To truly understand covenants you must understand why and how covenants are made. We, who live in industrial societies, are almost totally unfamiliar with covenants and covenant making. The covenant relationships of their societies determined in the most part success or failure, defence or defeat, promotion or ridicule. Tribal peoples of the world today also are still familiar with covenant. Where ever the gospel is preached in Africa we receive reports of miraculous healings and deliverances.
Real covenants are blood covenants.
Covenants are ratified in blood. Covenants in ancient and tribal societies are made in blood - sometimes even in the blood of the covenant parties themselves. In North America the Indians make covenant by holding their arms high and clenched together as blood from their wrists mingles to ratify the covenant. In Genesis we read Abraham saying, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth. He was referring to His covenant with God.