Most importantly, this work of ordering does not redeem earthly life, properly speaking, for redemption concerns man’s original ultimate end, namely, heavenly life. Instead of being a work of redemption, the Christian’s work in the non-redemptive realm is a work of renewal. It restores this realm according to its nature and ours. To use two-kingdoms language, we do not redeem the civil kingdom; we order the civil kingdom to the redemptive kingdom.
