圣经中的圣约
旧约中上帝所立的每一个圣约，除了一个以外，都仍然有效。西奈山之圣约，是上帝通过摩西，以以色列人的顺服为条件而立的，也是这条时间线上唯一一个有截止日期的约：它在十字架上被新圣约取代，而新约正是它一直以来所预示的。其余五个约，从它们被立起的那一刻起，就一直延续到今天。
God & every living creature
记号： The rainbow
The first covenant in the Bible is also the only one made with every living creature, not just humanity — sealed by a sign that still appears after nearly every rain.
公元前2348年 – 现今
God & Abraham's descendants
记号： Circumcision
Every later covenant traces back to this one: an unconditional promise of land, descendants, and blessing that Israel's later disobedience never cancels.
公元前1921年 – 现今
God & Israel
记号： The Sabbath
The only covenant on this timeline with a closing date: given at Sinai on the condition of obedience, and superseded at the cross by the New Covenant it anticipated.
公元前1491年 – 公元33年
God & Israel
A closer look at one clause of the Abrahamic promise, given as Israel finally reached the land: exactly which territory they would hold, and the terms for staying in it.
公元前1451年 – 现今
God & David's line
A promise of an eternal throne, made to a shepherd-turned-king — the line the New Testament traces straight to Jesus.
公元前1000年 – 现今
God & Israel, sealed in Christ
记号： The Lord's Supper
The covenant every Old Testament prophet anticipated, cut not with blood on an altar but at a final meal the night before the cross.
公元33年 – 现今
