(i.e., circumcision signifies the same gospel realities as baptism); and the salvation experience of old and new covenant believers, with some modifications made for the perfect and finished nature of Christ’s cross work. Within covenant theology, then, Israel and the church are so linked that the only real differences between the two communities are that the New Testament “church” is more racially mixed than predominantly Jewish and that the “church” is a more knowledgeable version of “Israel.”