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

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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

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

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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!

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Daily Bread: The Sacred Duty of the Godly Wife

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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!

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The State Is Not Your Shepherd

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Why Christians Must Reject Welfare and Government Dependency

In our age of moral collapse and bureaucratic bloat, the godly man must ask a pressing question: Who is my provider? Is it God, or government? Is it the household, or the welfare office? Is it the family, or the bureaucrat?

The answer cuts to the heart of The Great Order. A people cannot serve two masters. A man cannot declare Christ as King and Caesar as provider. A household cannot be ruled by the Spirit of God and subsidized by the spirit of Mammon. The time has come to declare war on every form of statist dependence that has poisoned the modern Christian household.

I. The Biblical Order: Family First, Church Second, State Last

From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture paints a clear picture of responsibility and provision. God did not design the civil government to feed, clothe, educate, or shelter His people. He gave that task to fathers, mothers, extended families, and local churches. The household, not the bureaucracy, is the backbone of civilization.

“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

In God’s economy:

  • The father is the head and provider of his house.
  • The mother is the manager and nourisher of the home.
  • The church is the safety net for widows, orphans, and the truly destitute.
  • The state is the sword-bearer to punish evildoers, not the cradle of economic provision (Romans 13:4).

When a man abdicates his provision to the state, he is not just making a financial decision—he is committing spiritual treason. He trades the glory of fatherhood for a government handout. He forfeits his role as king and priest for the pity of politicians.

II. Government Welfare Is a False Gospel

At its core, welfare is not just a system, it is a rival religion. It preaches a gospel of dependency, promises salvation through taxation, and delivers counterfeit mercy through coercion.

Instead of calling men to repentance and labor, it pays them to remain idle. Instead of rewarding marriage and family order, it penalizes it. Instead of honoring multi-generational households, it fractures them. Instead of strengthening churches, it replaces them.

“The borrower is servant to the lender.” – Proverbs 22:7

Dependency on the state is slavery in slow motion. Every welfare check is a chain. Every food stamp a leash. Every subsidy an invitation to forget the God who gives bread in the wilderness.

The state offers welfare the same way Pharaoh offered leeks and garlic, at the price of freedom. It is a bribe to keep men quiet, families broken, and churches irrelevant.

III. Welfare Destroys the Household Economy

Welfare does not empower families, it destroys them. In the United States, federal welfare programs exploded in the 1960s with the promise to help the poor. But instead of lifting up the needy, they shattered the most vulnerable institution: the family.

  • In 1965, Black illegitimacy was around 25%. Today, it is over 70%—driven by fatherless homes, subsidized by welfare.
  • Welfare incentivizes single motherhood, discourages marriage, and punishes intact households through income-based penalties.
  • Men are driven out of the home so that women can qualify for more benefits.
  • Children grow up under the authority of social workers, not fathers.
  • The church, once the pillar of community charity, has become silent and sidelined.

This is not compassion. It is conquest. It is the intentional dismantling of Biblical order through dependency economics.

When God’s design for provision is reversed, families suffer, masculinity withers, and matriarchal welfare bureaucracies fill the vacuum.

IV. Early America: Strength Without Subsidy

The myth of government provision is a modern delusion. For most of human history, people survived—not through the state, but through strong households, churches, and communities.

In colonial and early American history:

  • Fathers worked land, ran shops, or practiced trades to feed their families.
  • Mothers cultivated gardens, made bread, and taught their children at home.
  • Children worked alongside parents, contributing from a young age.
  • Churches provided for widows, hosted communal meals, and cared for the poor directly—without a dime from Washington.
  • Communities helped each other in times of need without expecting bureaucratic intervention.

These families were poor by today’s standards, but they were rich in faith, discipline, and self-sufficiency. They raised warriors, not wards. They built churches, not case files. And when hard times came, they pulled together—not to vote for handouts, but to work, pray, and rebuild.

No Social Security. No food stamps. No unemployment insurance. And yet—they survived. Because they believed in God, not government.

V. Welfare Undermines the Fear of God

A man who fears God will work, give, and take responsibility. A man who trusts in the state will drift, consume, and make excuses.

Government dependency erodes moral character. It teaches men to expect something for nothing. It enables sloth. It undermines discipline. It feeds entitlement.

“If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.” – 2 Thessalonians 3:10

This is not cruelty. It is mercy. God’s law commands compassion—but it never authorizes laziness. The man who chooses idleness over labor should feel hunger—not because society is heartless, but because the hunger will drive him to repent and work.

Government support short-circuits this repentance. It allows a man to remain in sin while avoiding consequences. It teaches him to blame systems instead of fearing God.

A household built on government subsidy is not neutral—it is spiritually compromised.

