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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!

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Shavuot: The Festival of Weeks and the Receiving of the Law

May 30, 2025 Lord Redbeard 18 Comments

A Call to Return to the Mount of Covenant

“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath… even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the Lord.”
— Leviticus 23:15–16 (KJV)

Part I: Returning to Sinai — Rediscovering the Forgotten Feast

Among the appointed times of the Lord, Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks, stands as a monumental pillar in the divine calendar. It is not merely a commemoration; it is a covenantal summons. A time to remember not only what was given, but to renew what is demanded. Most know it vaguely as the day of Pentecost. Fewer still know its Hebrew origin. And even fewer live as though its significance has never waned. Yet the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob has not changed, and neither have His expectations.

Shavuot is the celebration of the giving of the Law; the Torah, on Mount Sinai. It is the marriage of YHWH and His people. It is the moment when slaves became a nation, when chaos became order, when freedom became responsibility. Shavuot is the mountain of fire, of thunder, of commandments etched by the very finger of God. It is, in truth, one of the holiest days in the Biblical calendar.

And yet, how many Christians today, who claim to love God with all their heart, have no idea what Shavuot even is?

In a world ruled by commercial holidays, pagan customs dressed in tinsel and eggshells, and empty pews echoing with powerless songs, it is time for the people of God to rise and remember. To honor what He has called “My feasts” (Leviticus 23:2). These are not “Jewish holidays.” They are YHWH’s appointed times. We are called to follow His calendar, covenants, and commandments.

Shavuot is not optional. It is an anchor. A flame. A banner of the covenant.

Let us ascend the mountain once more.

Part II: The Biblical Foundation of Shavuot

Commanded by God

The Feast of Weeks is first commanded in the Torah, appearing in multiple places with specific instructions:

“And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year’s end.”
— Exodus 34:22

“Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn: And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand…”
— Deuteronomy 16:9–10

These instructions are not vague or symbolic. They are specific and agricultural. From the first Sabbath after Passover, count seven Sabbaths (49 days), and on the next day, the 50th, Shavuot is to be observed. It is the capstone of the spring feasts, the conclusion of the “counting of the Omer,” and the revelation of law after the redemption of blood.

Shavuot follows Passover for a reason: deliverance comes first, then instruction. Freedom is not lawlessness, but rather a transfer of allegiance from Pharaoh to God. The redeemed must be ruled, or they will return to bondage. Shavuot is when that rule was given.

The Giving of the Torah

Shavuot marks the day when God descended upon Mount Sinai in fire and declared His holy law to His chosen nation:

“And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings… and mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire… and the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder…”
— Exodus 19:16–19

This was not a private vision. It was not a whisper in the ear of Moses alone. It was a national event, an audible revelation. The only time in history when an entire nation heard the voice of God together and lived.

“And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.”
— Deuteronomy 4:13

This covenant was not ceremonial. It was moral, eternal, and binding. It defined the nature of righteousness. It codified the law of heaven for earth. It was, and remains; the standard by which nations rise or fall.

Shavuot is the remembering of this giving. It is the renewing of this covenant. And it is a call to keep it.

Law vs. Ceremonial: What Still Applies?

One of the common errors of modern Christianity is to divide God’s law into neat little dispensational boxes and declare whole swaths of Scripture irrelevant. “We’re not under the law,” they say, confusing Paul’s rebuke of justification by the law with the abolition of the law itself.

But Scripture never abolishes the law of God. Rather, it reaffirms it repeatedly:

“Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.”
— Romans 3:31

“For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.”
— 1 John 5:3

There is a distinction, however, between the ceremonial law, such as animal sacrifices, temple rituals, and priestly garments; and the moral and civil law of the covenant. The ceremonial law pointed to the Messiah and was fulfilled in Him. But the commandments given at Sinai, the Ten Commandments and the statutes which interpret and expand them, are eternal.

Shavuot is not a ceremonial shadow. It is not a dead tradition. It is a commanded celebration of the giving of God’s eternal instruction for life. As long as we still need instruction, as long as sin and righteousness exist, then so too does the need for the law. And the day that commemorates its giving is not obsolete, but essential.

Part III: Shavuot in the New Testament – Pentecost and the Spirit of the Law

Shavuot was not abolished by the New Covenant. It was fulfilled in a deeper way, by the Spirit writing the law upon the hearts of the believers.

“And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
— Acts 2:1

The word “Pentecost” simply means “fiftieth.” It is the Greek name for Shavuot, celebrated by faithful Jews all over the Roman Empire. On that very day, the day commemorating the giving of the Torah, the Holy Spirit was poured out, and the Law was written upon hearts instead of just stone.

“But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel… I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts…”
— Jeremiah 31:33

“A new heart also will I give you… and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
— Ezekiel 36:26–27

Pentecost was not the rejection of the law. It was the internalization of it. The Spirit did not replace the Torah, the Spirit enabled obedience to it.

Thus, Shavuot is both Old and New Covenant. It is the day the Law was given externally, and the day it began to be written internally. It is the marriage of Word and Spirit, and it is as relevant now as it was on the heights of Sinai.

Part IV: The Symbolism of the Offering — Two Loaves and the Firstfruits

“Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.”
— Leviticus 23:17

The most peculiar offering required for Shavuot is not without meaning. The two loaves of leavened bread offered during this feast represent a profound spiritual truth, one often overlooked by the modern reader.

In contrast to the Feast of Unleavened Bread, during which all leaven (a symbol of sin) was to be purged, here we find an offering with leaven. Two loaves, both waved before the Lord, consecrated as firstfruits. What does this mean?

These loaves symbolize the two houses, Judah and Ephraim, both offered, both sinful, yet both made acceptable through the sanctifying work of God. They represent the beginning of a harvest, not the fullness of it. The loaves are not perfect, but they are set apart. This is not the end, but the start.

The presence of leaven in the offering reminds us that we are a work in progress. We are not yet glorified, yet we are still presented before God as part of His redemptive harvest. Just as the giving of the Law marked the birth of Israel as a nation, so the outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost (Shavuot) marked the birth of the Church, both houses united in faith under one King, Messiah Yahusha (Jesus).

The Shavuot offering, therefore, is more than agricultural, it is covenantal. It is not just about wheat and flour, but about people and promise. God is building a kingdom, and the firstfruits are only the beginning.

Part V: Shavuot as a Covenant Marriage Between YHWH and Israel

One of the most powerful themes of Shavuot is that of marriage. Sinai was not just the place where God gave laws. It was the place where He entered into covenant with His people. It was, in effect, a wedding ceremony between YHWH and his people Israel.

“Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people…”
— Exodus 19:5

“And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.”
— Exodus 19:8

These words mirror the ancient structure of a betrothal agreement. God declared His intentions, His requirements, and His blessings. The people agreed to the terms. Blood was shed (Exodus 24:8). A meal was eaten (Exodus 24:11). The covenant was sealed.

Jeremiah later confirms this relationship:

“Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you…”
— Jeremiah 3:14

This covenant-marriage is renewed in the New Covenant as well, not abolished, but extended. In Ephesians 5, Paul reveals that the marriage between Christ and the Church mirrors the relationship between YHWH and Israel. Christ is the Husband, the Head, the Giver of the Word. The Church is the wife, the helpmeet, the one who submits to and keeps the commandments.

Shavuot, then, is not just the giving of law. It is the sealing of a relationship. It is the declaration of headship and submission, of order and obedience. It is the formalization of divine dominion over a people. Just as marriage is the foundation of the household, Shavuot is the foundation of the covenant household of God.

If we do not honor the anniversary of this marriage, then we are like a bride who forgets her wedding day. We forget the vows, the covenant, and we forget the law.

Let us remember!

Part VI: Modern Applications — Why and How We Keep Shavuot Today

Some will ask, “How can we keep Shavuot today? We have no temple. We cannot offer sacrifices. Is this feast even possible?”

The answer is yes, resoundingly so. Shavuot, like all the appointed times, was never only about ritual. It was always about remembrance, renewal, obedience, and rejoicing. While the ceremonial aspects (such as the animal sacrifices and priestly rites) are fulfilled in Christ, the moral and covenantal aspects endure.

Here is how we apply Shavuot today in the context of The Great Order—restoring the Biblical household under divine law:

1. Counting the Omer

Begin by counting the days from the Sabbath after Passover until the fiftieth day. This counting is a spiritual discipline. It builds anticipation. It reminds us that God’s law does not arrive instantly but is sought after diligently.

“Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.” — Psalm 119:2

2. Teach the Law

Shavuot is the season to recommit to God’s commandments. Fathers should gather their households and teach the Ten Commandments afresh. Read Exodus 19–20, Deuteronomy 5–6, and Psalm 119. Instruct sons. Encourage daughters. Review household laws. Reaffirm family order. Let this day renew the household covenant.

3. Gather as Households and Tribes

Though scattered, we are still a people. Gather with fellow believers. If there is no local assembly walking in truth, gather your household alone, but do not neglect the assembly if it exists. Break bread. Pray. Read Scripture. Rejoice.

4. Feast with Rejoicing

Shavuot is a feast! Prepare food. Bake bread. Roast meat. Drink wine. It is a day of covenant joy. Sing songs of praise. Honor the Lawgiver.

“Thou shalt keep the feast of weeks… and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter…”
— Deuteronomy 16:10–11

5. Wave Loaves of Bread

While we no longer present offerings in the temple, we may still wave two loaves before the Lord as a symbolic remembrance. Let the household head present them as a sign of dedication: “We are Yours, O Lord. Accept us as firstfruits.”

6. Celebrate Firstfruits

Give a special offering of the household increase, whether money, grain, garden produce, or goods. Set it aside for the work of the Kingdom. Shavuot is about the beginning of increase.

7. Renew the Marriage Covenant

Let married couples renew their covenant before God. Just as Shavuot celebrates the covenant marriage between God and Israel, so too should earthly marriages be renewed. Men, declare your covering and duty to lead. Wives, declare your submission and support. Teach the children by example.

Part VII: Celebration Ideas for the Household

Here are practical and joyful ways to celebrate Shavuot in your household and community:

Decorate with Wheat and Harvest Symbols: Use sheaves, grain, and firstfruits as visual reminders.
Create a Family Torah Scroll: Have the children help write or illustrate the Ten Commandments.
Host a Torah Reading Night: Invite other families for a public reading of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 6.
Prepare a Covenant Feast: Include dairy dishes (a Jewish tradition representing “milk and honey”), meat, and fresh bread.
Hold a Firelighting Ceremony: Remember the fire of Mount Sinai by lighting candles or a bonfire at sunset.
Scripture Memory Challenge: Teach children to memorize the Ten Commandments.
Tell the Story of Pentecost: Read Acts 2 and discuss the giving of the Spirit and its connection to the Law.
Symbolic Loaf Presentation: Present two loaves of leavened bread as a household offering to the Lord.

These celebrations are not merely cultural. They are covenantal. They are how we shape a family that walks in divine order. A family that remembers, and obeys.

Part VIII: Shavuot and the Restoration of Dominion

The modern church, having divorced herself from the law of her Husband, wanders in the wilderness without compass or covenant. She has forgotten Sinai. She has despised Torah, and sings of freedom but recoils from responsibility. She waves banners of grace but spits on the very foundation of that grace, the law that defines sin (Romans 7:7) and righteousness (Deuteronomy 6:25).

Shavuot is the antidote to this amnesia. It is the flame that lights the way back to dominion.

The Law and Dominion

Adam was given dominion, but without law, dominion becomes tyranny. It becomes chaos. The law of God is the blueprint for holy dominion. It is the constitution of heaven, meant to be enacted upon the earth. A man cannot rule his house rightly apart from the statutes of YHWH. A nation cannot prosper apart from the commandments of God.

“And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.”
— Deuteronomy 6:25

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”
— Psalm 33:12

When we keep Shavuot, we are declaring our allegiance not to man-made constitutions, but to the unchanging Word of the King of kings. We are not merely remembering history, we are aligning with His hierarchy, His headship, and His order.

A man who celebrates Shavuot as the receiving of divine law is a man who declares war against humanism, feminism, statism, and relativism. He is a man who says, “As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).

This is the kind of man that builds The Great Order.

Shavuot and the National Identity of Israel

Let us speak plainly. The modern church has embraced a globalist lie. She sees herself as disconnected from Israel, despite Paul’s clear teaching that we are grafted into the olive tree (Romans 11), and heirs of the covenants (Ephesians 2:12–13). Shavuot is the perfect litmus test. If a man rejects it, he rejects the covenant that birthed the nation of Israel. He rejects the moment God said, “I take you as My people, and I will be your God” (Exodus 6:7; cf. Exodus 19:5–6).

To restore our people, our households, our dominion, we must reclaim our identity. We are not Greeks, nor Romans, and we are not secular Americans. We are the people of God, a holy nation, we are Israel and subject to her King.

And the King gave us a law.

Shavuot is not just a feast day. It is Independence Day for the righteous. It is Constitution Day for the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. It is the covenant day for the nation under God.

If we want to see restoration; true, lasting, generational restoration, we must begin where the ancient nation began: at the foot of the mountain, where fire met stone, and stone met flesh, and covenant met blood.

