The covenant is necessary the in face of new kinds of war, growing global demands, the destabilising effect of war images broadcast around the world, and the breakdown of military hierarchies through websites such as Liveleak.
Where firms have a genuine commitment to fund their schemes, they should be willing to offer an explicit "covenant", if necessary giving the fund first call over some of the company's assets if there is an unexpected event that puts the fund, or the firm, in jeopardy.
THE Forest Hills Gardens Corporation maintains the mostly private streets and enforces -- in court if necessary -- covenants that restrict any exterior changes to houses.
Since many other rules of the "old covenant" are no longer deemed necessary by Christianity, as evidenced by Paul's argument in Galatians 5 than circumcision is no longer necessary, some Christians also believe that the entire sum of Mosaic law was also negated.
Whether his new affirmativeness in regard to the Covenant is other than the rhetoric necessary to conclude this large book seems doubtful to me.
Though he issues an indictment against Judah for its idolatries, Micah proclaims what is necessary to renew the Covenant relationship between God and Israel; "and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (chapter 6, verse 8).
For political reasons, the Carter administration did not push for the necessary review of the Covenant by the Senate, which must give its 'advice and consent' before the US can ratify a treaty.
Organized by Climate Justice @ Union Theological Seminary and Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, the People's Climate Covenant provides a formula for achieving those necessary changes.
And yet we must begin to build, somehow, somewhere, step by small step, toward the trust that will be necessary for any treaty, any covenant, any promise of peace.
