Week 1 — Universal Covenant (Creation → Fall → Flood → Babel)

• Retell Genesis 1–11 using the chaos → cosmos (order) → chaos pattern.
• Identify and articulate core covenant elements (parties, context, commands/conditions, sign, blessings/curses, fulfillment/breaking, uniqueness) in the Noahic covenant (Gen 6–9).
• Compare Noahic covenant elements with Genesis 1–3 and evaluate whether a pre-Noah/Adamic “covenant” framework is warranted (e.g., Hos 6:7).
• Distinguish Covenant of Works vs Covenant of Grace (and the alternative labels Covenant of Creation/Redemption) and explain what each emphasizes.
• Apply covenant themes to personal reflection on God’s design, God’s character, and covenant faithfulness.

Week 2 — Ancestral Covenant (Abraham/Isaac/Jacob)

• Recount the patriarchal narratives (Gen 12–35) as “sojourner” stories tied to covenant establishment.
• Explain the meaning of the Gen 15 covenant-cutting ritual and God’s unilateral passage through the pieces (unconditional divine commitment).
• Identify common covenantal elements across the covenant’s renewal with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Gen 12, 15, 17; 26; 28; 35).
• Summarize the Abrahamic covenant’s key promises (descendants/land/blessing) and how obedience relates to enjoying covenant blessings.
• Connect circumcision as covenant sign to “circumcision of the heart” (Deut 30:6; Rom 2; Col 2) and articulate the movement from outward sign to inward renewal.
• Apply “sojourner mindset” and “being a blessing to the nations” to present-day discipleship.

Week 3 — National Covenant (Mosaic/Sinaitic; Exodus Road)

• Retell the Exodus as a three-part pattern: way out (deliverance), way through (wilderness formation), way in (inheritance).
• Define exile as removal from God’s presence and explain exodus as reversal/restoration of nearness to God.
• Identify covenant themes across Exodus: fulfillment of prior promises, covenant establishment at Sinai, and renewal.
• Describe the Mosaic covenant’s identity goal: “kingdom of priests” and “holy nation” (Exo 19–24; 34).
• Explain the Exodus purpose as worship/service near God (Exo 3:12) and trace restoration of Yahweh’s name/knowledge, presence (tabernacle), and promises (land).
• Apply wilderness-formation themes to spiritual growth, obedience, and struggles in “in-between” seasons.