A Vision for the Future: Shavuot in a Righteous Nation

Let us imagine it, Lord Redbeard. Let us see it.

A land where every household marks the days from Passover to Pentecost, not with pagan eggs or chocolate bunnies, but with sacred reverence. Where fathers teach their children to count each day in anticipation of the giving of the Law. Where, on the fiftieth day, thousands of Christian families, Bibles in hand, bread loaves on their tables, gather in fields and sanctuaries to hear the Ten Commandments read aloud once more.

A nation where lawmakers write legislation informed by the Law of Moses, not by the whims of degenerates or the trends of democracy. Where education begins with the fear of God. Where national leaders swear fealty not to the Constitution of 1787, but to the unchanging law of the Almighty God.

Where Pentecost is not a day for shouting and falling over, but a day for law and order, for discipline and dominion, for righteous covenantal hierarchy restored.

In this nation, this restored Israel, the household becomes the first government. The father becomes the first lawgiver. The mother, the first teacher, and the family feasts not in idleness, but in thanksgiving for the law that makes freedom possible.

This is what Shavuot demands. And this is what it empowers.

Part IX: Let the Patriarchs Rise at Shavuot

Men of God, this is your charge. Return to the mountain, climb it, take your wife and children with you. Read the commandments aloud in your house. Teach your sons to wield them like swords. Train your daughters to love them like jewels. Let the law be upon your doorposts, your gates, your hearts, your lips.

Shavuot is not for the weak, but for the righteous. It is not for the rebellious, but for the obedient. It is not for the lawless, but for the kingdom-builders, the patriarchs, the priest-kings who govern in the fear of YHWH.

Let this feast be a line in the sand. Let it be the turning point for your household. Let it be the day you stop making excuses and start making disciples. Let it be the moment you bind the commandments to your hands and head (Deuteronomy 6:8), and build your domain on the rock of the Word.

Do not let Shavuot pass like another day, It is not tradition. It is a holy convocation, commanded by the living God, not optional, not spiritualized, not canceled by grace.

You were not saved from Egypt to wander. You were saved to rule!

Final Word: Shavuot is Our Standard

“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”
— Psalm 19:7

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.”
— Proverbs 29:18

The Great Order will not come through politics alone. It will not come through slogans or movements. It will come through households returning to Sinai. It will come through men who reclaim the law, teach it, live it, and celebrate it.

Shavuot is that opportunity. Once a year, every year, God gives us this reminder: I redeemed you by blood (Passover), now serve Me by law (Shavuot). It is the foundation of covenant life.

Celebrate it. Teach it. Build upon it.

Let the fire of Sinai burn in your bones. Let the commandments thunder from your tongue. Let the Spirit write the law upon your heart.

And let every household in your domain say:

“All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.”

Shavuot Celebration Summary for Patriarchs:

Date: The day after the 7th Sabbath following Passover (the 50th day)
Focus: The giving of the Law at Mount Sinai
Scriptures to Read: Exodus 19–20, Deuteronomy 5–6, Acts 2, Jeremiah 31
Symbols: Two leavened loaves, wheat, fire, stone tablets
Practices:
- Count the Omer with the household
- Teach and read the Ten Commandments
- Prepare a covenant feast
- Wave two loaves before the Lord
- Give a firstfruits offering
- Renew marriage and household covenants
- Rejoice with song, Scripture, food, and family
Spiritual Application: Renew your household’s covenant with YHWH; receive again the Law; walk in dominion
Household Theme: “We are the firstfruits of His increase” (Jeremiah 2:3)

Let The Great Order rise again!

Holidays, Religion, Social Topics

The Pagan Roots of Modern Holidays: A Call to Reject Satan’s Calendar

May 28, 2025 Lord Redbeard 23 Comments

In a world governed by deception, even the calendar has been corrupted. Days that are exalted by the world — Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and many others are not innocent traditions or cultural expressions. They are deeply rooted in idolatry, witchcraft, and pagan worship. These holidays, far from honoring God, are subtle instruments of Satan used to seduce the masses, including professing Christians, into participation in evil.

This post is not a gentle suggestion. It is a prophetic rebuke and a call to the remnant: Come out of her, My people. Reject the unclean thing. Cleanse your households from the calendar of devils, and build your life around the holy rhythms of God’s order, not man’s rebellion.

I. The Deception of Christianized Paganism

What happens when the church begins to adopt the practices of the world, baptizing them with Christian language? What happens when idolatry is cloaked in nativity scenes, and sun-god festivals are rebranded as “celebrating the resurrection”?

You get modern Christendom.

The Bible is clear:

> “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them… and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God…”

— Deuteronomy 12:30–31

God does not accept worship on man’s terms. He demands to be worshiped according to His Word. The so-called “Christian” holidays are nothing less than syncretism — the mixing of holy and profane. And the Lord will not share His glory with another (Isaiah 42:8).

II. Christmas: The Worship of Tammuz in Disguise

Most Christians assume that Christmas is about the birth of Christ. But even a basic historical investigation reveals that December 25th was never the birth date of Jesus. It was the ancient date of the winter solstice and a holy day for countless pagan sun gods.

Saturnalia (Rome): A week-long orgy of feasting, drunkenness, gift-giving, and debauchery in honor of Saturn.

Sol Invictus (Mithraism): December 25th was the celebration of the “Unconquered Sun,” the rebirth of the sun god.

Tammuz (Babylon): The yule log, evergreen tree, and mistletoe all trace back to Babylonian fertility and sun worship.

> “Thus saith the Lord… learn not the way of the heathen… for the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest… they deck it with silver and with gold…”

— Jeremiah 10:2–4

Does this not describe the modern Christmas tree? What fellowship has Christ with Baal? What place does the Holy Child have with the altar of Tammuz? No matter how many carols are sung, no matter how many crosses are placed on top of the tree, the roots are pagan and the fruit is rotten.

III. Easter: The Goddess of Fertility and the Abomination of the Egg

The word “Easter” itself is derived from Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, and war. The traditions associated with this day, eggs, rabbits, sunrise services are not Christian, but fertility rites from ancient idolatrous religions.

Eggs were used in pagan rituals as symbols of rebirth and fertility.

Rabbits were sacred to the fertility goddess because of their prolific breeding.

Sunrise services were held to greet the sun god as he was “reborn.”

Even the timing of Easter is based on the pagan lunar calendar, not Scripture. The Passover, which Christ fulfilled, is fixed in the biblical calendar (Leviticus 23). Yet instead of celebrating Passover, most Christians observe a day dedicated to Ishtar and call it “Resurrection Sunday.”