VI. What About the Truly Needy?

Some will object: What about the widow? The orphan? The disabled?

Scripture answers clearly: such people are to be cared for by families first, churches second.

“Honor widows who are truly widows… But if any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened…” – 1 Timothy 5:3,16

This is God’s triage:

  1. Let sons and daughters care for their parents.
  2. Let extended family support the weak.
  3. Let the church provide charity with accountability.
  4. Only in the most exceptional of circumstances should civil aid even be considered—and never through centralized, pagan, tax-funded systems.

We must rebuild these structures. Let the church revive the diaconate. Let households create storehouses of food and savings. Let brothers and sisters bind together in mutual aid.

The answer to poverty is not more government—it is more order.

VII. Why Modern Christians Compromise

So why do so many professing Christians continue to feed at the government trough?

  • Fear: They fear hardship and don’t trust God to provide through family or labor.
  • Laziness: They prefer ease over effort.
  • Deception: They’ve been told welfare is a form of “justice.”
  • Worldliness: They no longer think like the Kingdom of God but like the kingdoms of men.

But in every case, the underlying problem is a failure of faith. They trust the bureaucracy more than the Bible. They believe the promise of politicians more than the promises of God.

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord.” – Jeremiah 17:5

The curse of statism is not just national—it is personal. It erodes a man’s soul, weakens his household, and places his children under the thumb of a rival authority.

VIII. Restoring Biblical Provision: The Path Forward

So what must be done?

1. Patriarchs Must Provide

Every Christian man must repent of passivity and take up the mantle of provision. He must labor with his hands, work with dignity, and build a household economy that does not need the state.

Even in hardship, he must refuse dependency. He must teach his sons to produce, not consume. He must store, save, plant, and build—so that his household is resilient and righteous.

2. Wives Must Rule the Kitchen, Not the Debit Card

Many modern women are complicit in statism through consumerism and waste. A godly wife must learn to stretch meals, preserve food, garden, and practice old-world frugality. She must reject the lie that government benefits are a form of “help” and embrace the glory of true provision under her husband’s leadership.

3. Churches Must Recover Charity and Discipline

The early church cared for its poor through structured accountability (Acts 6). The modern church must stop outsourcing compassion to Caesar and reclaim the ministry of mercy. That includes screening needs, requiring repentance, involving families, and calling men to responsibility.

4. Reject the Idolatry of Safety Nets

The Christian life is not safe. It is sacrificial. The patriarch must embrace risk, toil, and the potential for difficulty. He must teach his children that God provides through His order, not through the welfare state.

Let your household be known for its strength—not its benefits.

IX. Final Charge: Choose This Day Whom You Will Serve

It is time to draw a line in the sand.

You cannot build The Great Order with one hand in God’s Word and the other in the government treasury. You cannot preach Christ’s lordship while living off Caesar’s crumbs. You cannot restore patriarchy while letting the state nurse your children.

“Choose you this day whom ye will serve… but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” – Joshua 24:15

This is not just a spiritual declaration. It is a material separation. It means walking away from dependency. It means breaking ties with the state. It means building real provision through faith, labor, family, and the church.

Let the world call it foolish. Let your peers call it extreme.

But when the next collapse comes—when the digital IDs are issued, the food supply is choked, the money is controlled, and the freedom to dissent is revoked—it will be the man who trusted God and ruled his house who will stand firm.

His barns will be full. His children will be secure. His conscience will be clear. And his legacy will remain.

Because he did not bow to Pharaoh. He did not sell his household to the state. He did not wait for permission to obey God.

He stood.

Let that man be you.

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Sons of Responsibility, Daughters of Duty: Why Children Must Do Daily Chores

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In a world collapsing under the weight of entitlement and indolence, there stands one simple, potent, and often overlooked discipline that once built civilizations and now could restore them: daily chores for children.

Yes—chores. The ancient, sacred act of children participating in the labor of the household, of being given tasks not as punishment, but as preparation. In former days, this was assumed. Today, it is scandalous.

But make no mistake: the decline of children doing chores is not just a minor cultural shift—it is a root cause of social decay. Where there is no training in labor, there will be no love of labor. Where there is no love of labor, there will be no builders, only consumers. No stewards, only dependents. No leaders, only idle, effeminate men and distracted, disorderly women.

Let the modern world scoff. Let soft parents protest. Let the child psychologists complain. As for us, we will return to the ancient paths, where children labored alongside their fathers and mothers—learning duty, order, responsibility, and the ways of God.

I. God’s Design: Children as Workers Within the Household

From the earliest pages of Scripture, work is not a punishment, but a purpose. Genesis 2:15 tells us, “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” Before the fall, there was labor. Man was created not for luxury, but for dominion.

