“Covenant”—and not the idea in general, but the specific praxis developed throughout redemptive history—is the culture of the people of God, shaped by the drama of the two cities and the two seeds. This is precisely why accommodation to the powers and authorities of the nations (“this present age”) spells not the relevance, but the ultimate defeat of the people of God. This redemptive-historical drama incorporates believers in such a manner that it constitutes its own cultic “culture.” This is not