Fifth, in order to make its system work, Covenant Theology must employ a double hermeneutic (a double system of interpretation). Covenant Theology recognizes that the historical-grammatical method of interpreting the Bible is normal. In this method, attention is focused upon historical background and grammar to determine the correct meaning of a passage. Words are given the common, ordinary meaning which they had in the culture and time in which the passage was written. Covenant Theology also recognizes