of the debate over typology, getting at the character of typology is crucial to adjudicating between the biblical-theological systems of dispensational and covenant theology. One of the reasons for the differences between these two views, as we will note below, centers on what typology is and how it works in the biblical covenants.54 For example, as noted in chapter 2, the way dispensational theology understands the future role of national Israel in the land, contra covenant theology, is related