Evangelical Christians too often believe that God’s top priority is the salvation of men. This is a man-centered viewpoint, a kind of baptized humanism for Christians. It makes them think that they are the center of God’s concern. They are not. God is the center of God’s concern. The universe is theocentric. If the salvation of men were God’s primary concern, then He is surely a failure, for comparatively few men so far have been saved. The glory of God, which includes hell and the post-final judgment lake of fire (Rev. 20:15), is God’s chief priority. The salvation of men is God’s means of extending His kingdom in history, but building His kingdom, not the salvation of men, is God’s top priority for man. ~ Gary North, Priorities and Dominion
Songs of our land, ye have followed the stranger,
With power over ocean and desert afar,
Ye have gone with our wanderers through distance and danger, And gladdened their path like a homeguiding star.
With the breath of our mountains in summers long vanished,
And visions that passed like a wave from the sand,
With hope for their country and joy from her banished.
Ye come to us ever, sweet songs of our land. (Francis Brown)
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Mensch, that’s quite a “Thought for the Day”! Dankeschoen.
“… ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.”
Forgive me, but this is not true, at least not today. I know because I have been asking and seeking all my life. For the most part, our elders don’t give a damn and can’t be bothered to pass on the past nor help us prepare for a secure future. They’ve gotten their booty (largely from our future) and are now leaving us their children and grandchildren to the wolves. Only when their multiple free streams of direct and indirect government handouts are interrupted do they begin complaining and throwing “tea parties.”
They assume civilization springs up all by itself, with no big efforts on thier part, and that we don’t need their help to fight the onrushing economic and societal disaster they have enthusiastically created for us. They just want to enjoy their retirement, as they enjoyed being absorbed by their careers and hobbies. They tell us now not to worry, “God will take care of everything.” Yes, he will take care of it — he will punish the children for the sins of the parents. R.I.P., you selfish old liberal bastards.
Sodales. look to the past to build the future, but don’t expect any help from your parents or grandparents. We’re on our own .
Thanks Rusty.
Regarding Deuteronomy 32:7, you are correct in the sense that the fathers and grandfathers of you and I have left us for the wolves. Some intentionally, others because they were outnumbered and were unable to do much about it besides die fighting I suppose.
Since this argument can get complicated on the reasons why, such as Jews taking control of the media and banks, the ethnopolitics that have enslaved Americans in their own nation etc… I’ll just focus on the actual context of the scripture.
For the most part, we have to consider the days of old. And there was a day when mankind was divided by the standards of their fathers as God intended. So the scripture is true in it’s overall context, but today it is not so much.
But I’ve met several older fellers who have had great stories of days past, before there were uppity negroes having dreams that eventually led to our nightmare and so on.
I’ll keep looking. Maybe a few more old timers with stories will be more ready and accessible to regale, now that we seem to be experiencing a “new awakening” of sorts. Good to have you as a companion in these time, write on. Serva fidem.