This is not just ignorance. It is rebellion. It is the violation of the second commandment. The Lord said:

> “Ye shall not make unto you any graven image… Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them…”

— Exodus 20:4–5

Easter is the profaning of Christ’s resurrection by mixing it with the altars of paganism. The risen King is not honored by eggs, bunnies, or sun worship. He is honored by obedience.

IV. Valentine’s Day: The Festival of Lust

Marketed as a day of romance and affection, Valentine’s Day is in reality a repackaged version of the ancient Roman festival Lupercalia, a fertility celebration involving sexual rituals, animal sacrifice, and drunken revelry.

Priests called Luperci would sacrifice goats and dogs.

Strips of hide were dipped in blood and used to strike women, supposedly to increase fertility.

Random coupling and sexual promiscuity marked the day.

What communion has this with the Biblical standard of love — a holy, covenantal, self-sacrificial love rooted in God’s law? What does this day teach young men and women? It teaches emotionalism, sensuality, and lust. It glorifies fornication under the pretense of “love.”

Biblical love is not eros. It is agape — defined by truth and holiness:

> “Love is the fulfilling of the law.”

— Romans 13:10

Valentine’s Day is the celebration of lawlessness. It elevates feelings over obedience and seduces hearts into thinking that emotional intimacy outside covenant is good. This is not Christian. It is the doctrine of demons.

V. Halloween: The High Sabbath of Satan

There is no holiday more openly demonic than Halloween, yet even many professing Christians justify letting their children dress up and participate in this festival of death. Let us be clear: Halloween is not innocent fun. It is the modern echo of Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival marking the beginning of the “dark half” of the year.

It is a day where the “veil” between the living and the dead is said to be thinnest.

Witches and occultists still practice divination and spellcasting on this night.

Human and animal sacrifices were historically offered.

The costumes, jack-o-lanterns, haunted houses, and obsession with gore and fear are not accidental. They are a satanic inversion of all that is good and holy. God is a God of light, not darkness. A God of life, not death. A God of peace, not terror.

> “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

— Ephesians 5:11

Halloween is not neutral. It is evil. Participating in it, even in a sanitized form, is giving honor to the kingdom of darkness. It is spiritual adultery.

VI. Other Pagan and National Holidays: Mammon and Idolatry

While the “big four” holidays (Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s, Halloween) are the most egregious, many other days in the modern calendar are equally compromised.

Mother’s Day & Father’s Day

These were not instituted by God but by secular governments, often rooted in feminist and humanist ideologies. The Scripture commands daily honor of parents (Exodus 20:12). We do not need a man-made holiday to obey God’s law — and certainly not one shaped by feminist activism (as Mother’s Day was).

Independence Day, Memorial Day, and Nationalism

While there is nothing wrong with appreciating godly government and liberty, modern patriotic holidays often exalt the state over God. The flag becomes the altar, the fallen soldier becomes the savior, and nationalism becomes a new religion. Many Christians are more passionate about the Constitution than the Kingdom.

> “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.”

— Exodus 20:3

New Year’s Day

The Gregorian calendar, established by Pope Gregory XIII, reset the start of the year to January 1 — a day historically linked to the god Janus, the two-faced deity of beginnings and endings. God’s calendar, as laid out in Scripture (Exodus 12:2), begins in the spring, in Nisan.

To celebrate the new year on Jan. 1 is to align with papal tradition and pagan cycles, not the appointed times of the Lord.

VII. God’s Calendar vs. Satan’s Calendar

The modern holiday system is not random. It is a well-crafted counterfeit designed by the enemy to replace God’s appointed times — His feasts, His Sabbaths, His seasons of worship.

> “These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.”

— Leviticus 23:4

God gave His people a calendar of worship:

Passover: To remember deliverance.

Unleavened Bread: To purge sin.

Firstfruits: To celebrate provision.

Pentecost: To commemorate law and Spirit.

Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles: To prepare for judgment and glory.

But the church today knows nothing of these. Instead, they honor Ishtar and Saturn, Lupercus and Samhain. This is no small matter. This is covenantal treason.

VIII. The Consequences of Compromise

Participation in pagan holidays is not a matter of Christian liberty. It is spiritual adultery. It is invoking the wrath of God upon yourself and your household.

It dulls spiritual discernment.

It trains your children to love the world.

It mocks the holiness of God.

God is not pleased by “well-meaning” idolatry. The golden calf in Exodus 32 was not made in defiance — it was made as a “feast unto the LORD.” And yet the wrath of God burned hot against it.

> “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils.”

— 1 Corinthians 10:21

The church today is drunk on both. A little nativity with a little Tammuz. A little resurrection with a little Ishtar. A little “fun” with a little Samhain. But God says: You must choose.

IX. What Must We Do?

1. Repent — Confess your participation in these false feasts and turn from them.

2. Cleanse your calendar — Remove these days from your home. Do not decorate. Do not attend. Do not acknowledge them.

3. Teach your children — Raise them to honor God’s calendar, not Satan’s.

4. Celebrate God’s appointed times — Relearn the feasts of the Lord.

5. Warn others — Call the church to repentance. Be a voice crying in the wilderness.

X. Let the Holy People Be Set Apart

We are not of this world. We are not called to blend in. We are called to be holy, set apart, a peculiar people. Our calendar must reflect our King. The days we honor reveal the kingdom we serve.

> “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers… come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing…”

— 2 Corinthians 6:14–17

Do not let your household walk in the rhythm of demons. Let your days, your celebrations, and your seasons be ruled by Scripture, not by sorcery.

Conclusion: The Call to Purity

God is restoring a remnant. A people who reject compromise. A people who will not mix Baal with Yahweh. A people who know that worship is war. If you want your household to walk in blessing, you must cleanse your calendar.

Let the world rage. Let the church mock. Let the pagans howl.

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord — not Ishtar, not Tammuz, not Cupid, not Janus. We will not keep the feast of devils. We will not offer our children on the altars of culture. We will keep the feasts of the Lord.

Let the true holy days be restored. Let the righteous calendar be rebuilt. Let the sons of God rise in purity, power, and order.

Soli Deo Gloria.

History, Politics, Religion, Social Topics

A Vote Against Order: Why Women Were Not Meant to Govern, Or Vote

May 26, 2025 Lord Redbeard 20 Comments

“As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.”
— Isaiah 3:12

The ballot box has become an altar of modern idolatry. At it, masses gather not to enthrone Christ, but to legitimize rebellion. Democracy, untethered from righteousness, becomes mob rule. And when the mob is led by emotions rather than eternal truth, when the passions of women, ungoverned by male headship, flood the halls of power, we should not be surprised when order collapses and nations descend into chaos.

This is not a minor matter. This is not political theory. This is about authority, order, and the covenantal structure of God’s creation.

