But at the same time the prophets knew that God had also entered into covenant with all the nations of the earth. They understood that different nations of the earth were treated differently by the Lord because God had chosen Israel as his special people. Well, the prophets knew that this was true about people as well. But at the same time, we know that there are certain things that are common among all people. We come from different cultures and we have different personalities. If there's one thing that we know about people it is that they are different from each other. Let's look first at the way the prophets of the Old Testament understood all of humanity in covenant with God. For this reason, we've entitled this lesson, 'The People of the Covenant.' We'll examine three concepts: first, humanity in covenant, how did the Old Testament prophets see a covenant relationship between God and all people second, Israel in covenant, what special role came to the people of Israel through covenant relationship and then, finally, salvation in covenant community. And that's the way it was with Old Testament prophets. Life is made up with others all around us.

Life would be great if it weren't for the people we had to deal with, but the fact is that we just can't get away from people. I'm sure you've heard the old joke about the pastor who said, 'This job would be great if it weren't for the people.' Well, that's the way it is in many areas of life.

Sins of the prophets covenant