Theology for the Church The Creation Covenant with Richard Lucas
Jul 14, 2025
Richard Lucas, Pastor of Teaching and Reaching at First Baptist Jacksonville and a PhD holder, dives deep into God’s covenant with creation. He contrasts progressive covenantalism with dispensationalism, emphasizing how creation serves as a foundation for biblical understanding. The discussion highlights Adam's significant role within these covenants and the theological implications of the Covenant of Works. Lucas also explores how covenant relationships shape our understanding of salvation history, culminating in Christ's redemptive promise.
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Reasons for Covenant Disagreement
- The disagreement over the original arrangement between God and man stems from historical, linguistic, hermeneutical, and theological differences.
- These differences affect how traditions interpret covenant obligations, representative roles, and redemption.
Dispensationalism and Creation Covenants
- Early dispensationalism acknowledged an Edenic and Adamic covenant, but later leaders rejected such covenantal language for creation.
- The word covenant's absence in Genesis and dispensational focus on Abraham shaped this theological stance.
Implicit Covenants in Scripture
- Covenant language need not appear explicitly for a covenant to exist, as seen with the Davidic covenant and marriage.
- Later scriptures retrospectively identify these relationships as covenants, supporting a creation covenant in Genesis.
