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VPC 2.0 Daily Devotional-3

by David Joynt on October 06, 2020


GENESIS 9:11 | 11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

 Universal in scope, because it includes all of creation, unlimited in time because it endures throughout all generations, the covenant with Noah is unconditional in character. There are no conditional clauses attached! Unlike the later Mosaic covenant, with its curses and blessings, and its rules that must be obeyed lest dire consequences ensue, this covenant cannot be undone or reversed or abandoned. God is for his creation, unequivocally. There will never again be a cataclysm that destroys life entirely. Tragedy and chaos and death can never again prevail. God makes a promise to the entire cosmos without reservation. The ultimate word he speaks to his erring creatures is life and relationship, not death and isolation.

 Do you have any unconditional covenants?

 Why are apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic books and movies so popular?

 

Tags: covenant, unconitional

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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