Podcast Summary: Dufresne Ministries Podcast
Episode: The Blood Covenant | Kenneth Copeland | Holy Ghost Meetings 2020 | World Harvest Church, Murrieta, CA
Date: January 5, 2020

Episode Overview

This episode features Kenneth Copeland teaching on the profound biblical concept of the blood covenant—an unbreakable agreement between God and humankind, fulfilled through Jesus Christ. Drawing deeply from scripture, personal anecdotes, and the writings of Dr. E.W. Kenyon, Copeland explores the origins, significance, and practical implications of covenant living. His central aim is to awaken believers in Western culture to the power, sacredness, and privileges of living in covenant with God, highlighting the difference between contract-based thinking and true covenant life.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Understanding the Blood Covenant

• Definition and Roots

  • The Hebrew root for "covenant" means "to cut," indicating the flow of blood (09:05).
  • Biblical covenants are not mere agreements or contracts—they are binding, unbreakable bonds cemented in blood.

• Western Culture vs. Covenant Culture

  • Copeland laments the lack of covenant awareness in Western Christianity:
    “To the western world it’s just something you write down on paper... This thing is blood. This is something you don’t break.” (11:35)
  • In contrast, societies and families raised with covenant consciousness place sacred value on such pacts.

2. Personal Testimonies and Analogies

• Copeland shares his fascination with blood brotherhood from childhood, making the revelation that Jesus is the believer’s true, eternal blood brother especially personal and powerful (06:35).

• The influential book, The Blood Covenant by Dr. E.W. Kenyon, shaped Copeland’s understanding—he retells his encounter with the book, testifying to its revelatory impact.

3. Biblical and Historical Examples of Covenant

• Genesis: First Covenant Act

  • The first act of blood covenant occurs when God kills an animal to clothe Adam and Eve (25:32). This act set a pattern of blood being shed for covering and relationship with God.

• Stanley and the African Chieftain

  • The story of explorer Henry Stanley making a blood covenant with an African chief illustrates the seriousness and life-altering impact of such pacts—after exchanging a white goat for a spear, Stanley gained all the chief’s protections and status (28:01).
  • Copeland links this to our relationship with Christ:
    “You and I were nobody until we made Jesus Christ the Lord of our lives and we became joint heirs.” (32:05)

• The Mafia and Dark-side Covenants

  • He draws a parallel with criminal organizations, noting that many grasp the gravity of a blood oath more than believers do regarding God’s covenants (36:16).

4. Covenant Blessings & Curses in Scripture

• Reading from Deuteronomy 27–28, Copeland details the ceremony of blessings and curses pronounced on Mount Gerizim and Ebal—the day Israel became “the people of the Lord thy God” (44:20).

• He emphasizes that God provided sacrifices to keep curses at bay, and that obedience preserved covenant blessings.

• Notable Exhortation:
  “This is a covenant of love. It’s love based, love thought up, love organized, love worked down.” (49:20)

5. The New Covenant in Jesus

• The new covenant, sealed with Jesus’ blood, is distinctly unbreakable because it’s between God the Father and Jesus the Son—humans enter by faith, but cannot break it (13:14).

• Hebrews: The Book of the Covenant

  • Copeland urges:
    “The book of Hebrews is the book of the covenant… talking about the blood of the everlasting covenant, which is the blood of Jesus…” (58:20)

• Effect of Christ’s Blood

  • Through Jesus’ sacrifice, death has lost its sting—believers are not to fear death, as their dying is already accomplished spiritually (01:03:22).
  • Personal stories of near-death experiences are used to illustrate that crossing into eternal life is seamless for those in Christ.

6. Practical Implications of Covenant Living

• Healing, Provision, Authority

  • All of Jesus’ victories—healing, provision, authority—are shared with those in covenant with Him (35:10).
  • “Because of my relationship with Jesus Christ of Nazareth, my relationship with the Almighty God, healing and health and wealth belong to me.” (35:26)

• Understanding Identity and Power in Christ

  • Copeland emphasizes the danger Satan perceives when believers grasp their covenant identity: “The more covenant minded you become, the more dangerous you become. Because you get God inside minded.” (01:11:50)
  • He urges moving from “contract Christianity” to authentic covenant boldness.

• Holy Spirit: The Covenant Gift

  • Copeland shares a divine correction: seeking more “power” in prayer, he heard God say,
    “Where am I going to go to get it? ... All the power you can get is on the inside of you.” (01:27:12)

• Invoking Covenant Promises

  • Healing and provision are invoked—believers are to call their bodies well, stand in authority, and expect covenant rights to manifest (01:47:10).
  • Miraculous testimonies, like a man receiving a new elbow joint, are presented as evidence of covenant privileges.

7. Call to Salvation and Activation

• Copeland invites listeners to enter into the covenant through faith in Jesus, emphasizing the Greek term sozo—which includes not just salvation, but healing, deliverance, and wholeness (01:59:20).

  • “Believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead and confess him as Lord with your mouth and thou shalt be saved and healed and delivered and made sound from destructions of evil. Because it’s a covenant… one covenant word.” (02:01:23)

• A prayer of salvation and Holy Spirit infilling is led for all listeners.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the seriousness of covenant
  “The new covenant is between the Almighty God and the man Jesus. Now, we can get out of fellowship with it, but we can’t break it.” (13:14)

• On covenant status and inheritance
  “Everything that belonged to that king belonged to Stanley. Jesus didn’t go to the cross and bear my sickness and disease so he could withhold it from me… By covenant, I’m a partaker of his blood, I’m a partaker of his name, I’m a partaker of his calling.” (35:10)

• On Western Christians and covenant ignorance
  “Isn’t it amazing that when it comes to covenant, we know more about the mafia than we do the covenants of the Bible. But it is a mirror image on the dark side.” (36:16)

• On the effect of Jesus’ victory
  “You and I that know Jesus Christ of Nazareth as our covenant blood brother have—we’ve done all the dying we’re ever going to do, all the dying you’ll ever do.” (01:09:41)

• On healing and the supernatural
  “Every believer has it. They shall lay hands—this is covenant talk. Jesus is covenanting the church against sickness and disease.” (01:14:22)

• On divine empowerment
  “The more covenant minded you become, the stronger that sense of power becomes. Because you’re baptized in it and with it.” (01:27:40)

Important Timestamps

• Covenant Definition & Western Perspective: 09:05–11:35
• Personal Testimony—Encounter with Kenyon’s Book: 06:35–07:59
• Genesis: First Covenant: 25:32
• Stanley & African Chieftain Story: 28:01–32:05
• Mafia Analogy & Covent Ignorance: 36:16
• Deuteronomy 27-28—Covenant Day Blessings and Curses: 44:20–53:35
• Book of Hebrews—New Covenant Exposition: 58:20
• Near Death Testimonies: 01:03:22–01:09:41
• Healing/Provision as Covenant Rights: 35:10; 01:47:10
• On Holy Spirit Empowerment: 01:27:12
• Call to Salvation (Sozo explained): 01:59:20–02:01:23
• Final Exhortation & Declarations of Healing: 02:02:00–02:09:00

Overall Tone

Copeland’s delivery is passionate, revelatory, and pastoral—mixing humor, fervency, and strong biblical exhortation with occasional charismatic spontaneity. He is earnest in urging believers to embrace the fullness of the covenant, to walk in all its rights and responsibilities, and to see themselves as empowered partners with Almighty God.

For listeners: If you want to understand why the “blood covenant” is at the very heart of Christian identity and power, and how to walk in everything God has provided through Jesus, this episode is both foundational and inspiring.