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Marriage is not a private romance. It is a public covenant. It is not a casual connection—it is kingdom architecture. And courtship is not flirting for Christians. It is preparation for a holy war: the formation of households, the raising of godly seed, the extending of dominion. In the world of The Great Order, marriage is no accident, and courtship is no playground. It is sacred, ordered, and guarded by the Word of God.

We do not let our sons and daughters wander into love like blind sheep. We shepherd them toward it. We measure the man. We test the woman. We consult the fathers. We count the cost. We uphold honor. And we build strong, patriarchal, multi-generational households.

Let the feminized culture mock. Let the degenerates rage. Let the compromised churches weep for their lost daughters. We will return to the ancient paths—and in doing so, we will restore what modernity has destroyed.

I. Courtship is Covenant Preparation

Biblical courtship is not dating. It is not recreational. It is not casual. It is not about finding “compatibility.” It is the process of preparing to build a household under God’s law and order.

From Genesis to Revelation, marriage is never entered lightly. It is a covenant with legal, spiritual, economic, and generational weight. Courtship, therefore, is the guarded path to that covenant.

The Biblical framework assumes:

Male initiative

Parental involvement

Sexual purity

Chaperoned meetings

Clarity of purpose

Community witness

Obedience to divine roles

In contrast, the modern world teaches young people to “explore,” to “follow their heart,” to “date around,” and to “see what feels right.” This pagan approach has produced chaos: broken hearts, fornication, fatherless children, delayed marriage, rising divorce rates, and a generation of emotionally scarred men and women.

We must declare war on modern dating. And we must restore Biblical courtship.

II. The Biblical Foundation

God did not leave us in the dark. The Scripture gives us consistent patterns for how marriage is to begin and how courtship is to proceed.

Initiated by men: In Genesis 2:24, it is the man who leaves and cleaves. The initiative belongs to him.

Guarded by fathers: Exodus 22:16–17 and Numbers 30 make it clear that a father holds authority over his daughter’s vow and her hand in marriage.

Purity required: Hebrews 13:4 says, “Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”

Witnessed by community: Ruth and Boaz, for example, conduct their arrangement before elders at the gate (Ruth 4).

Confirmed with bride-price/dowry: Genesis 24, 29, and 34 all include gifts, dowries, or bride-prices exchanged as honor to the family.

Headship Is Required

A woman is not free to offer herself. 1 Corinthians 11:3 says, “the head of the woman is the man.” This means no Biblical courtship can occur without the approval of her head—whether her father, or in more complicated situations, her current male headship.

This is not control—it is covenantal covering. The woman is not her own. She was not created to lead in relationships. She is to be sought, protected, and given.

III. The Decline of Courtship: A Cultural Autopsy

For the first 10,000 +/- years of human history, courtship was patriarchal. Marriages were arranged or overseen by fathers. Courtship was a process of approval, negotiation, and preparation. It was communal, not individualistic.

But in the last century—especially post-1950—Western culture abandoned all of this. The sexual revolution, feminist movement, and rise of public schooling disconnected sons and daughters from Biblical oversight.

The results as of 2025?

Over 70% of Americans engage in premarital sex (CDC, 2022)

Over 40% of children are born out of wedlock

Average age of first marriage now exceeds 30 for men and 28 for women

Divorce rate now exceeds 60%

Over 60% of Christian youth report that their parents gave no guidance on how to pursue marriage

This is a total breakdown. The family is collapsing, not just from government interference or feminism, but because fathers stopped governing the courtship of their children.

IV. Sex Before Marriage: National Suicide

Fornication is no minor issue. Scripture warns us:

“Flee fornication” — 1 Corinthians 6:18

“Fornicators shall not inherit the kingdom of God” — 1 Corinthians 6:9

“It is God’s will that you should avoid sexual immorality” — 1 Thessalonians 4:3

The damage of premarital sex is not merely spiritual. It is also psychological, biological, and societal. Studies show:

Women with multiple sexual partners prior to marriage are far more likely to divorce (Heritage Foundation, 2016)

Premarital sex is correlated with decreased marital satisfaction (Journal of Family Psychology, 2010)

Sexual activity before marriage is associated with higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation in both sexes.

In the perfect Biblical model, courtship is chaste. A man may not touch a woman sexually until she is his wife. The woman of course being a virgin, still belonging to her fathers household. Anything else is theft. No hand-holding. No kissing. No private texting. No emotional dependency. Purity is protected by headship and enforced by discipline.

V. Chaperoning and Community Oversight

Courtship is not done in secret. It is public, guarded, and accountable.

Chaperoning was once standard across all Christian cultures. A young woman was not left alone with a man, lest temptation arise. This was not because women are weak—but because purity is sacred.

Proverbs 6:27 asks, “Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” Guardrails are wisdom. Isolation is foolishness.

In a righteous courtship a father or brother is present in most interactions, all conversations are transparent for parental review, the patriarch sets boundaries and the church elders are consulted.

Modern courtship often bypasses this, and ends in ruin. Hidden sins. Secret affairs. Elopements. Or worse, fornication followed by an unequally yoked marriage.

If we want blessed unions, we must return to the blessing of oversight.

VI. Picking a Mate: Principles for Choosing a Wife

The world teaches men to chase beauty, compatibility, or career status. God teaches something else.

The Biblical man looks for:

Faith and fruitfulness: Is she submitted to Christ, to her father, and to the Scriptures?

Submission and meekness: 1 Peter 3 praises the “meek and quiet spirit.”

Feminine virtue: Titus 2:5 commands young women to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home.

Teachability: Is she moldable, willing to be discipled, eager to serve?

Love of children and home: 1 Timothy 5:14 says women should “marry, bear children, guide the house.”

Looks fade. Charm deceives. But a woman who fears the Lord shall be praised (Proverbs 31:30). Choose with generational vision, not carnal appetite.

VII. Courting Women Without Headship in a Fallen World

In an ideal world, every woman would be under her father’s rule until marriage. But we do not live in ideal times. Many women today are fatherless, orphaned, abandoned, or rebellious.

What then?

A patriarch may court such a woman under the following conditions:

She must submit to his headship early in courtship, well before marriage. If she resists male authority, she is not ready.

She must leave her former life. If she clings to old social ties, friends, and feminism, she will bring poison into the home.

She must be discipled. A period of instruction in the faith, household roles, and feminine conduct will likely be necessary.

The man must be mature and spiritually grounded. Do not try to “rescue” a woman unless you have the strength and wisdom to do so without being compromised. Courtship in a fallen world demands discernment. Many women are broken, and desperately in need of restoration, but they must come under order. The household is not a rehab center for unrepentant rebellious whores. It is a dominion outpost.

VIII. Courtship in Polygynous Marriage

Christian polygyny is not indulgence, it is dominion. And courtship for additional wives must follow the same righteous order. The existing wife or wives should be involved, not to “approve” as gatekeepers, but to provide counsel and prepare for household integration.

