Idolatry is banned by the first commandment, whereas the second commandment prohibits worship of such images. Man can only approach God on God’s terms and there can be no mediation between God and man except that which is ordered by God. As Rushdoony wrote, The purpose of idols is to convey abstract concepts to simple [...]
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Ex 20:4: “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.” Leave a comment
Is 11:9: They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. Leave a comment
Man must restore to God His due, total lordship over all things, and this restoration, begun by Christ’s regenerating act, continued by the Holy Spirit, and made the very life of redeemed man to further, shall begin to come into its own way. We are being prepared for living in a community in which no [...]
Joshua 15:16-19: And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.” Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage. One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, “What can I do for you?” She replied, “Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs. Leave a comment
The churches, under the influence of pietism, have so spiritualized religion that many central concerns of Scripture are neglected and others have become a source of embarrassment. Caleb, on of the great men of Israel, had, for his reward, asked not for conquered land, but for an unconquered area, by no means the choicest areas. [...]
Jer 2:13: “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. Leave a comment
In Hebrew the waters of a spring are called “living” because they are more refreshing and, as it were, lifegiving than the stagnant waters of pools and tanks fed by the rains. Hence, by a natural metaphor, the mouth of a righteous man, or the teaching of the wise, and the fear of the Lord, [...]
