What is the definition of a covenant according to Les?
A covenant is an agreement that originates and ends in God. Even though it is made with man, because it originates and ends with God, it never becomes invalid, is never broken, and is never rescinded, regardless of what man does.
Les explains that a covenant, by definition, is an agreement that originates and ends in God. Although it is made with man—here with Abraham—and will later fall into the nation of Israel, because it originates and ends with God, it never becomes invalid, is never broken, and is never rescinded, regardless of what man does. Les identifies the Abrahamic covenant in Genesis 12:1-3 as the starting point of the kingship theme that Matthew's Gospel introduces with Christ as King.