I. Biblical Authority and the Principle of Headship

From the beginning, God established a chain of command. Man was made first, then woman (1 Timothy 2:13). Adam was created to lead, govern, and guard. Eve was created as a helper, under his direction. She was not tasked with dominion directly—but with assisting her husband in his calling.

“But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man…”
— 1 Corinthians 11:3

Voting is not neutral. It is not merely a civic act, it is an act of dominion. To vote is to rule, to select leaders, to set policy, to shape the future. This is inherently a masculine duty. In Scripture, all dominion tasks are given to men, eldership, kingship, priesthood, judgment, warfare, governance.

No woman in the Bible was ever called to rule over men. Even Deborah’s brief presence in the Book of Judges is a condemnation, not a commendation. Her leadership came because the men had failed—not because God desired it.

“I arose a mother in Israel.” — Judges 5:7

Deborah did not glory in her authority. She lamented the state of the nation and functioned more as a prophetess than a governor. Her very presence in that role was a judgment upon Israel’s disorder.

II. Voting as an Exercise of Rule

Voting, especially in modern republics, is the mechanism by which the public exercises civil authority. But under God’s order, women were never given this authority, not in the family, not in the church, not in the state.

We are not left to guess what God thinks of women ruling.

“As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them…”
— Isaiah 3:12

This is not a blessing. It is a curse.

Let it be stated plainly: the vote is a symbol of rule. And rule belongs to men. A woman casting a vote apart from her husband’s covering, direction, and headship is a rebellion against this order.

Just as a wife must not usurp authority in the home or church (1 Timothy 2:12), she must not be given political power independent of her husband’s rule.

III. The Historical Witness: Women’s Suffrage and Social Collapse

Let us be clear: the call for women’s suffrage was not birthed in holiness, but in humanism and rebellion.

The 19th and 20th century feminist movements, including the push for the vote, were spearheaded by God-hating, authority-rejecting women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Margaret Sanger, who not only rejected biblical womanhood, but also mocked Scripture, promoted sexual libertinism, and sought the destruction of the family as it had stood for millennia.

They knew what they were doing. The vote was not the end goal, it was the first tool. Once women gained the vote, they did not use it to uphold order. They used it to elect leaders who promised security over responsibility, emotion over justice, and entitlement over duty. The welfare state, no-fault divorce, abortion on demand, and the explosion of anti-family policies were all hastened by the female vote.

Statistically, it is well-documented that women, on average, vote more liberally than men. Women are more likely to vote for bigger government, for social programs that reward dependency, and for candidates that appeal to emotion rather than law.

This is not because women are stupid. It is because they are designed to be nurturers, not rulers. Women are created to serve in the private sphere of the household, not the public arena of governance. When they are placed in the realm of policy, war, and judgment—realms that require justice and finality—they are out of place. And the whole nation suffers for it.

IV. What Was Lost: The Era Before Feminist Democracy

Before women’s suffrage, the Western world flourished under Christian civilization. Families were large. Nations were strong. Churches had power. The household was productive. And the woman’s glory was her home, not her ballot.

In Colonial America, Christian commonwealths like Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay upheld God’s law as supreme. Women could not vote, not because they were degraded, but because their role was sacred and protected. They governed their homes under their husbands’ rule. Men bore the weight of lawmaking and nation-building, and women focused on raising future rulers.

This pattern held true across centuries of Christendom. In Geneva under Calvin, in Puritan England, in early America—the vote was a burden of responsibility borne by men who were expected to rule their households well and represent them publicly.

Even in the Roman Republic, voting and office-holding were strictly male responsibilities. It was understood, even by pagans, that a nation could not endure when governed by emotion, sentiment, or soft rule.

V. Practical Application in a Decayed Democracy

We are no longer living in Christendom. The Christian man finds himself now in Babylon, a decaying empire where Jezebel sits in the halls of power and votes are offered to Molech.

In this context, some Christian husbands may ask: Should I allow my wife to vote?

The answer must begin with this: she must not vote as an autonomous individual. If she votes, it must be under your direction, according to your conscience, as your delegate, not as a free agent.

This is not ideal. But we are not in an ideal system. We are in exile.

If a godly husband decides that it is strategically wise for his wife to cast a ballot under his authority, as an extension of his household’s voice in a corrupted system, this is not a violation of headship. This is wartime logistics.

But let no Christian wife imagine that her right to vote is derived from the Constitution rather than the covenant. Her suffrage is not personal, it is patriarchal. And if she votes apart from her husband’s explicit direction and permission, she sins.

Just as Eve should not have dialogued with the serpent without Adam, no Christian wife should engage in political decision-making without her husband’s covering.

“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”
— Ephesians 5:22

VI. Restoring the Household as the Political Unit

Under Biblical law, the household is the basic unit of dominion—not the individual. This is why ancient Israel was organized by tribes and households. Men represented their families at the city gates.

“Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.”
— Proverbs 31:23

God’s pattern has always been covenantal and familial, not democratic and individualistic. The father, as the head of his house, bears the responsibility to speak, act, and rule on behalf of his wife and children. This includes religious life, economic life, and civil engagement.

The modern individualistic vote atomizes the household, fractures unity, and empowers children and wives to act in rebellion against the father’s leadership. A daughter may vote against her father’s values. A wife may cancel her husband’s vote at the polls. A household becomes a civil war.

This is not the way of the Lord.

In the Great Order, the household speaks with one voice, under one head. Whether in private worship or public witness, the patriarch governs, and the family follows.

VII. Let the Women Return to Strength

To say a woman should not vote is not to say she is weak. Quite the opposite. It is to return her to her proper sphere of dominion: the home. Scripture does not silence women—it dignifies them by placing them where their gifts bear fruit.

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

Let her build. Let her nurture. Let her train the next generation of rulers. This is real dominion—not illusionary political participation.

The modern woman may boast of her vote, but her home lies in ruins. Her womb is barren. Her children are strangers. Her marriage is shattered. What has the vote gained her? A louder voice in a collapsing civilization.

Christian woman, you are not called to vote, you are called to obey. You are not called to campaign, you are called to build. You are not called to legislate, you are called to labor in love.

Return to your first ministry: the home. Rejoice in your place. Your crown is not political power—it is children, submission, and faithfulness.

“Not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.”
— 1 Timothy 2:9–10

VIII. The Way Forward: Order in Exile

The Christian man today must walk wisely. He must navigate a hostile culture with clarity and conviction. Though the world has made voting a right, he must remember that his household operates under heaven’s laws, not man’s.

So:

If your wife desires to vote, teach her. Lead her. If permitted, let her vote only in submission to your headship, and according to righteousness.
If you abstain from voting altogether, so be it, but ensure your abstention is principled, not passive.
Train your sons to rule. Teach them that voting is not a birthright but a duty of headship. One day, they will carry the weight of representing your house.
Teach your daughters that their strength is not in influence over men, but in obedience to God and service to their homes.

