The Salt Covenant

SALT symbolizes blood and life, the supreme gift from a Supreme Giver. The Covenant of Salt, as a form of the Blood Covenant, is a covenant that is fixed, permanent and unchangeable, thus enduring forever.

· Why did God give the kingdom to David and his sons forever by a covenant of salt?
· Why is salt sometimes substituted for blood in making covenant?
· Was the destruction of Sodom a result of disregard for the covenant of salt?
· Why did Lot's wife become a pillar of salt?
· Why does Jesus refer to His followers as "the salt of the earth?"
· Why is Judas represented in Da Vinci's painting of the Last Supper as having overturned a salt cellar?

Also included: The Ten Commandments as a Covenant of Love.