When God enters a covenant, what he promises to do becomes an inviolable oath that is guaranteed by his own unchangeable character and his inability to lie …God cut major covenants during the lifetimes of Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David. And then he promised that in the future he would cut an even better covenant, a New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34)…all these covenants find their ultimate fulfillment in the person and work of Jesus.

She broke her promise. She vowed to love, respect, and stay faithful to her husband—for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and health, till death parted them. But she was enticed by an immoral man, and after the first, others like him. Her unfaithfulness became a habit, and her habit a lifestyle. Her husband pleaded with her, ardently sought to draw her back, and reminded her of her vows. More importantly, he reminded her of his vows, vows to be faithful, vows that he would never violate, no matter what.

This story is true. It gets rehearsed repeatedly by the prophets of Israel and Judah as they compare God’s covenant-people with a woman who broke her vows despite the relentless fidelity of her husband (e.g., Hosea 2; Ezekiel 16).

God is a God who keeps his promises. Promise keeping is one of the most important themes in the Bible. God makes a promise and God keeps the promise he made. In fact, this theme is so prominent that one way to organize the entire Bible is around the theme of promise keeping.

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