CONCERNING DIVINE LAW AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD Chapter 20 THE TWO COVENANTS In Galatians 4:21-31 two covenants are brought to view. The first proceeds from Sinai and “gendereth to bondage”; the second is associated with “Jerusalem which is above … the mother of us all.” They therefore represent the two great systems by which God has governed his people on earth: first, by the Law system, which originated at Sinai; second, by the gospel, which came through Christ. These two covenants are represented