The origin the old and new covenants reaches into the primordial past before the beginning of our own world and extends into the eternal future, setting the context for the entire Bible story. Another huge surprise in the study of the biblical covenants comes with the discovery that the New Testament assesses the covenants from an experiential perspective as much, if not even more so, than it does an historical perspective. This experiential focus has huge implications as the rest of this seminar will explore.