God's love for his creation, and for humankind led him to develop a plan to rescue mankind and his creation. The guiding principle was covenant faithfulness, beginning with the call of Abraham, and culminating in Abraham's descendant, the Lord Jesus Christ. His death and resurrection brought victory over the Devil, sin and death, to bring new creation to his people and God's Kingdom on earth, as we pray, in heaven. The day will come when with new heavens and a new earth the whole creation is redeemed