And above all—build. Build households that defy feminism by their very existence. Build homes where ballots are irrelevant, because God’s Word rules.

IX. Conclusion: Votes Fade—But Order Remains

The vote is a flicker. A civilization may be won or lost at the ballot box, but it is built or destroyed at the dinner table. The true power is in the household. And the household thrives only under God’s order.

Let the feminists rage. Let the statists mock. Let the weak men surrender. We will not!

We are not interested in permission from Washington. We have a mandate from the Word.

Women were not created to rule, but to reflect the glory of their husbands, to nurture life, and to model godly submission.

Let the households of God stand tall once more, with fathers who rule, mothers who build, and children who obey.

Let the Great Order rise again!

“He that ruleth his house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity… For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?”
— 1 Timothy 3:4–5

Soli Deo Gloria.

Polygamy, Religion, Social Topics

“The Last Rodeo” —A Stirring Testament to Headship, Legacy, and the Restoration of God’s Order

May 25, 2025 Lord Redbeard 18 Comments

Movie Review by: Lord Redbeard

The Last Rodeo is not merely a film, it is a providential parable draped in denim and dust, a cry from the heart of America’s dying masculine spirit, and a timely call to restore the righteous headship of the patriarch in a generation gone astray.

Joe Wainwright, played masterfully by Neal McDonough, embodies the kind of man our world desperately lacks: a weathered but unbroken patriarch willing to bleed for his household. After losing his beloved wife to cancer, Joe is left alone; grieving not just the loss of a woman, but the collapse of the ordered home she helped him maintain. With no additional wives to bear the burden of mothering his still-young daughter, the structure of his household was fractured. A man should never leave his family, certainly not his children with a single pillar of support. That is the painful lesson quietly tucked in the background of Joe’s story.

His daughter, now grown, bears the scars of this imbalance.

Lacking a mother’s guidance and nurture, especially in those tender years, she grows into a woman unwed, unsupported, and spiritually adrift. It is not hard to see how the absence of feminine reinforcement under male headship left her vulnerable, unequipped to discern or submit to a worthy man.

In this vacuum, Joe steps in once again as head, not just as father, but as surrogate husband in terms of protection and provision, bearing the weight his daughter’s own absent husband should have carried.

This is Biblical patriarchy in action: a father refusing to relinquish responsibility, even when the structure below him falters. Joe does not pity himself. He rises, acts, and reclaims dominion. That is the true measure of a man, not his ease, but his endurance; not his wealth, but his willingness to suffer for those under his care.

And suffer he does. The script does not sugarcoat the emotional ache of widowhood, nor the isolation a man feels when he has no one to comfort him. One wife, no matter how precious, cannot carry the burden of a lifetime alone. This is the unspoken cost of monogamy, especially in an age when men are expected to go it alone after a loss.

Joe has no other wife to manage the house, to care for him, to counsel him, to help steward his daughter, or simply to sit with him in silence as he mourns. That loneliness haunts the film, and rightfully so. It is a quiet indictment of the one-woman-only tradition that has left many patriarchs exposed.

No patriarch walks alone, and The Last Rodeo wisely includes a figure often forgotten in today’s hyper-individualistic narratives, the faithful friend. Joe’s companion throughout the film (Charlie) is not merely comic relief or a background prop; he is a pillar in Joe’s lonely world, a living reminder that masculine headship thrives best in brotherhood.

While Joe shoulders the burdens of grief, provision, and legacy, Charlie stands beside him with quiet strength, offering counsel, encouragement, and a kind of spiritual camaraderie that every man needs. This man is not his wife, nor a replacement for her, he is something distinct and vitally necessary: a fellow patriarch who reinforces rather than competes. He listens without emasculating Joe, advises without undermining, and supports without usurping.

In an age when most men are isolated and stripped of godly male fellowship, Charlie models the kind of masculine loyalty that mirrors the brotherhood of David and Jonathan, loyal unto death, bound not by blood but by principle. He is the friend that Proverbs 18:24 speaks of: “there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.”

When Joe doubts, his friend steadies him. When Joe wavers, his friend nudges him forward. When Joe prepares for his final ride, Charlie is there, not to stop him, but to see him through. His presence testifies to the reality that true masculinity is not solitary bravado, but a covenantal network of men who fear God, bear burdens, and strengthen one another’s resolve.

In a world that has all but erased male friendship rooted in virtue and purpose, Charlie’s quiet faithfulness is a blazing reminder: no patriarch should lead alone. And if we are to restore the Great Order, we must not only raise up strong men, but surround them with brothers willing to hold them up when their arms grow weary.

God honors responsibility. Joe is not rewarded because of ease or worldly privilege, he is rewarded because he acts as a man ought. He steps into the ring; literally and figuratively, to win back a future for his grandson. The surgery his grandson needs seems impossible, but Joe puts his life on the line in one last act of sacrificial headship. And through his courage and obedience, God makes a way.

Just like Abraham raised the knife in obedience before God stayed his hand, Joe takes the ride, trusting in Providence. And Providence delivers. The funds for the surgery come, not through government handouts or pity, but through the dignity of labor and the fierce loyalty of a grandfather who refuses to abandon his post.

The Last Rodeo reminds us that the household is God’s holy institution, and when a man dares to act in faith, by stepping into headship, by protecting, providing, and persevering, God honors that faith. Joe’s story is not one of perfection, but of order being restored one act at a time. He reclaims what was broken by taking hold of what he never should have let go, his role as patriarch, even when it costs him everything.

Health, Religion, Science

Daily Bread: The Sacred Duty of the Godly Wife

May 24, 2025 Lord Redbeard 38 Comments

Restoring the Dignity of Provision, One Loaf at a Time

In an age of fast food, artificial ingredients, and microwave meals, the holy rhythm of daily bread has been forgotten. Supermarkets boast aisles of pre-sliced, sugar-filled bread in plastic bags that can sit for weeks without molding—evidence not of nourishment, but of chemical preservation and spiritual neglect. This is not progress. It is decay.

But in the house of the righteous, order must return—and with it, the smell of flour, yeast, and truth rising warm from the oven.

I. Bread in the Bible: A Symbol of Provision, Presence, and Prayer

Throughout Scripture, bread is not a side dish—it is a symbol of life itself. When God fed Israel in the wilderness, He gave them manna—heavenly bread—daily. When Elijah was in despair, the Lord restored him not with words alone, but with fresh bread baked on hot stones (1 Kings 19:6). And when Christ taught His disciples to pray, He commanded, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11).