Biblical polygyny demands:

A stable, patriarchal household

Proven ability to lead, provide, and disciple

Righteous intentions, not lustful ambition

A godly, feminine woman who understands covenant

Courtship of a second, third or additional wife should be open, deliberate, and above reproach. The existing family is expanded—not destroyed.

IX. Age for Courting

Biblically, there is no magic number. But Scripture assumes that marriage follows puberty, economic readiness, and covenantal maturity.

Girls in Biblical times often married in their mid-teens. Boys, slightly older. The pattern was:

Young women: Ready to bear children and guide a home

Young men: Ready to provide, lead, and establish a house

Modern delays in marriage are often sinful, due to extended adolescence, careerism, or lack of responsibility. As soon as a young man can provide, and a young woman is under godly headship, courtship may begin.

X. Rules of Courtship

A righteous courtship is governed by the following non-negotiables:

1. Parental or headship oversight at all times

2. No physical contact or private communication

3. No courtship without stated intention to marry

4. Chaperoned meetings, or meetings in the home

5. Accountability to a godly community

6. Regular instruction in roles, theology, and household function

7. Clear timelines—no indefinite engagements

Courtship is not endless dating. It is purposeful, pure, pointed, and for the purpose of marriage.

XI. Minimum Requirements for a Man Before Courtship

A man may not court a woman unless he is ready to be her head. This means:

Spiritual maturity: He must walk in submission to Christ.

Financial provision: He must be able to feed, clothe, and house his wife.

Doctrinal clarity: He must know and teach the Scriptures.

Emotional stability: He must not be ruled by lust, fear, or selfishness.

Household vision: He must have a plan for children, economy, and dominion.

No man should court out of loneliness, lust, or boredom. Courtship is the doorway to kingdom rule. Only men of God may pass through.

XII. Dowry, Bride Price, and the Economics of Covenant Honor

Modern weddings have become a hollow pageant. Expensive dresses, choreographed dances, Instagram posts—and no substance. What once was a covenantal transition of households, guided by honor, provision, and family order, is now often reduced to emotional indulgence and consumerist display.

But the Biblical pattern is not concerned with sentiment or spectacle. It is concerned with covenant. And every covenant requires a price, a sign, and a witness. In the case of marriage, this includes two ancient institutions almost forgotten in the West: bride price and dowry.

These are not cultural relics. They are covenantal principles—rooted in Scripture, rich with meaning, and absolutely essential to restoring marriage as a serious and sacred institution.

A. Bride Price: A Gift of Honor and Proof of Capacity

In the Biblical model, when a man desires to take a woman as his wife, he does not merely speak to her. He must go through her father. And he must do more than ask—he must give.

This giving is called the bride price, or mohar in Hebrew. It is not a transaction. It is not a purchase. It is a public demonstration of honor and readiness. The bride price honors the father’s authority, compensates for the economic loss of the daughter, and signals the suitor’s ability to provide for a household.

Biblical Examples:

Genesis 24:53 – Abraham’s servant, when securing Rebekah as a wife for Isaac, gave jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and raiment to Rebekah and gave precious things to her brother and her mother. This was not bribery. It was a declaration of honor, wealth, and serious intent.
Genesis 29 – Jacob, without wealth to offer, labored seven years for Laban in order to marry Rachel. This was his bride price. He exchanged labor in place of silver. This shows the principle: if you cannot pay in wealth, you must pay in work.
Genesis 34:12 – When Shechem sought to marry Dinah (after defiling her), he said: “Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me.” Even in his shame, Shechem understood that the father’s honor must be restored and a price must be offered.

Purpose of the Bride Price:

Affirms the authority of the father – A man must not bypass the father. He must acknowledge his headship by giving him honor.
Proves the man’s ability to provide – If he cannot give a gift now, how will he feed his wife later? The bride price is an economic litmus test.
Initiates the covenant transaction – Just as Christ purchased His bride with His blood, the man offers a price to begin the covenant bond.
Compensates the family – A daughter’s departure is not just emotional, it is economic. She labors in the home, helps siblings, and contributes to the household. The bride price acknowledges that.

B. Dowry: The Wife’s Inheritance and Security

The dowry is the portion of wealth or goods given to the bride herself—either from her father’s household or from the husband—as part of her covenantal transition into marriage. In many Biblical cases, the dowry formed her initial economic foundation within the new home and served as a kind of security or inheritance.

The dowry is distinct from the bride price, though in some Scriptures the two are used interchangeably depending on the context or translation. The dowry is given to the bride, not her father.

Scriptural Insights:

Exodus 22:16–17 – If a man seduces a virgin, he must “endow her to be his wife.” This indicates that he must provide for her materially—he cannot simply take her and leave her uncovered.
2 Samuel 3:14 – David demands the return of Michal, Saul’s daughter, for whom he paid a bride price of “a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.” This shows that the bride price was serious, costly, and covenantal.
Job 42:15 – Job gave his daughters an inheritance among their brethren, an example of dowry-like provision for a daughter’s future.
Proverbs 31:21–22 speaks of the virtuous wife’s possession of fine clothing, coverings of tapestry, and scarlet apparel. This presumes a household economy that can provide and a woman who is equipped, not just with virtue, but with tangible goods for her stewardship.

Purpose of the Dowry:

Launches the economic life of the wife – The dowry gives the new bride a foundation of wealth she may steward within the home.
Demonstrates her father’s love and investment – A wise father equips his daughter not with vanity, but with real assets to help build her new household.
Guards her in case of widowhood or abuse – In some historical contexts, the dowry could return to the wife if her husband died or unjustly divorced her, serving as a financial safeguard.
Elevates her standing in the home – A woman who enters marriage with a dowry is not a beggar or a dependent. She is a contributor and steward from day one.
Modern Adaptation – A woman who enters marriage where pre-existing debt is assumed by the husband is a form of dowry.

C. The Bride Price and Dowry in Harmonious Union

In some marriages, both bride price and dowry are given. This is ideal: the bride price flows from the suitor to the father, and the dowry flows from the father to the daughter.

In such cases, the result is:

A father honored
A woman equipped
A husband tested
A covenant initiated with gravity, not flippancy

This dual provision reinforces the weight of marriage. It is not about feelings. It is about foundations.

D. Why These Practices Still Matter Today

The modern West scoffs at dowries and bride prices. They are seen as barbaric, patriarchal, or sexist. But they are none of these things. They are Biblical. And they are needed more now than ever.

1. They Reinforce Male Responsibility

In a time when men marry with no job, no plan, and no vision, the bride price demands proof. It says: If you want a woman, you must be a man first. No more couch-surfing husbands. No more “partnerships” of mutual poverty. The bride price filters out the weak.

