The Covenant in Revelation by Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J. Part I:
Comparison Between the Old Testament and New Testament Covenants
In Hebrew the word for Covenant is Berith. In the Old Testament,
people made covenants which served the purpose of a spoken
agreement summarized by a ritual ceremony that took the place of
a written agreement. A covenant is also a Sacred Agreement into
which people entered and it was sealed by a sacred rite. Social
covenants were made quite often in the Old Testament. The two
parts of a covenant were (a) promise; (b) condition. The four
principal covenants between God and His people are: - The
Covenant with Noah. - The Covenant with Abraham, before the
people of Israel- change of name - The Covenant with Moses (on
Mount Sinai) containing Gods promises to His people and the
conditions. - The Covenant with David. (If the people would be
faithful, then they would be the ones to proclaim the Messianic
Kingdom to the world). As the Jewish people rejected Christ, as
a result Paul was chose