No unity, no peace, no purity which fails to abide in that day may distract the pilgrim church from her true citizenship and her true identity as the church of God in Christ. Christ is depicted as the Cornerstone, and in direct juxtaposition to Him other stones are being built together into one temple. Christ is called the Head, the church making up His body. This is the essence of the covenant. Covenant-history traces the epochal unfolding of this relationship.
Covenant theology underscores the eschatological dynamic of reciprocal self-gift.