That dominion mandate extends to the household. A Biblical home is not a vacation resort, but a training ground—a miniature kingdom under the rule of a patriarch, where all members contribute according to their capacity.

Children are not excluded from this. Proverbs 20:11 declares, “Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.” God does not consider children exempt from moral and productive labor. From their earliest years, they are to be formed in work and order.

Deuteronomy 6 commands fathers to teach the Law “diligently unto thy children,” not merely in words, but in lifestyle. And the Law included rhythms of farming, feasting, stewardship, and sacrifice. All of this required participation—daily, disciplined, dutiful involvement. Children were not idle. They labored.

II. The Decline of Chores: A Timeline of Cultural Collapse

Historically, chores were not optional. For thousands of years, children performed essential work to sustain the family economy.

In agrarian households from ancient Israel to colonial America, children were expected to rise early, tend livestock, gather wood, fetch water, weed gardens, grind grain, and more. These tasks were not busywork—they were survival.

But as industrialization took hold in the West, especially post-Industrial Revolution (circa 1760-1840), the role of the household shifted. Work moved to the factory. Families moved to cities. The household was no longer the center of production—it became a center of consumption.

By the 20th century, with the rise of public schooling, mass media, and child labor laws (many of them necessary in abusive contexts but overextended), children were increasingly detached from real, meaningful work. In 1900, over 80% of American children did regular household chores. By 1970, that number had dropped below 50%. Today, less than 30% of children in the United States are assigned consistent, daily chores (Pew Research Center, 2019).

And the consequences are devastating.

III. What the Research Says: Work Builds Character

Modern psychological and sociological studies confirm what Scripture has always taught: children need work to mature.

A long-term study by the University of Minnesota found that the single best predictor of adult success—financial, relational, and emotional—was whether that child had done chores regularly beginning by age 3 or 4 (Rossmann, 2002). Not IQ. Not athleticism. Not schooling. Chores.

Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child notes that “responsibility-based training” such as chores builds executive function skills: impulse control, time management, problem-solving, and resilience. These are precisely the skills modern young people lack.

Dr. Marty Rossmann’s research showed that children who had regular chores were more likely to have successful careers, strong marriages, and avoid drug use and entitlement attitudes.

Why? Because work humbles. It grounds. It shapes the soul to obey reality. In doing dishes, scrubbing floors, and feeding chickens, children learn that the world is not about them. They learn to serve, to sweat, and to obey. This is sanctification in miniature.

IV. Biblical Examples: Training Through Task

Joseph learned administration not in Pharaoh’s court, but in his father’s fields. David became a man after God’s own heart while watching sheep and defending them from lions. Ruth’s character was proven in the fields of Boaz. Jesus Himself—God incarnate—was not spared work. Mark 6:3 refers to Him as “the carpenter.” He learned labor under Joseph before teaching doctrine in the synagogue.

This is not accidental. God’s pattern is always to prepare leaders through labor. Chores are not beneath a child—they are essential to their exaltation.

Proverbs 22:6 commands us to “Train up a child in the way he should go.” Training is not lecturing. It is forming. It is discipline. It is day after day of doing. And it includes work. Proverbs 12:11 adds, “He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.” Children who are not trained in real labor will follow vain persons—and they do. They follow influencers, gamers, celebrities. Why? Because they were not taught to work.

V. The Modern Rebellion: Why Parents No Longer Require Chores

Several lies have infected modern parenting, each contributing to the erosion of work ethic in children.

1. “Let them be children.”
 This sentimental lie separates play from responsibility. But in Biblical cultures, children were expected to contribute early—not crushed under burdens, but trained into productivity.

2. “They’ll learn later.”
 No, they won’t. Habits form early. Waiting until 16 to teach work is like planting seed in winter. Proverbs 13:24 warns that “he who spares the rod hates his son.” Neglecting discipline—whether correction or chore—is hatred disguised as love.

3. “I don’t want them to feel burdened.”
 Burden is not the enemy. Sin is. Sloth is. Pride is. Our ancestors survived famines, plagues, wars, and exile. Today’s children weep when told to vacuum. This is shameful.

VI. The Choreless Generation: Cultural Consequences

The decline of childhood labor has led to a generation unfit to lead, unable to serve, and unwilling to sacrifice.

  • Entitlement replaces gratitude. If a child never labors for anything, he will expect everything.
  • Laziness replaces initiative. If a child is not expected to finish a task, he will never start one without being begged.
  • Rebellion replaces obedience. If a child never submits to chore commands, he will not submit to divine commands.

A 2022 study from Psychology Today found that over 70% of college students suffer from “learned helplessness”—the belief that they cannot change their situation or do hard things. These are the fruit of choreless homes.

