We are not
to derive our theology from the newspapers or
the evening
news. Our faith and hope
must be drawn from the
unfailing Word of the sovereign God, who brings
all things to
pass according to His unalterable will. And when
we go to God's
word,
we must recognize that our purpose is not to glean juicy
tidbits
of information about the future. Rather, as the great
theologian
and educator R. J. Rushdoony says, we go to receive
our
"marching
orders": (copied
from Paradise Restored by David Chilton)
Too often, the modern theologian and churchman goes
to the
Bible seeking insight, not orders. Indeed, I may go
to Calvin,
Luther, Augustine, and others, to scholars
Christian and nonChristian,
for insights, for data, and for learned studies,
but
when I go to the Bible I must go to hear God's
marching orders
for my life. I cannot treat the Bible as a
devotional manual designed
to give me peace of mind or a "higher
plane" of living; it
is a command book which can disturb my peace with
its orders,
and it tells me that I can only find peace in
obeying the Almighty.
The Bible is not an inspirational book for my
personal
edification, nor a book of beautiful thoughts and
insights for my
pleasure. It is the word of the sovereign and
Almighty God: I
must hear and obey, I must believe and be faithful,
because God
requires it. I am His property, and His absolute
possession.
There can be nothing better than that (Law and
Society
[Vallecito, CA: Ross House, 19821, pp. 69lf.).
Dr. Joel
McDurmon explains
further.
UPDATE - 4/6/2019 - bionic mosquito has an excellent essay on dispensationalism that is very informative in connecting some dots;
Vox Day shows how The post-Christian dilemma plays out in real life today
And because it is so relevant - The Alliance Made in Hell - the operational alliance between Secular Humanists and Evangelical and all Pre-Millennialists
UPDATE - 4/6/2019 - bionic mosquito has an excellent essay on dispensationalism that is very informative in connecting some dots;
Vox Day shows how The post-Christian dilemma plays out in real life today
And because it is so relevant - The Alliance Made in Hell - the operational alliance between Secular Humanists and Evangelical and all Pre-Millennialists