Conditional Covenants

“. . . lexical evidence establishes the original Biblical meaning of covenant. It fixes the fact that God, the Covenantor, expressed His will, purpose, and disposition when He offered His covenant to men. He indicated what He was disposed to do, and would do, upon the performance of such acts or conditions as stated in the covenant.”

“The Covenantor set the conditions and pledged himself to His people, the covenantees, that something is done, or would be done, for the covenantees upon the performance by the covenantees of the required condition or conditions.”

“The covenant was clearly marked out as being a conditional covenant. If the covenantees failed to perform the required conditions, the Covenantor would not be bound to fulfill the covenant promises. The covenantees forfeited their covenant rights if they disobeyed the conditions imposed by the Covenantor. If they obeyed, then the Covenantor would be Jehovah Who Binds Himself; Jehovah, the Oath-Bound God; Jehovah Who Stands Committed to His Word . . .”

(Guy Duty, God’s Covenants and Our Time, Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany Fellowship, Inc., 1965, 7-8)