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Repentance, Prayer and End Time: Christian Jargon in Crisis?

Salvation of sinners through sacrifice and covenant

            God is love. God loves humankind. God wants to save humankind from the sin and restore the fellowship and relationship with them. He initiated a path for salvation humankind from sin. Salvation completely depends upon God and his grace and love. After the sin of Adam and Eve, God instituted system of sacrifice and covenant for the salvation of humankind from the sin. Let us look at details.  What is Covenant?            After the fall of humankind doing sin, God started to work with them to save them from sin and its consequences by making covenant. The Hebrew word used in the bible for covenant is berit which originally means “shackle” or “chain” but it came to use for any form of binding agreement. [1]   A covenant is an agreement by which personal relationships are established. God’s covenant with humankind is based on love and mercy of God. In covenant relationship, both God and human being are bound to deal each other in love according to the terms of agreemen