The Two-Fold Covenant - Genesis 17:1-14

The Abrahamic covenant: dual in nature; one of works, one of grace – each expressed in four ways. Two sons; one of bondage, the other of promise. Two lands of promise; one of earthly shadows, one of heavenly realities. Two circumcisions; one of the flesh, granting membership in the Mosaic Covenant; one of the heart, granting people entrance into the New Covenant. Two peoples; children according to the flesh, and those according to the promise, marked by the circumcision not made by human hands – the unconditional promise of God to His elect.