2. They Restore Fatherly Authority

In an age when daughters rebel and fathers are sidelined, these practices restore the proper chain of command. A man must speak to her head. He cannot bypass the structure God has put in place. If the father is godly, his blessing matters. If he is dead, that responsibility may fall to an elder, guardian, or husband in a polygynous setting—but there must be covering.

3. They Anchor Marriage in Economic Reality

Love does not pay bills. Romance does not build houses. Chores, discipline, and provision do. Dowries and bride prices bring marriage back to earth. They tie emotion to economy. They signal that this union is not fantasy—it is stewardship.

4. They Honor the Woman Without Idolizing Her

Feminism either degrades or idolizes women. The Biblical model does neither. It honors the woman through dowry and provision. But it also demands that she be under headship and obedient to the order of the house. A woman receives, but only within covenant.

5. They Enable Stronger, Lasting Marriages

Marriages that begin with seriousness tend to last. Studies even show that arranged marriages, which often involve family-negotiated dowries or bride prices, have significantly lower divorce rates worldwide. Not because love is forced, but because covenant is honored.

E. Common Objections Answered

“Isn’t this just buying a wife?”
No. The woman is not a commodity. The price is not for her. It is for the covenant and the household she enters. And the price is not paid to her as property, but to her father (or household head) in honor, and to her (in dowry) for provision.

“We don’t do this anymore in the West—why should we?”
Because the West is collapsing. Rebellion against God’s order has led to disaster. Every ancient culture practiced some form of dowry and bride price—and they built generational households. Our culture has abandoned both—and has produced divorce, infertility, fatherlessness, and economic ruin. The fruit speaks.

“What if the man is poor?”
Then he must wait. Or he must offer labor, like Jacob. If a man cannot give now, he is not ready to receive a wife. Poverty is not sin. But rushing into marriage without capacity is foolishness.

“What if the father refuses to accept a bride price or give a dowry?”
Then he has failed his daughter. A righteous man will want his daughter honored. If a father is wicked or absent, then a godly head (elder, mentor, or existing husband in a polygynous home) should step in. But the principle must remain: a woman is not free to offer herself. A man must prove his worth to her head.

F. Conclusion: Let the Honor Be Restored

Bride price and dowry are not optional traditions. They are the scaffolding of marriage. They separate boys from men, consumers from providers, rebels from patriarchs. They honor the house, the father, the bride, and the covenant.

Let the feminists rage. Let the worldly mock. Let the effeminate churches cringe. As for us—we will return to the ancient ways.

Let every man who desires a wife first gather his strength. Let every father who loves his daughter require her honor. Let every woman prepare to be adorned with virtue and provision. And let every marriage be built, not on emotional whim, but covenantal wisdom.

XIII. Courting Multiple Women Simultaneously

In a polygynous vision, a man may pursue multiple courtships—but not chaotically. The same rules apply:

Each woman must be courted with clarity and honor

No overlapping emotional intimacy

Each courtship is public and known to all parties

Each woman must be prepared for polygynous life

Simultaneous courtship is not an excuse for indecision. It is a means of expansion—but must be governed by the fear of the Lord.

XIV. Conclusion: Build the House or Burn the Nation

Biblical courtship is not optional. It is the only hope for rebuilding the Christian household. If we do not reclaim this process, we will lose our sons, our daughters, our future.

Courtship is not about flowers and feelings. It is about building the dominion of Christ one household at a time.

Let the father guard the gate. Let the man count the cost. Let the woman submit with joy. Let the household prepare the feast.

And let the nation watch as righteousness returns.

Let the Great Order rise!

Soli Deo Gloria.

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The Keeper of Her Husband’s Dominion: A Wife’s Sacred Duty to Maintain, Enforce, and Preserve

June 3, 2025 Lord RedbeardNo comments

In the divine hierarchy established by God, the man is the builder, the establisher, the governor. He goes out to war, to work, to wrest dominion from the earth by the sweat of his brow. He lays foundations: spiritually, economically, and physically. The woman, by contrast, is called to maintain and enforce the order her husband builds. Her task is not to innovate her own laws or construct her own dominion, but to be a wise and faithful steward of the man’s household and headship.

This is not demeaning—it is glorifying. The wife, when she faithfully fulfills her calling, sustains and beautifies the kingdom entrusted to her. She is like the moon reflecting the light of the sun—she governs the night with the authority delegated to her. She is the queen, upholding the rule of the king.

Let us examine this sacred role through Scripture, through the wisdom of our forefathers, and through the eyes of common sense, now so rare in a society poisoned by egalitarian rebellion.

I. Biblical Foundations: Keeper of the Home

The most fundamental and oft-repeated command given to the wife in Scripture is to be a keeper at home:

“That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
—Titus 2:4–5

The Greek word used for “keeper at home” (οἰκουργός) carries a robust meaning—“a guard or warden of the house.” Not merely a passive occupant, the wife is an active maintainer and enforcer of the household dominion. She is a steward, a governor under authority, a domestic magistrate who executes her husband’s law and vision within the sphere of their home.

The man builds; the woman maintains.

The man provides; the woman preserves.

The man establishes order; the woman enforces it.

This is her honor and her duty.

II. The Garden Pattern: From Eden to Household

The pattern of dominion and maintenance is laid down at the very beginning in the Garden of Eden. God placed Adam in the garden “to dress it and to keep it” (Genesis 2:15). After the creation of Eve, she was brought to Adam not to found her own garden, but to help him in the work God had given him. She was bone of his bones and flesh of his flesh—created for the man (1 Corinthians 11:9)—to serve, guard, beautify, and multiply what had already been given.

The fall itself occurred because Eve stepped outside her lane. She began to entertain a vision and decision-making authority apart from her husband’s rule. She failed in her duty to uphold the order given by God through Adam, and chaos ensued. Her punishment included a prophetic return to proper headship:

“Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”
—Genesis 3:16

Her redemption would not come through autonomy but through faithful childbearing and submission (1 Timothy 2:15).

III. Enforcing the Law of the Household

One of the gravest errors of modern women is the belief that the home is their “own domain,” independent from the oversight and rule of their husbands. This is false. The husband is head of the wife (Ephesians 5:23), and that headship extends to every sphere, including the home, rules, routines, budget, diet, and child discipline.

The wife is to enforce the laws her husband has set in place. This includes:

Bedtimes for children
Rules of modesty and dress
Household cleanliness and standards of presentation
Sabbath and feast observance
Media access and content restrictions
Chores and responsibilities
Hospitality and guest boundaries
Dietary rules/guidelines

If the husband has declared that no television shall be watched after dinner, the wife is not free to change that. If he has ruled that certain behaviors warrant discipline, she must not turn a blind eye. She must uphold his word, not undermine it. To do otherwise is to act as a usurper within the gates of his authority.