Bread is covenantal. It is sacred. The priests of Israel kept the “showbread” before the Lord in the temple as a sign of God’s ongoing presence (Leviticus 24:5–9). Christ Himself declared, “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). And when He offered His body, He broke bread and gave it to His disciples. Bread is not empty ritual. It is revelation.

For the godly wife, this is more than symbolic. Her daily baking becomes a holy rhythm—her hands kneading out not just dough, but love, loyalty, and legacy.

“She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household.” – Proverbs 31:15

The modern woman may mock. But the Proverbs 31 woman bakes.

II. The Historical Norm: Women and the Sacred Task of Breadmaking

For millennia, the hearth was the heart of the home—and breadmaking was the crown of a woman’s daily labor. From ancient Israel to early America, from agrarian Europe to the pioneers of the frontier, women fed their households by rising early, grinding grain, preparing dough, and baking loaves.

It was not seen as drudgery. It was honored as duty. Bread was not an accessory to meals—it was the meal. Thick slices of whole wheat bread, eaten with soups, stews, or buttered with lard and honey, gave strength to farmers, soldiers, children, and builders.

In early America, meat was scarce, sugar was rare, and convenience did not exist. But the people were stronger, leaner, and more enduring. They ate what they grew, stored what they harvested, and baked their own bread. And it was the wife who governed that economy with grace and grit.

Modern feminists mock this labor. But God honors it.

A woman who bakes bread daily testifies to her dominion, her foresight, her affection. She brings rhythm to the household and substance to the table. She does not rely on preservatives, factories, or government supply chains. She creates, she blesses, she builds.

III. The Nutritional Reality: Whole Bread Nourishes, Store-Bought Bread Poisons

Modern “bread” is a fraud.

Most commercial loaves are not bread in any biblical or historical sense. They are loaded with refined sugar, bleached flour, hydrogenated oils, soy lecithin, emulsifiers, and preservatives. They are franken-foods engineered for shelf life, not life-giving nourishment.

In contrast, real bread—freshly made from stone-ground whole wheat, salt, water, and yeast—is a complete food. It is rich in:

B vitamins for energy and brain health
Fiber for digestion and blood sugar regulation
Protein for tissue repair
Trace minerals like selenium, magnesium, and zinc

Real bread, when fermented properly or made with sourdough, also aids digestion and unlocks nutrients by breaking down phytic acid in the grain. It was designed by God to be the foundation of man’s physical sustenance—and it is no coincidence that Jesus called Himself the Bread of Life.

Feeding a family store-bought white bread is like feeding them cardboard and calling it provision. It fills the stomach, but weakens the body. It mimics the form, but lacks the substance.

The godly wife rejects this counterfeit. She returns to the ancient wisdom of fresh, whole bread. She feeds her family not for convenience, but for strength.

IV. Spiritual Formation Through Physical Routine

When a woman makes bread each day, she is doing more than preparing food—she is building her household with wisdom (Proverbs 14:1). The dough rising in the bowl is matched by the spiritual rising of order in her home.

Children remember the smell of their mother’s bread. They remember helping knead the dough, watching it rise, waiting for the oven timer, and hearing her voice call them to the table.

These memories are anchors. They form the soul. They train the heart in patience, gratitude, and honor. And they teach by experience what many only learn by sermon: that God is good, faithful, and generous in provision.

Baking bread is not just about nutrition. It is discipleship. It is routine becoming ritual, and ritual becoming identity.

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” – Matthew 4:4

Yet God does provide both bread and Word—and He expects His people to steward both.

V. The Wife as Nourisher, Discipler, and Guardian of the Table

It is not accidental that in Scripture, women are so often found preparing food, while men are found protecting or providing for the household. God has ordained a natural order: the man governs the gates; the woman governs the table. Each role is glorious in its own domain.

The woman who feeds her household well participates in the priesthood of the home. She is not just a cook. She is a nourisher of kings, prophets, and future patriarchs. She disciples her children through the daily discipline of food. She communicates God’s order, love, and dependability through her presence at the hearth.

She doesn’t rely on takeout. She doesn’t surrender this sacred trust to government or industry. She does what her grandmothers did, and what her daughters will remember.

“She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy… Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.” – Proverbs 31:20,25

The woman who bakes daily bread does not fear the future. She has grain in the pantry, a loaf in the oven, and the peace of a well-fed household under her care.

VI. Let the Loaves Rise Again

Let the feminists call it slavery. Let the world call it backward. Let the progressive call it inefficient.

But let the wise woman rise—with the sun, with her flour, with her apron dusted and her hands ready.

Let her bake not out of guilt, but out of glory. Not from pressure, but from purpose. Let her revive what was lost, redeem what was mocked, and rebuild what was forgotten.

Because when the bread rises in the oven, so does the strength of the home.

When the mother bakes, the children remember.

When the family gathers to break bread, heaven touches earth.

And when a godly woman kneads her dough with prayer, faith, and diligence, she fulfills one of the oldest, most sacred duties given to womanhood by God.

Let the ovens be lit. Let the wheat be milled. Let the loaves rise again.

For this, too, is dominion. This is The Great Order!

Conspiracies, History, Politics, Religion, Social Topics

The Real Pay Gap: How Men Labor While Women Reap

May 22, 2025 Lord Redbeard 30 Comments

“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground…”
— Genesis 3:19

For decades, the feminists have wailed their favorite grievance: the “gender pay gap.” They have weaponized a misleading statistic—that women make “77 cents on the dollar” compared to men—and turned it into a battering ram against patriarchy, biblical order, and masculine dominion.

But like most feminist talking points, this one withers under the heat of Scripture, truth, and reality.

The truth is this: there is no unjust gender pay gap. What we find, instead, is a work gap, a risk gap, and a responsibility gap—and in each case, it is men who bear the burden. Men work longer hours, take more dangerous jobs, build and maintain the infrastructure of civilization, and carry the weight of provision. And yet, the modern system subsidizes, privileges, and protects women in the workforce far beyond what their labor merits.

The so-called “gender pay gap” is not a sign of oppression. It is a manipulated statistic used to justify rebellion against God’s order.

Let us examine this issue through three lenses:

I. Scripture and the Created Order

Men Are Called to Toil, Provide, and Rule

From the beginning, God assigned the burden of labor to man:

“And unto Adam he said… cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life… In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.”
— Genesis 3:17–19

It was to Adam, not Eve, that God gave the curse of toil. It was the man who was to labor, bleed, and bear the weight of provision. The woman, in contrast, was assigned the domain of home and childbearing:

“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children…”
— Genesis 3:16

In God’s design, man goes out to provide and protect. Woman stays in, to nurture and build the household. This division is not oppressive—it is ordered, sacred, and life-giving.

