Lunchtime Rant

Reading Rushdoony at lunchtime is inspiring and rewarding.

In the bit I read today concerning the 8th commandment "Thou shall not steal", he says that "God's order clearly includes private property" and also includes godly wealth. He provides Deut 8:17-18 and Proverbs 13:11 as scriptural evidence for this - here we find a warning against the pride of wealth, and not of wealth itself, Rushdoony points out.

Can we not say, however, with an equal degree of certainty, and with an equal amount of Scriptural authority, that God's order also clearly ordains "godly marriage" which includes both polygamy and monogamy ? Yes, we can likewise rest on the solid footing of Scripture when it comes to equally valid and ordained marriage, with 2 Samuel 12:7-8 being only one of many helpful scriptural references.

Isn't it interesting that to people, even to Rushdoony, on whom I rely in some ways, some things are so "clearly" ordained, and yet they argue that other things which were just as "clearly" ordained in Scripture are not so any longer, or never were so clear. This indeed is an inconsistency on his part, as it is an inconsistency on most other people's part too. We must accept all of Scripture to be God's infallible and eternal word, otherwise we are hypocrites... According to James, if we fail in one aspect of the law, we fail in all (Jas 2:10).

So here is, in short, the result of my lunchtime ranting:

• Can wealth be godly? Yes, as a tool of godly dominion (Gen 1:28).
• Can plural marriage me godly? Yes, again, as a tool of godly dominion.

And besides, women are a form of wealth, as are children, so godly wealth includes wives and the fruit of their wombs, as we can see in 2 Sam 12, if we are only willing to read what it says.

Let him who has ears, hear.


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