In a recent appearance on Daystar, bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado offered clarity to those concerned about the end times by pointing to four divine covenants that shape God’s eternal plan. Each covenant, Lucado explained, is a promise that God cannot and will not break.
“The Bible paints a clear picture,” Lucado said. “Number one, we know who wins and we also know that when we receive Jesus we have eternal life with him. And so just knowing that gives us a peace… and a hope.”
The Edenic Covenant: Humanity’s Original Purpose
This covenant, given in the Garden of Eden, established mankind’s original calling to rule and reign with God.
“He made a covenant with Adam and Eve… that they would reign and rule. So that’s what we will do,” Lucado explained. “I get excited about the thought that we will reign and rule with God over the universe.”
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This promise points to the believer’s future role in the new heaven and earth—restored to what was intended in Eden.
The Abrahamic Covenant: Israel’s Everlasting Promise
God’s covenant with Abraham guarantees both a people and a land—what Lucado refers to as “seed and soil.”
“He made a covenant with Abraham regarding his descendants and it involved seed and soil,” Lucado said. “God has made a covenant with ethnic Israel.” He emphasized, “Their seed will be a blessing. Their soil would always be theirs.”
Lucado issued a strong warning to the modern church: “It’s a dangerous thing what we’re seeing happen in so many churches concerning the nation of Israel and not realizing its significance to God.”
The Davidic Covenant: The Future Throne of Christ
This covenant ensures that a descendant of King David will sit on the throne forever, a prophecy that Lucado says will be fulfilled in the millennial reign of Christ.
“He made a promise to David that someday a descendant of David would sit on David’s throne in Jerusalem. That’s going to be a part of the millennium,” Lucado stated.
This points directly to Jesus as the eternal King who will rule from Jerusalem.
The New Covenant: A Transformed Heart
Foretold in the book of Jeremiah, this covenant promises internal transformation—God’s Spirit dwelling in His people.
“Speaking specifically about the Jewish people,” Lucado said, “that the love and light of God would be in their hearts. I believe that’ll be realized in the millennium as well as in the tribulation.”
It is a covenant not of law written on stone, but of grace written on the human heart.
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Lucado closed with this powerful reflection: “What God did in paradise is a picture of how we’re going to live with him forever.”
As global uncertainty rises, Lucado’s teaching reminds believers to hold fast to the God who keeps His promises, and who has already written the final chapter.
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