This is seen clearly in the book of Proverbs:

“The wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”
—Proverbs 14:1

What is it that tears down a house? Rebellion against the husband’s law. Disregard for his vision. Neglect of his provision. Laziness. Gossip. Complaining. Softness with the children when firmness is required. These are not minor infractions; they are betrayals of covenant duty.

IV. Dominion by Delegation: The Stewardship of All That Is Entrusted

The godly woman is not a ruler in her own right. She is a steward, a high-ranking servant within the covenant household, entrusted with dominion that is delegated, not innate. What she oversees is not her possession, but her husband’s estate. What she manages is not her own empire, but his dominion.

This principle must be understood deeply: everything a husband gives to his wife is a sacred trust. She is not the owner of the home, the furnishings, the land, or the provision—she is the keeper, the preserver, the multiplier of that which was delivered to her by her head.

The faithful wife recognizes that to waste what her husband has built is to dishonor and disrespect him, and in so doing, to dishonor Christ, who commands her submission. It is likened to physically slapping him in the face. Her work is not freelance. Her hands are not idle. Her authority is not self-declared. Her role is sacred.

Let us now examine the breadth of her stewardship.

1. The Home: Fortress and Sanctuary

The home is the outward expression of a man’s inward order. It is the sanctuary where his rule is made manifest, where law becomes culture, where peace dwells and truth is taught.

The wife is to guard and maintain the home with holy vigilance. Cleanliness, structure, beauty, and functionality are not luxuries, they are marks of honor. Disorder in the home reflects disorder in the woman. When a wife allows clutter, laziness, decay, or distraction to take root, she is not just being careless, she is allowing the enemy within the gates.

Every room, every corner, every closet is a reflection of the stewardship of the woman. She is called to maintain the home not as a showpiece for outsiders, but as a place of ordered dominion where her husband’s rule is made visible.

“She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.”
—Proverbs 31:27

2. Furnishings and Garments: Order in the Details

The beds her husband purchased are to be made. The tables he provided are to be cleared and set. The furniture he supplied is to be cared for with dignity—not stained, destroyed, or buried beneath toys and debris. This is not about materialism—it is about respect.

Likewise, the clothing he provides for his wife and children is to be maintained with diligence. Torn seams should be mended. Laundry should not pile to the ceiling. Stains should be addressed. Shoes should be clean and placed in order.

The Proverbs 31 woman is not a passive consumer, she is a craftswoman, a caretaker, a provider of beauty. Her efforts in these things express her gratitude to God and to her husband.

“She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.”
—Proverbs 31:22

3. Garden and Grounds: Dominion Over the Earth

The garden and yard, however large or small—are part of the man’s dominion. Whether a few raised beds or a broad acreage, they are under the wife’s stewardship. A weed-choked garden and a trash-littered yard dishonor the name of the man who pays for that land.

The godly woman will ensure the grass is cut, the flowers maintained, the tools cared for, the trash bins orderly, and the land not neglected. She teaches her children that even the appearance of the home’s grounds reflects the glory of their father.

“She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”
—Proverbs 31:16

This is not just busy work. It is visible dominion. It is faithfulness in the little things.

4. Vehicles, Tools, and Implements: Respecting the Man’s Work

The car her husband bought for the family is not a garbage heap. The truck he uses for work is not a playground. The tools he stores in the garage are not toys. Every item her husband has earned by the sweat of his brow must be treated with reverence.

She should ensure that oil changes happen on schedule, that children do not slam car doors or mishandle equipment, that tools are returned to their place, and that vehicles remain clean and ready for use.

A faithful wife will train the children to handle these things properly and speak of them with respect. Why? Because these items are extensions of the man’s work. To lack respect for the items acquired by the husband is to dishonor.

5. Finances and Household Resources: Guarding the Treasury

Every dollar her husband earns represents time away from home, risk, sweat, and toil. The faithful wife does not squander this. She does not waste household money on trinkets, convenience foods, unneeded luxuries, or vanity. She keeps records, stretches each dollar, plans meals, compares prices, shows accountability and multiplies what is given.

“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.”
—Proverbs 31:11

In the biblical order, the husband is the provider, the household king; the wife is the treasurer, the household steward. She may not generate the income, but she governs its use. She does not spend frivolously. She spends righteously.

She is the Proverbs 31 woman—not chasing careers, but making her husband’s name great in the gates by her industry and faithfulness.

V. Historical Witnesses: Women of Order and Excellence

The vision of a woman as steward, guardian, and enforcer of her husband’s dominion is not merely a biblical ideal—it is a pattern consistently affirmed in the lives of godly women throughout history. In eras of strength, women embraced this sacred charge and preserved the household economy, the moral law, and domestic order with diligence and reverence. Their names are not always remembered, but the civilizations they upheld were built upon their faithfulness.

1. The Matriarchs of Scripture

From Sarah to Ruth, from Hannah to Elizabeth, the holy women of old built nothing of their own name, but magnified the names of their husbands and sons through obedience and faithful stewardship.

Sarah, though married to the great patriarch Abraham, was not known for public exploits but for reverence and obedience:

“Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well…”
—1 Peter 3:6

Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah each submitted to the headship of the men appointed to them and managed the flocks, tents, and children with steadfastness, bearing the future of Israel on their backs.

Hannah’s sacrifice of Samuel was not a detachment from motherhood—it was a fulfillment of her vow to uphold the household’s devotion to God, giving her son back to the Lord in accordance with her husband’s leadership.

2. The Noble Wives of the Reformation

In the time of the Protestant Reformation, when men were risking their lives to preach the gospel and reform the Church, their wives were not idle. They built homes, taught children, cultivated gardens, welcomed persecuted believers, and enforced household law without wavering.

Katharina von Bora, the wife of Martin Luther, managed a complex estate, fed dozens daily, and kept order in a home that was often a refuge for students, refugees, and reformers. Luther affectionately called her “My Lord Kate,” not because she ruled him, but because she ruled the home well under his authority.

She did not seek to lead the Reformation in the public square. She ruled her portion of the kingdom—faithfully maintaining what Luther, her head, had built. That was her glory.

3. The Colonial and Pioneer Women of America

In early America, the homestead was the heart of civilization. Men cleared the land, raised barns, and established farms, but it was the wives who turned rough wood and stone into sanctuaries of peace and law.

These women enforced strict order in their homes: keeping meals on schedule, teaching catechisms, disciplining children, managing livestock, storing food, and maintaining cleanliness even under harsh frontier conditions. Their husbands rode for supplies, went to war, or labored in the fields—often for weeks—trusting that all would be in order upon return.

They were not seeking escape through feminism or employment in town. They had dominion to keep. A fire to tend. A people to govern in the name of their husband and unto the Lord!

4. Victorian and Edwardian Homemakers

Even in the great cities of England and America, Christian wives understood that the home was a moral and spiritual realm to be governed under the man’s headship. Victorian households were marked by schedule, virtue, modesty, and order. The lady of the house enforced the rhythm of the day—prayers, meals, instruction, cleanliness, and decorum.