The modern attempt to drag women into male roles—into combat, coal mines, skyscraper construction, and executive boardrooms—does not liberate them. It degrades them. It robs both man and woman of their glory.

Wives Are Not Independent Providers

The Proverbs 31 woman is often cited by egalitarians as a model of female entrepreneurship. But what they forget is this: she operates under the covering of her husband.

“The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her… She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.”
— Proverbs 31:11, 16

Her industry is not rebellion—it is aligned with her husband’s house. She does not have a separate career or independent economic identity. She is fruitful within the household economy.

She does not march into the world demanding equal pay. She builds for her family, under headship.

II. The Myth of the Wage Gap

What the Numbers Actually Say

The 77–82 cent statistic often cited in media reports is not a comparison of men and women doing the same jobs for the same hours. It is a raw average across all jobs, hours, choices, and experience levels.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), when controlling for hours worked, experience, occupation, education, and other relevant factors, the gap shrinks to less than 5 cents, and in some cases, women earn more than men in comparable roles.

Research from Harvard University economist Claudia Goldin—no friend of patriarchy—acknowledged:

“Much of the gender pay gap is the result of differences in work experience, job flexibility preferences, and occupation, rather than overt discrimination.”

Translation: women choose different careers. They work fewer hours. They prioritize family, flexibility, and stability. And they get paid accordingly.

The problem is not injustice. It is that women are not men—and thank God for that.

Women Are Paid More Than They Should Be

Far from being oppressed, many women are overpaid, coddled, and favored by HR departments eager to hit “diversity” quotas.

A 2023 study by Glassdoor found that in many industries, women now out-earn men when comparing younger workers or new hires. Fields like healthcare administration, social work, and education show female advantage in both pay and promotion.

And when benefits, time off, and job perks are included, the picture gets worse.

Women:

Take more sick days (and get paid for them)
Use more maternity leave (often fully paid)
Work fewer overtime hours
Refuse dangerous or strenuous tasks
Are less likely to relocate for work

Yet they are often shielded from layoffs, promoted faster, and praised more loudly—for less risk and lower output.

This is not equality. This is preferential treatment.

III. Men Do the Dirty Work of Civilization

Who Builds and Maintains the World?

The world women live in—safe, structured, and supplied—is built by men.

Consider these fields:

Construction: 90–95% male
Electricians: 98% male
Plumbers: 97% male
Oil and Gas Workers: 95%+ male
Garbage Collectors: 99% male
Roofers, Welders, Truck Drivers: 90%+ male

These jobs are physically taxing, dangerous, and often thankless. Men die in mines, fall from scaffolds, suffer in trenches—not because of oppression, but because they are obeying the mandate to labor and provide.

And while women demand “equal pay,” few demand equal risk.

You will not find feminist protests demanding inclusion in sewer repair, high-rise window cleaning, or long-haul trucking.

Women want equal reward, but not equal sacrifice.

Death and Injury on the Job

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics:

93% of workplace fatalities are men
Men account for the vast majority of serious injuries, chemical exposure, falls, burns, and machinery accidents

Men die at work so women can sit at climate-controlled desks writing articles about how unfair it is.

This is not justice—it is mockery.

IV. The Feminization of the Workforce

Women in Positions They Should Not Hold

As the feminist regime pushes women into every sector, we are witnessing a tragic devolution of work:

Police departments now hire petite women who cannot physically subdue a violent suspect.
Military branches lower physical standards to accommodate female recruits.
Corporate boards select women for “gender balance,” not merit.
STEM programs receive millions in incentives to boost female enrollment—often at the expense of more qualified men.

This is not competence. This is chaos.

And when things collapse—when the power grid fails, or the rioters breach the gates—it will not be the HR specialist or the DEI officer who restores order. It will be the men, with shovels and guns, returning to do the job they were always called to do.

A Return to Biblical Division of Labor

The answer is not for women to be “paid more.” The answer is for women to return to the sphere where they are most powerful: the 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…”
— Titus 2:4–5

The house is a kingdom. The wife is a queen—not of commerce, but of nurture, beauty, and order. She governs her children. She blesses her husband. She builds generational strength.

Let the man go to the field. Let the woman tend the hearth. This is not oppression. This is the Great Order.

V. Historical Context: The Household Economy

Before the Corporate World

In pre-industrial society, men and women worked together, not in separate economic spheres. A man might be a farmer, a blacksmith, a baker—and his wife would assist, manage, and contribute as part of the household economy.

But she did not have a “career.” She did not “negotiate her salary.” She built alongside her husband and trained daughters to do the same.

Even in the early 1800s, most women worked at home, not for strangers. The Industrial Revolution, and later, World War II, lured women out of the household and into factories. The state encouraged it. The corporations rewarded it. And the family collapsed.

The Result of Two-Income Households

What have we gained?

Broken homes: Dual-income families mean less time, less unity, less order.
Struggling men: Young men are displaced, under-employed, and depressed.
Higher costs: Inflation adjusted to double incomes—so now it requires two incomes just to survive.
Weakened faith: Church attendance, family worship, and Christian education suffer.

The world told women to “lean in.” And they did. Right off a cliff.

VI. Where Do We Go from Here?

Men Must Lead, Not Compete

Christian men must stop arguing with feminist logic. Stop trying to “prove” your worth in a rigged system. Stop competing with your wife for income and status.

Rule your house. Provide for your own. Lead with quiet strength.

“But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
— 1 Timothy 5:8

Your worth is not in your salary. It is in your stewardship.

Women Must Return Home

If you are a Christian woman reading this, hear this in love:

You were not made to compete with men. You were not made to chase titles, careers, or paychecks. You were made to build a home. To nurture life. To serve God under the headship of a righteous man.

You may earn less. But you will build more.

Let your work be eternal, not transactional.

The Church Must Repent

Many churches have accepted the feminist framework. They praise “working moms,” promote “career ministries,” and boast about “female leadership.”

But the fruit is bitter.

The Church must return to preaching headship, submission, and household dominion. The Church must honor the mother at home as much as the missionary abroad.

Conclusion: There Is No Pay Gap—Only an Order Gap

The lie of the gender pay gap is a smokescreen. It hides the deeper issue: rebellion against order.

Men were made to work and bleed for their homes. Women were made to nurture and beautify their homes. When each walks in obedience, the fruit is peace, strength, and joy.

But when women usurp male roles, and men become passive or resentful, the result is confusion.

There is no wage gap that submission and dominion won’t fix.

Let the feminists rage. Let the government subsidize rebellion. Let the world fall deeper into delusion.

We will build households where men provide, women nurture, and the economy is not built on dollars—but on faithfulness.

Let the Great Order rise.

Soli Deo Gloria.