In the very first chapters of Genesis, God has made a couple of covenants. He made one with the Noah, his sons and all living creatures of the earth. (Genesis 9:8-17). After many years have passed God makes the first covenant with Abram. (Genesis 15:17-21)
Covenants are legally binding agreements between two people. What I particularly like about God's covenants is that He initiates them and takes on the responsibility of keeping them. Because He is perfect and can not lie, He then becomes faithful to the covenant even when people are not. (2 Timothy 2:13) Like the bow in the clouds when it rains. That's been going on for 6000 or so years.
When the people of God break the covenant, they do reap the consequences of their sin. But God renews the covenant over and over by saying return to me, by offering salvation and renewal. Even until the last days, the ark of His covenant is in the temple of God. (Revelation 11:19)
The covenant I live under is a later one given to Abraham (Acts 3:24-26) and the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-33) because Jesus is the fulfillment of both. (Luke 22:19-20) How comforting it is to know that God made a covenant with me through Jesus for salvation that can not be broken. (Joel 2:32; Romans 10:12-13)
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