She was a steward of appearances and behavior, ensuring that what her husband established—socially, financially, and religiously, was preserved, reinforced, and passed on.

The collapse of such homes in the 20th century was not accidental. It came when women left the post of keeper and began to clamor for equal rulership, collapsing the hierarchy that had upheld generations of Christian family strength.

VI. Modern Rebellion and the Decay of Stewardship

The enemy of order is rebellion, and rebellion now wears the mask of liberation. Modernity has sold women a bitter lie: that to serve under a man’s authority is slavery, and that to preserve his house is demeaning. The consequence? A generation of women who despise the very work for which they were created—and homes that lie in ruins because of it.

The home has been traded for the cubicle, the cradle for the boardroom, the garden for gossip, and the order of the husband for the doctrines of feminism. Where once women built multigenerational households under patriarchal authority, now they chase paychecks and political power, leaving the home desolate.

The average woman today cannot sew, cook from scratch, manage a budget, discipline her children, and cannot submit to her husband’s law without complaint. She has been trained to scorn these things—to see the dominion of the household as a prison rather than a throne.

“Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God… Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.”
—Romans 1:21–22

Women who abandon their post as keepers of the home do not merely create messy houses, they dismantle civilizations. The household is the smallest unit of God’s kingdom on earth. When it is neglected, the Church is weakened, the nation is corrupted, and the next generation is lost.

The spirit of rebellion has consequences:

Children are undisciplined and defiant.
Homes are disordered, chaotic, and joyless.
Husbands are dishonored and treated as equals—or worse, as burdens.
Finances spiral into debt and dysfunction.
Generations forget the law of God.

This is not a theoretical problem. It is the daily, lived reality of most families in the West. And the solution is not another conference, podcast, or Instagram reel. The solution is repentance. The solution is a return to The Great Order—where men lead in righteousness and women submit in reverent stewardship.

There is no neutral ground. A woman is either upholding her husband’s dominion or undermining it. She is either honoring the law of the house or sowing confusion within it. There is no such thing as harmless rebellion.

Let the women of God renounce the rebellion of our age. Let them cast down the idols of feminism, egalitarianism, and careerism. Let them return home, not as slaves, but as stewards. Not as doormats, but as queens under the crown. And let them raise daughters who do the same.

“Let the aged women… teach the young women… to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home… that the word of God be not blasphemed.”
—Titus 2:3–5

The world blasphemes when Christian women abandon their role. But heaven rejoices when the household is ordered according to God’s design.

VII. Let Her Reign: The Glory of the Faithful Steward

The faithful wife is not a background figure in her husband’s dominion—she is its heartbeat. She reigns not by usurping his authority, but by glorifying it. She extends his law. She enforces his order. She multiplies his provision. And in doing so, she magnifies her own glory, for “a virtuous woman is a crown to her husband” (Proverbs 12:4).

Let no woman shrink from this call. Let no wife despise her sacred role. For the one who maintains what her husband has built is not a servant in chains, but a queen entrusted with treasure.

She reigns when she:

Keeps the home clean, orderly, and peaceful, reflecting her husband’s wisdom.
Disciplines the children with consistency, upholding his authority.
Guards his time, his name, and his resources with watchful diligence.
Respects the furnishings, land, vehicles, and tools he has earned with honor.
Upholds the laws of the household—not with pride, but with obedience.

This is her crown. This is her dominion. This is her offering of praise—not with lips only, but with labor. Not in theory, but in the daily practice of keeping, tending, multiplying, and glorifying what her husband has entrusted to her.

“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”
—Proverbs 14:1

Let her rise in the strength of the Lord. Let her reject the slanders of a godless age. Let her take joy in her husband’s approval, in her children’s obedience, and in the fruit of her hands. Her work is not small, it is the work of empires, the labor of queens.

Let her speak to her daughters not of careers and competition, but of covenant and stewardship. Let her show them that the path of glory is found in obedience. That the house is not a trap, but a throne. That to be a keeper at home is not to hide from the world, but to reshape it through generational dominion.

And when the world mocks, let her laugh. When fools scoff, let her remember that God smiles on the woman who fears Him. Her reward is eternal, her legacy generational, and her title high: faithful steward of her husband’s house.

“Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”
—Proverbs 31:31

Let the wives arise. Let them keep what has been built. Let them enforce what has been ordered. Let them glorify their husbands by reigning in reverent submission.

This is The Great Order. And it shall not be shaken!

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Pride Month: The Celebration of Rebellion and the Collapse of a Nation

June 2, 2025 Lord Redbeard 2 Comments

Part 1: The Rise of Pride — From Sin to Celebration

“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
— Proverbs 16:18 (KJV)

Every year, like clockwork, the month of June arrives, no longer greeted with the rhythms of summer planting, family feasts, or the sacred honoring of fathers, but with rainbow flags, grotesque parades, drag queens, corporate virtue-signaling, and a sweeping national campaign of blasphemy and confusion. It is called “Pride Month,” but what it really celebrates is not pride in the Biblical sense, of craftsmanship or good labor, but pride in its most demonic form: the willful, defiant exaltation of sin.

What we see paraded today is not just sexual confusion or moral looseness, it is open war against God’s created order. Pride Month is a state-sanctioned sacrament in the new religion of rebellion. It is the liturgical high feast of a culture that has cut off its roots from the Word of God and drinks deeply from the chalice of perversion.

The Deception of “Progress”

The world tells us this movement is about love, inclusion, and tolerance. But scratch the surface, and what you find is a gospel of self-worship and lawlessness. The “love” that is paraded is not the self-sacrificing, covenantal love of Christ, it is the celebration of unrestrained lust. The “inclusion” is not the kind Christ extended to sinners who repented, but the forced acceptance of sin and the silencing of those who dare to call it by its name.

In less than a century, what once was rightfully outlawed and condemned as abomination (Leviticus 18:22) has been exalted to the status of virtue. And what once was held sacred, marriage, gender, modesty, headship, and moral order, has been relentlessly attacked, mocked, and torn down.

But how did we get here? How did a nation once founded on Biblical principles descend into celebrating the very things that provoke God’s wrath?

The answer lies in a long and deliberate revolution, one that began not with rainbow flags, but with the systematic dismantling of Biblical authority, patriarchy, and the household.

The Path to Pride: Rebellion by Design

Satan has always worked the same strategy: “Hath God said?” From the garden to modern America, the serpent’s hiss has echoed through every institution. The moral revolution did not begin with gay marriage or transgenderism. It began when man rejected the Great Order of God: His law, His family structure, His definitions of right and wrong.

The Enlightenment dethroned God’s law in favor of man’s reason. Feminism declared war on headship. Humanism exalted feelings above obedience. And the sexual revolution finished the job by severing the body from its design and purpose. It told men and women that their identities were not received from God, but created from within, the ultimate rebellion.

