God's Covenants: A Biblical Perspective

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Noahic Covenant
The Lord’s second covenant with man came during the time of Noah. With Adam’s fall from grace and God’s judgement on man, Satan understood that the Adamic Covenant promised a Savior and seized the opportunity to attack man and wrestle him from the fulfillment of that promise. Mankind had progressively become worse, falling into continual sin and depravity, and “the Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain” (Genesis 6:6). He was so grieved that He decided to destroy man and wipe him from the face of the earth. Only Noah and his family were free from defect and sin and “found favor in the eyes of the Lord” (Genesis 6:8). It was Noah’s obedience to God that led to the safety of him and his family during the Great Flood that devastated the world.
After the waters receded, Noah built an altar to offer a sacrifice to God, while He made a covenant with His faithful servant, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man,...