Here we consider the scope of the Old Testament covenants. We ask, who were the beneficiaries? Who came within the scope of these covenants? The answer, as we shall see, is that the covenants had a double scope. There were external, physical, and nonredemptive blessings for a great many, in some cases for all humanity. And there were internal, spiritual, and redemptive blessings for those who, by faith, saw through the externals of the covenants to the spiritual realities they represented.