By the time Obergefell v. Hodges was handed down by the Supreme Court in 2015, legalizing so-called “gay marriage,” the spiritual and cultural rot had already taken hold. The ruling was merely the final nail in the coffin of a society that had rejected God’s authority long ago.

What followed was the formal institutionalization of sin. Now, not only is homosexuality protected and normalized, it is praised. Now, not only are children exposed to perversion, they are targeted, recruited, and indoctrinated in schools, media, and even churches.

This is no accident. It is a deliberate, well-funded, and spiritually motivated assault on the foundation stones of God’s creation.

The New State Religion

Pride Month is not just a celebration, it is a false religion, complete with its own doctrines, saints, symbols, and punishments for heresy.

The rainbow, once the covenant sign of God’s mercy after judgment, is now waved in the streets as a symbol of rebellion against the Creator.
The parades, complete with nudity, bondage, and grotesque displays, are now considered family events.
Corporations and governments fly the pride flag with more zeal than they ever showed for their own nation’s flag.
Churches drape rainbow stoles on their pulpits and dare to claim God affirms what He condemns.

Like Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image, the rainbow idol is now raised high, and all are expected to bow, or face social and economic destruction. Bake the cake. Use the pronouns. Affirm the delusion. Or be canceled, fired, de-platformed, and silenced.

This is not about freedom. It is about enforced submission to Sodom’s values.

Pride Is Not a Side Issue

There are many who still try to dismiss this as a political or “cultural” issue, separate from the faith. But this is no peripheral battle. This is a frontline war for the soul of the nation and the future of our children.

The normalization of homosexuality and transgenderism is not just a sin among others, it is a signpost of a society under judgment.

“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections…”
— Romans 1:26 (KJV)

Romans 1 lays it out clearly: when a people reject the knowledge of God, He gives them over to their own depraved desires. The rise of open sodomy, gender confusion, and prideful defiance of nature is not merely tolerated sin, it is a divine punishment. It is not a sign of liberty, but of spiritual decay.

When a society is given over to Pride, it is already in the final stages of rot. The foundations have collapsed. The hedge of protection is broken. And the wrath of God is already working its way through the land, one mutilated child, one shattered household, one desecrated pulpit at a time.

From Sodom to Now: A Pattern of Judgment

There is a reason why Sodom is mentioned over and over again in Scripture, not merely as a past event, but as a type, a prophetic warning.

Isaiah 3:9: “The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul!”
Luke 17:28–30: As it was in the days of Lot, so shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Sodom was not destroyed merely for being perverse, it was destroyed because the culture celebrated its perversion, pushed it on others, and rejected the righteous warnings of God’s people.

Sound familiar?

Today, we see the same pattern:
Sin is no longer hidden, it is celebrated.
God’s design is no longer honored, it is defied.
Those who speak the truth are not just ignored, they are hated.

And what did Lot do? He fled. He didn’t argue with the crowd. He didn’t start a dialogue. He led his household out, before the fire fell.

So must we.

Part 2: The Rotten Fruits — What Pride Actually Produces

“Ye shall know them by their fruits.”
— Matthew 7:16 (KJV)

We live in a culture that endlessly chants, “Love is love,” “Trans women are women,” and “Celebrate Pride,” while shutting its eyes to the catastrophic fruits of these lies. But God is not mocked. That which a man or a nation sows, it shall also reap (Galatians 6:7). And the harvest of Pride is now fully visible, for those with eyes to see.

Let us look soberly at the fruit this movement has produced, not according to the slogans, but by its real-world consequences.

1. The Destruction of the Family

Pride ideology is an open war against the family as God designed it. The household is the bedrock of civilization, husband as head, wife as helper, children as the inheritance of the Lord. But in the name of “inclusion,” Pride seeks to redefine the family, erase gender roles, and sterilize the future.

“Two dads” or “two moms” is not a family, it is a counterfeit.
A “pregnant man” is not a miracle, it is a mentally ill woman pumped with testosterone.
Children raised in these households are not “progressive”, they are victims of confusion and stolen identity.

Studies have shown that children raised in same-sex households suffer higher rates of depression, gender confusion, emotional instability, and identity disorder. But even beyond the statistics, we must ask: What right does anyone have to deny a child a father or a mother in the name of adult gratification?

Pride Month glorifies this theft. It cheers for households without headship, for wombs rented by money, for surrogacy-by-contract, and for children as trophies. This is not love, it is wickedness.

2. The Mutilation of the Body

Perhaps the most grotesque fruit of Pride ideology is the irreversible mutilation of the human body, especially in children. In any sane civilization, a child cannot buy alcohol or vote, but in ours, a confused 13-year-old can begin hormone therapy, bind their chest, or schedule a mastectomy with the blessing of state-funded doctors.

This is not “affirming care.” This is child abuse dressed in clinical terms.

Boys are castrated, girls are sterilized, and thousands are left with permanent damage, physically, emotionally, spiritually. The skyrocketing number of “detransitioners” tells a story the media refuses to report: pain, regret, and irreparable harm.

The Pride movement does not protect children. It preys on them.

3. The Collapse of Moral Boundaries

With every passing year, the line moves further.

What began as “love wins” quickly became “pronouns or else.”
What began as “equal rights” turned into forced participation in perversion.
What began as tolerance of sin is now intolerance of righteousness.

There are now calls in serious academic and activist circles to “reimagine” the age of consent, to decriminalize pedophilia, to promote “minor-attracted persons” as an “orientation.” This is no slippery slope theory, it is happening now, in broad daylight, backed by “Pride scholarship” and media silence.

God’s law provides clear moral boundaries, not to restrict joy, but to preserve it. When a society destroys these boundaries, it gives way to chaos, delusion, and eventually tyranny.

4. Mental Illness and Suicide

We are told that those in the LGBT community suffer from depression and suicidal ideation because of “social stigma.” But in reality, these outcomes persist even in countries, cities, and homes that are completely affirming.

The truth is simple: living in rebellion to one’s design leads to despair.

When a man rejects what he was made to be, when a woman severs herself from her God-given glory, when a person cuts off their natural function, it cannot bring peace.

Pride promises joy. But its fruit is confusion, pain, and death.

“The way of transgressors is hard.”
— Proverbs 13:15 (KJV)

5. The Blasphemy of the Church

Perhaps the most shameful fruit of the Pride movement is its colonization of once-Christian churches. There is scarcely a major denomination left uncorrupted. Rainbow flags now hang in sanctuaries where the Word of God once thundered. Effeminate false teachers proclaim that “God is queer” or “Jesus had two dads.” “Affirming” congregations perform same-sex “weddings” and host drag shows in their fellowship halls.

