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B V O V : 5 by Kenneth Copeland Significant, life-changing events leave lasting impressions. Looking back at them, we can usually remember exactly where we were and what was going on around us: like when you asked your sweetheart to marry you or found out you were having a baby, or when you got born again or were fi lled with the Holy Spirit. For me, one such life-changing event was when covenant fi rst started making sense to me. As a young preacher I was fl ying on one of the airlines to some meetings in Houston. After boarding, I settled into my seat and pulled out a small book by E.W. Kenyon called The Blood Covenant. The book caught my eye because I had long been interested in Blood covenants. Having grown up very aware of my Native American heritage, I was familiar with the practices, traditions and symbolism that had historically accompanied them, particularly in the United States. I had also been aware for weeks there was something about covenant I still didn't know. God was dealing with me about it, and I sensed there was something in this book I needed to get. As the fl ight got underway, I began to read. I read about how God had ordained covenant. I read about His covenant with Abraham. When I read how, through that covenant, everything God had belonged to Abraham and everything Peace and Provision N T GOD Kenneth Copeland Known worldwide as a speaker, author, television minister and recording artist, Kenneth Copeland, "His Love for us is so great that He worked His own essence into the very core of this physical, natural world in which we live. He made Himself the cornerstone of all creation." (This article is an excerpt from the new book by Kenneth Copeland and Greg Stephens, titled God, the Covenant, and the Contradiction. For more information, see the ad on Page 2.) Accessing God's Promises of Healing, Peace and Provision THE C O V E N A N T AND THE CONTRADICTION ...and without the shedding of blood is no remission. Hebrews 9:22 GOD GOD, THE COVENANT, AND THE CONTRADICTION The Holy Bible is a Book of Blood Covenants ratified in the sinless Blood of Jesus. It's the story of the Bible—the greatest Love story ever told…and the most misunderstood. It's the true story of the restoration of God's fallen family. Sin separated them from Him, but in His loving plan, He never let them go. Through a series of Blood Covenants, He restored THE BLESSING lost in Eden, joining us to Himself forever through one, glorious and eternal covenant ratified in the precious blood of His own Son. Discover the rich inheritance God's Love has provided for you—spirit, soul and body. Learn to overcome every contradiction and obstacle threatening to rob you of God's covenant promises. Find out how you can live a truly victorious and abundant life as you see the story of the Bible unfold more clearly than ever before in God, the Covenant, and the Contradiction. Kenneth Copeland and Greg Stephens Kenneth Copeland and Greg Stephens Kenneth Copeland Greg Stephens Known worldwide as a speaker, author, television minister and recording artist, Kenneth Copeland, along with his wife, Gloria, is co-founder of Kenneth Copeland Ministries in Fort Worth, Texas. For more than 50 years, he has taught the uncompromised principles of faith, love, healing, prosperity, redemption and righteousness around the world, on every available voice. Pastor, author, Bible college professor and Christian TV personality, Greg Stephens is known for his extensive knowledge of Jewish culture, the Hebrew language and God's covenants with His people. He has hosted many groups traveling to Israel and is a U.S. Air Force veteran of Operation Desert Storm.

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