Noahic Covenant.
The Lord's second covenant with man came during the time of Noah. With Adam's fall from grace and God's judgement on man, Satan understood that the Adamic Covenant promised a Savior and seized the opportunity to attack man and wrestle him from the fulfillment of that promise. Mankind had progressively become worse, falling into continual sin and depravity, and "the Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain" (Genesis 6:6). He was so grieved that He decided to destroy man and wipe him from the face of the earth. Only Noah and his family were free from defect and sin and "found favor in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:8). It was Noah's obedience to God that led to the safety of him and his family during the Great Flood that devastated the world.
After the waters receded, Noah built an altar to offer a sacrifice to God, while He made a covenant with His faithful servant, "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done" (Genesis 8:21). He sealed his promise with a rainbow, which continues to remind us today of God's faithfulness. God's covenant with Noah also regenerated the covenant made with Adam by giving man dominion over the animals and by charging him and his sons with the responsibility of repopulating the earth. The scope of the original covenant was added to as God forbade murder for the first time and the consumption of animal blood for food or drink. Man had been created in the likeness of God and blood was recognized as the essence of life, coming directly from God-disrespecting either would be abhorrent to the Lord. .
The Abrahamic Covenant.
Throughout early history mankind continued in sin, despite God's swift judgements. In .
Abraham we find a man that was willing to hear God's command to leave his father's land and he chose to obey.
When sentenced to die, he said that death was acceptable, since he had a contract to obey the laws and covenant of living in the polis. ... Thomas Hobbes declared a horizontal covenant between citizens, "by mutual covenants with one another."" ...
We can commune with these gods and devas through temple worship, rituals, sacraments, and personal devotions. ... Hindus believe that there is no right religion and that there is no one way to salvation, but that all genuine religions paths are results of the gods and their pure love and light. ...