These are not churches. They are synagogues of Satan (Revelation 2:9). They do not speak for Christ. They crucify Him afresh.

Worse, these wolves devour the simple, deceive the young, and turn the sheep against the Shepherd.

Let it be known: no man, no woman, no church that affirms the Pride agenda is of Christ. No one who flies the rainbow flag in defiance of God’s Word will stand justified on the Day of Judgment.

6. National Collapse

What happens when a nation exalts sin?

Rome fell as sexual chaos overtook its people and virtue was lost.
Weimar Germany was infamous for its sexual depravity before it collapsed.
Sodom was reduced to ash.
Israel was exiled again and again for following after the abominations of the nations.

America is no exception. A nation that lifts high the flag of Sodom will suffer the fate of Sodom.

Economic collapse, demographic decline, national division, loss of purpose, military weakness, and divine judgment all follow in the wake of Pride. The wrath of God is not only future, it is already active. He has given this culture over.

Part 3: The Righteous Response — Come Out and Rebuild

“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.”
— Revelation 18:4 (KJV)

We do not watch Pride Month unfold as idle observers. We are not helpless. We are not without orders. As God’s covenant men and women, as builders of households, keepers of the faith, and stewards of the land, we are called to respond, to resist, and to rebuild.

The hour is late. The corruption is deep. But our mission is unchanged: to establish God’s order in our homes, raise up a righteous seed, and build altars in a land of idols.

1. Refuse to Celebrate Rebellion

The first act of resistance is to refuse participation.

There is no neutrality. You cannot wave the rainbow flag and claim the name of Christ. You cannot attend Pride events and say you follow the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You cannot affirm what God abhors.

It is time to burn the bridges to Babylon:

Cancel every Pride-themed subscription, product, or platform.
Pull your children from any school that affirms LGBT ideology, even passively.
Do not shop at stores or support companies that openly mock God.
Stop using euphemisms. Sodomy is not “orientation.” Confusion is not “identity.” It is sin.

The line is drawn. You must choose sides.

“No man can serve two masters…”
— Matthew 6:24

2. Declare the Truth Boldly

Silence is not love. In the face of such brazen rebellion, the truth must be declared without apology:

Homosexuality is a sin.
Transgenderism is a delusion.
God made them male and female, no in between, no transition.
Marriage is only between one man and one woman (or multiple women), under the headship of a righteous man.
Children are to be trained in truth, not raised as experiments for social engineering.

This truth must be spoken, in our homes, pulpits, streets, and online. The church’s silence is what allowed Pride to metastasize into a cultural cancer. That silence must end.

Let fathers speak. Let husbands correct. Let pastors thunder. Let no man fear the scorn of Babylon when he holds the sword of truth.

3. Build Households of Order

The most powerful act of resistance is to build what the enemy seeks to destroy.

Establish your household under God’s law and patriarchal headship.
Train your sons to be protectors, providers, and priests.
Train your daughters to build homes, love their husbands, and raise a righteous seed.
Multiply. Bear children. Expand your domain. Receive wives and steward them with godly authority.
Feast, worship, study, and labor under the banner of Yahweh, not the flag of rebellion.

Every household in order is a fortress. Every obedient family is a rebuke to the rainbow cult. Every baby born into the covenant is a future soldier against Sodom.

This is not merely personal. It is generational warfare.

“Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it…”
— Psalm 127:1

4. Withdraw from Their Systems

You cannot raise godly offspring while feeding them to Caesar’s institutions.

Leave the public schools. They are temples of the Pride religion.
Reject mainstream media. Hollywood is a pipeline of filth and confusion.
Exit compromised churches. Any church that affirms sin, tolerates Pride flags, or refuses to call rebellion what it is, must be left behind.
Disentangle from dependency. A godly household must not rely on a system that hates God.

This is Exodus. The only safe place is outside the gates, where Christ bears the reproach (Hebrews 13:13).

5. Prepare for Persecution

If you stand against Pride, persecution will come. That’s not a threat, it’s a promise from Scripture.

You may be fired.
You may be de-platformed.
You may lose friends, family, and comfort.

But you will gain the smile of heaven.

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you… for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad…”
— Matthew 5:11-12

Let them mock. Let them rage. The fire of Sodom is coming again, but this time, it will not be local. It will be global. And only those who stand with God will stand at all.

6. Let the Patriarchs Rise

The war on gender, family, and truth is ultimately a war on God’s dominion plan through men. Pride exalts disorder, effeminacy, confusion, and rebellion because Satan hates masculine headship, hates fruitfulness, and hates covenant.

Now more than ever, we need patriarchs:

Men who fear God and love His law.
Men who reject compromise and take dominion.
Men who lead their wives, disciple their children, and plant banners of truth in enemy territory.

Let the emasculated church fall. Let the hireling shepherds run. But let the patriarchs rise, and rebuild.

The rainbow belongs to God. Not to sodomites.
The children belong to covenant households. Not to drag queens.
The future belongs to the righteous. Not to the perverse.

Final Exhortation: Reclaim the Month

We must not merely boycott Pride Month. We must reclaim it.

Dedicate the month of June to household revival, fasting, family worship, and Scripture memorization.
Teach your children the truth of Genesis 1–3, Romans 1, and Revelation 18.
Celebrate God’s created order. Proclaim the beauty of masculine strength and feminine submission.
Pray as families against the abominations in the land.
Make June a month of Biblical protest, a feast of truth in a time of confusion.

Let this be our declaration:

“As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
— Joshua 24:15

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If Your Family (Kingdom/Domain) Is Not Growing, It Is Dying

June 1, 2025 Lord Redbeard 17 Comments

The Biblical Call to Expand Your Household in Wives, Children, Property, Influence, and Dominion

I. Introduction: Life, Growth, and the Nature of God’s Kingdom

In the natural world, stagnation is the first sign of death. A tree that no longer puts forth branches, fruit, or roots is already dying. A river that ceases to flow becomes stagnant and poisonous. A body that ceases to regenerate its cells wastes away. The same is true for the household — the kingdom and dominion of the patriarch.

God’s design for the family is growth. Not merely survival. Not maintenance. Not compromise. But fruitfulness, multiplication, and dominion. These are not optional suggestions but commands given in the first chapter of the Bible:

> “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion…”

— Genesis 1:28

This command was not revoked. It was reaffirmed to Noah after the flood (Genesis 9:1), to Abraham in the covenant (Genesis 17:6), and to the Church spiritually (Matthew 28:19–20). Growth is the nature of godly dominion. Expansion is obedience. Stagnation is disobedience. Shrinking is rebellion.

Your family is your kingdom. And if your kingdom is not growing, it is dying.

II. The Dominion Mandate: Fruitfulness as Faithfulness

God made man to rule, to build, and to expand. The household was created to be the epicenter of this dominion — a miniature kingdom under God’s greater rule.

