeremiah 31:31-34*
“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

Notice the sovereign "I will's" of God in these Covenants that express His Covenant of Redemption. The sermon to the Hebrews reinforces this idea as the preacher conveys this redemptive covenant between God and His chosen people.

Now, if you demand that the term "Covenant of Redemption" must be found in the Bible, then I acknowledge you will not find the term in the Bible, just as you will not find Trinity.

 

@Iconoclast nice to see that you responded. But I do wonder why you spent so much effort in trying to explain something that is already in the bible, although as @JonC point out what you are calling a "Covenant of Redemption" is what the bible calls a New Covenant. What I have found is that Calvinist's do like to add special names to everything. It's like when we were kids and we had to have a secret decoder ring so we could unlock the coded message.

But God did not hide the gospel or the teachings of the bible so I have to wonder who thinks we need a decoder ring? Not God.

1Co 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.

 

Now don't have a snit because I don't agree with your theory. You want to trust what some men tell you and I trust what the Holy Spirit has said. You may feel you are qualified to teach those that follow your theory but I can assure you that you are not qualified to teach me.

 

The Covenant of Redemption is all over the Bible if one looks for it.

Luke 22:22. “And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined……” Determined where and by whom if not in the Covenant of Grace?

John 6:38-39. “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.” Christ has been given a people and the task by the Father which He is determined to fulfil. What can this refer to if not the Covenant of Redemption?

John 10:16. “And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.” Not, “I will bring,” but, “I must bring.” Our Lord had been given a commission to fulfil.

John 10:17-18. “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.” Where did Christ receive this command, the doing of which merited so well the Father’s love? In the Covenant of Redemption, of course.

Phil 2:6-8, NIV. . ‘Who, being very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his advantage, but made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death, even death on the cross.’ In the Covenant of Redemption, our Lord gave up temporarily that equality with the Father that had existed from all eternity, and became the willing servant of Exodus 21:5-6 and Psalm 40:6-8 in order to rescue those who had been given to Him (John 17:2, 6 ).

Heb 2:13. ‘Here am I and the children whom God has given to Me.’ Given by the Father to the Son in the Covenant of Redemption to be redeemed from sin and brought to heaven.

In Isaiah 42:6, Christ is described as the Covenant itself. He is, in His own Person and work, the very substance of it. In Mal 3:1, He is, ‘The Messenger of the Covenant’ because He came to proclaim it and make it known. In Heb 7:22, He is, ‘The Surety of a better covenant.’ Christ came as the representative of fallen Man, being engaged to fulfil the obligations incurred under the Covenant of Works. In Heb 9:15, He is, ‘The Mediator of the New Covenant’ since He has brought about legal satisfaction between God and man so that covenantal blessings are now imparted to those who had previously forfeited them, and He now stands between the two parties, advocating the cause of man to God (1John 2:1 ) and speaking a word of the comfort of God to the weary man (Isaiah 50:4 ).
Let us now hear from A.W. Pink. ‘But how could Christ sustain such offices a these unless the covenant had been made with him (Gal 3:17 ) and the execution of it had been undertaken by Him (Heb 10:5-7 )? [Heb 13:20] is quite sufficient to establish the fact that an organic connection existed between the Covenant of Grace and the sacrifice of Christ. In response to Christ’s execution of its terms, the Father now says to Him, “By the blood of Thy covenant I have set forth Thy prisoners [those given to Him before the foundation of the world, but in Adam fallen under condemnation] out of the pit wherein is no water” (Zech 9:11 ).’

 

You wrote:
"I do not care what people call a doctrine."

Now you rail about your expertise in doctrine. Moreso you make broad brush claims with zero support, showing your abhorrence of Reformed Doctrine (theology) without proving your assertion.

Jon, you have very little legitimacy at this point. It seems that Liberty did a poor job of teaching you about Reformed Theology. It doesn't surprise me since it's founder was Arminian through and through.