What is true of the Old Testament precepts (generally speaking, for there are, of course, exceptions to every rule), holds equally good to the Old Testament promises—believers today are fully warranted in mixing faith therewith and expecting to receive the substance of them. First,because those promises were made to saints as such, and what God gives to one He gives to all (2Pet 1:4)—Christ purchased the self-same blessings for every one of His redeemed. Second, because most of the Old Testament promises were typical in their nature: earthly blessings adumbrated18 heavenly ones.