New and Everlasting: The Relationship between Gospel Covenants in History

Authors

Kerry Muhlestein, Brigham Young UniversityFollow
Joshua M. Sears, Brigham Young UniversityFollow
Avram R. Shannon, Brigham Young UniversityFollow

Keywords

Gospel Covenants, Everlasting Covenant

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints speak of covenants in general, baptismal covenants, temple covenants, the new and everlasting covenant, the Abrahamic covenant, and the Mosaic or Sinai covenant. But what are these covenants, and how are they related to each other? Students in many settings experience confusion about these questions. Each book of scripture shares aspects of covenants that students may not understand as well as they could. Greater clarity will allow them to draw more power from scriptural and current prophetic teachings about the centrality of the covenant in every dispensation.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Muhlestein, Kerry; Sears, Joshua M. and Shannon, Avram R. "New and Everlasting: The Relationship between Gospel Covenants in History." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 21, no. 2 (2020). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/re/vol21/iss2/3