The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology: A Comparison Between Seventeenth-Century Particular Baptist and Paedobaptist Federalism

by Pascal Denault

Before the new covenant, the covenant of grace was only revealed; when the new covenant was introduced, it was νενομοθέτηται. This verb is used only twice in the Holy Scriptures: once to speak of the promulgation of the old covenant (Heb. 7:11) and a second time to relate the promulgation of the new covenant (Heb. 8:6). These two covenants were established (νενομοθέτηται) on two completely different foundations. The first was established (νενομοθέτηται) on the Levitical priesthood with the blood of rams and calves (Heb. 9:18–19), whereas the second was founded (νενομοθέτηται) on an eternal priesthood in accordance with the order of Melchizedek and with the very blood of Christ (Heb. 9:12).