The first command to man and woman was not about worship services or fasting rituals. It was about fertility and authority.

> “Be fruitful and multiply.”

This is God’s economy. His Kingdom grows through families, not through governments or programs. The covenantal expansion of God’s people comes through childbirth, headship, marriage, and inheritance.

A man is not faithful merely because he avoids scandal or attends church. He is faithful when he multiplies, when he fills the earth with godly seed, builds an enduring legacy, and structures his household to outlast him for generations.

This means real expansion — in:

Children

Wives

Land and property

Influence

Business and productivity

Generational faithfulness through sons and daughters-in-laws

Protection and headship over uncovered women

Political influence and dominion

Each of these are expressions of the dominion mandate.

III. The Curse of Shrinking Households

Modern households are shrinking. The average Western couple now has 1.2 children. Many Christians sterilize themselves with pride, calling it “wise family planning.” They limit the number of arrows in their quiver because they have conformed to the world’s fear and its idols of ease, entertainment, and wealth.

The result? A dying kingdom. A disobedient household. A sterile future.

> “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”

— Psalm 127:3

The man who refuses children is despising God’s reward. The man who refuses to expand his house is refusing stewardship of more inheritance, blessing, and responsibility. The man who resists influence, property, or responsibility is shrinking his domain. Whether he knows it or not, his kingdom is dying.

There is no neutral ground. You are either growing or declining.

IV. Biblical Polygyny: The Engine of Household Growth

One of the most powerful, God-ordained means of household growth is polygyny, the marriage of one man to multiple wives. Far from being a footnote or cultural anomaly, polygyny was a primary tool of expansion among the patriarchs.

Abraham, the father of the faith, had multiple wives and concubines.

Jacob had four wives and twelve sons — the heads of the twelve tribes of Israel.

David and Solomon, kings after God’s own appointment, had multiple wives (though Solomon’s excess in foreign women brought judgment).

Gideon, a judge raised up by the Lord, had many wives and seventy sons (Judges 8:30).

Polygyny, when governed by God’s law, is a righteous vehicle for dominion and growth. Each wife brings the potential for children, productivity, nurturing of future warriors and builders, and the expansion of the household’s legacy.

If a man is able, called, and ordered in righteousness, the taking of additional wives is not indulgence, it is obedience. It is the exercising of holy headship over more ground, more territory, and more fruitfulness.

> “And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.”

— Genesis 22:18

Seed multiplies through fruitful women. More wives = more seed. More seed = more blessing.

V. Household Expansion Through Generations

A household should not merely expand in the immediate generation — it must be built to multiply generationally.

This happens through:

Daughters-in-law, brought under the household’s law and culture

Grandchildren, raised in the same traditions, faith, and order

Sons, trained to lead, rule, and expand the house still further

The goal is not independence but continuity. Sons do not leave to start autonomous lives; they are trained to inherit and expand the household dominion. The patriarch must think 100 years ahead. He builds systems, expectations, and laws that will remain even after he is buried with his fathers.

> “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children.”

— Proverbs 13:22

VI. Expansion in Land, Wealth, and Influence

Abraham was blessed not just in children but in flocks, herds, servants, and land. The blessing of the Lord is multi-dimensional. A growing household also acquires:

Property — to establish territorial dominion

Businesses — to create economic strength and independence

Servants, laborers, and allies — to wield greater reach

Cultural influence — to shape communities, cities, and nations

In the biblical worldview, fruitfulness is material as well as spiritual. A household that grows only in theology but not in impact is malformed. God calls for men who multiply both the gospel and goats, both the Word and their wealth.

Even Christ framed the Kingdom in terms of growth and stewardship:

> “For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.”

— Matthew 25:29

The man who multiplies is rewarded. The man who maintains is cast out as lazy.

VII. Providing Headship to the Uncovered

Another vital form of household expansion is taking responsibility for the uncovered — women who are without godly headship.

Scripture is clear: women are not to be autonomous. They are to be under the authority of fathers or husbands (Numbers 30; Ephesians 5:22).

In a righteous society, widows, orphans, or divorced women are not left to drift. They are covered. Brought under headship. Given protection, law, and purpose.

In many cases, a patriarchal man may rightly expand his household by taking such a woman as an additional wife. This is a holy act — not of romance, but of rescue and governance. He provides her law. He disciplines her flesh. He integrates her into a structure she desperately needs, and which she was created for.

> “Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man… If she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers…”

— 1 Timothy 5:9–10

Paul’s instruction assumes that the Church takes responsibility for uncovered women, but only when no man will. The highest and most fitting place for such a woman is in a righteous man’s house.

A man who is able should not leave women uncovered. He should expand, for their good and for God’s glory.

VIII. The Example of the Patriarchs

Throughout Scripture and history, the righteous men, those who shaped nations and carried God’s promise — were not maintainers. They were builders and expanders.

Noah built an ark, saved a family, and repopulated the earth.

Abraham went out not knowing where he went and became the father of many nations.

Jacob multiplied through wives and sons and became Israel.

Moses led a people and gave them law.

David conquered territory and established a throne.

Nehemiah rebuilt the wall.

Paul planted churches across the empire.

Christ conquered sin and is building His Church.

The God-fearing man is always multiplying. Always expanding. Always thinking in dynasties and dominion. Never content with neutrality or pause.

> “Of the increase of His government and peace there shall be no end.”

— Isaiah 9:7

The kingdom of God increases. So must yours!

IX. Warning Against Shrinking and Excuses

The temptation for the modern man is retreat. He is told to “be content,” to “not overextend,” to “live modestly.” These can be good in context. But often, they are masks for cowardice, laziness, or outright disobedience.

“I can’t afford more children.” — But you trust God to save your soul?

“I’m not sure I could lead more than one wife.” — Then why are you leading at all?

“Our house isn’t big enough.” — Then why aren’t you building a bigger one?

“It’s too hard to manage a big household.” — Then grow up and learn.

God never promises ease. He promises blessing. And blessing follows obedience.

The faithful man expands even in famine. He builds in the face of chaos. He governs when others retreat. He takes headship where others make excuses.

> “And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great.”

— Genesis 26:13

This is the pattern of the patriarch.

X. Let the Righteous Multiply

This is the hour to rise. The time for compromise has ended. Your family is either marching toward dominion or dying in retreat.

Take wives. Raise children. Train sons. Rule over daughters. Bring in daughters-in-law. Gather grandchildren. Purchase land. Build businesses. Influence local Government. Shelter the uncovered. Preach the gospel. Plant orchards. Expand your tent.

> “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left…”

— Isaiah 54:2–3

This is the way of dominion.

This is the nature of God’s Kingdom.

This is the legacy of righteous men.

Let the patriarchs rise — and let their houses grow.

If your family is not growing, it is dying. Build, expand, multiply and Reign with Authority!

This is the Great Order!

Lord Redbeard