One of the Greatest Revivals in Scotland Took Place After The Signing of The National Covenant

During the revival that swept through the nation of Scotland in the 1600’s, the nation of Scotland signed a document known as The National Covenant, which was a covenant that the nation of Scotland and the people of Scotland made with their God.

At the signing of The National Covenant, the nation came together in a spirit of true repentance and signed a covenant with God as a nation.. The day on which it was signed had previously been appointed for public fasting. The national covenant was signed with intense emotion. Many wept. Others signed unto death in their own name, and others signed in their own blood.

“This was the day of the Lord’s power, in which multitudes offered themselves most willingly, like dewdrops of the morning,” said Alexander Henderson.

This signing of a covenant with God is the same thing the children of Israel did as a nation. Yet there is no coincidence here, because the people of Scotland are the same people as the children of Israel. They migrated to Scotland during the time of Jesus to escape Roman persecution, and then set up a nation that mirrored the nation of Israel in many ways, with including God as a part of the government, and they set out to honor him in the same ways they had throughout the historical record of the Bible.

The people of Scotland signed another covenant with their God during the revival, a covenant known as “A Solemne League and Covenant,” which was of tremendous spiritual significance to The Church of Scotland.

This covenant was signed by the three kingdoms, the kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland and their churches and parliaments. Its intention was to preserve the Reformation already achieved and to seek the continued reformation of religion according to the Word of God, and the examples of the best reformed churches.

This video included in this article talks more about one of Scotland’s greatest revivals.