Noah, Covenant of
The covenant with Noah is God’s post-flood promise to preserve the earth from another worldwide flood and to sustain the regular order of human life. It is marked by the sign of the rainbow and extends to all living creatures.
At a Glance
The covenant with Noah is God’s post-flood promise to preserve the earth from another worldwide flood and to sustain the regular order of human life. It is marked by the sign of the rainbow and extends to all living creatures.
Description
The covenant with Noah, often called the Noahic covenant, is the divine covenant God established after the flood with Noah, his descendants, and every living creature. In Genesis 8:20–9:17, God promises that the regular patterns of the created order will continue and that He will never again cut off all flesh by a flood. The covenant is universal in scope, applying not only to Noah’s family but to humanity and the animal world, and its visible sign is the rainbow. The passage also includes instructions that shape post-flood human life, including the value of human life as grounded in the image of God. Within evangelical theology, this covenant is commonly understood as a foundational, creation-preserving covenant that provides stability for human history, though interpreters differ on how it relates to later covenant theology systems. The safest conclusion is that Scripture clearly presents it as God’s gracious commitment to preserve the world’s order and human life until His redemptive purposes unfold in history.
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