Historically, societies that neglected work collapsed. Ancient Rome, during its decline, turned from disciplined agriculture and civic service to bread, circuses, and dependency. So too in modern America, where young adults are more likely to be living at home, playing video games, and avoiding responsibility than starting families, working the land, or building households.

VII. The Household Economy: Chores as Economic Training

Biblical households are economic engines. As we’ve noted in The Great Order, the family was not merely for emotional comfort—it was the unit of production, inheritance, and dominion.

Daily chores are the first taste of this. They teach a child that his hands matter. That his labor contributes. That his existence has weight.

  • Boys should learn to chop wood, mow fields, stack hay, clean barns, fix fences, build shelves, wash tools.
  • Girls should learn to cook, clean, sew, garden, organize, care for siblings, and manage the home.

These are not outdated roles—they are divinely ordered. Titus 2:4–5 calls young women to be “keepers at home.” 1 Thessalonians 4:11 commands men to “work with your own hands.”

Children who do chores are being inducted into this sacred economy. They are not slaves. They are sons and daughters—learning to rule their future domains.

VIII. Restoring the Chore: Practical Steps for the Patriarch

How can you restore this divine order in your home? Here are ten actionable principles:

  1. Start young. Even a two-year-old can put toys away.
  2. Be consistent. Daily chores must be daily. Random tasks do not build discipline.
  3. Tie chores to identity, not rewards. Avoid bribing. Instead, say: “You are a son in this house. Sons serve.”
  4. Model the work. Let them see you labor joyfully. There is glory in sweat.
  5. Increase difficulty over time. Don’t baby teenagers. Prepare them for dominion.
  6. Train before you command. Teach how to sweep before assigning sweeping.
  7. Connect it to Scripture. Regularly quote verses like Colossians 3:23: “Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord.”
  8. Honor their work. Praise a job well done. Not with rewards, but with recognition.
  9. Correct laziness immediately. Sloth is sin. Tolerating it is fatherly failure.
  10. Link chores to calling. Remind them: “This is how God prepares you for leadership.”

IX. The Fruit of Labor: From Households to Nations

The patriarch who trains his children in daily labor is doing more than running a tidy home. He is raising civilization builders. The world may laugh—but when their towers fall and their youth collapse under fragility, it will be the disciplined sons and daughters of order who rise to lead.

Let us not aim merely for clean floors. Let us aim for clean hearts—hearts trained by work, shaped by order, and anchored in the fear of God.

X. Conclusion: Let the Children Rise

The Great Order is not built on theories, but on actions. And the first battlefield is the home. Daily chores are weapons in this war for culture. They are tools of sanctification. Instruments of wisdom. Pathways to dominion.

When children rise early, perform their tasks with diligence, and return to the table satisfied with honest labor, the Kingdom advances.

Let them scrub. Let them plant. Let them fold. Let them serve.

And let the fathers not grow weary in training them. For in due season, we shall reap—if we faint not.

“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister…” – Mark 10:45

If the Lord Himself embraced labor, how dare we withhold it from our sons and daughters?

Let the choreless generation be replaced by a chosen generation—trained, tested, and triumphant.

Let the Great Order rise.

Soli Deo Gloria.

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Announcing the Forthcoming Release of “The Great Order” by Lord Redbeard

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Bold Foundations for Biblical Patriarchy, Masculinity, and Household Dominion

> “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?”

— Psalm 11:3

We stand at the precipice of a collapsing world. The nations rage, the families crumble, the church is compromised, and the people groan under the weight of disorder. Men are passive, women are rebellious and children are untamed. The covenantal design of God’s order has been all but forgotten.

Yet from the ashes, a trumpet has sounded. A clarion call not of man’s wisdom but of divine truth — bold, ancient, and uncompromising.

That trumpet is The Great Order.

This book is not merely a work of writing. It is not a collection of random thoughts. It is a declaration. One forged through the fires of spiritual warfare, personal experience, obedience, and relentless pursuit of the Kingdom of God.

And now, by the providence and grace of the Most High, it is almost here.

A Work Birthed in Fire and Revelation

There are books that entertain, books that educate and books that simply pass the time. The Great Order is none of these. This is not a journalistic commentary on the state of the culture. This is not a casual opinion piece about the family.

This is a blueprint for dominion!

Every word in this book has been wrought through struggle, failure and triumph. Each sentence has been borne through prayer, sharpened through Scripture, and written through conviction. I did not merely choose to write this book, I was compelled, burdened and gripped by the Spirit of God with a vision too weighty to ignore.

> “The word of the Lord was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones…”

— Jeremiah 20:9

I have lived these words, while often failing. I have been humbled by them, corrected by them, and built by them. They were not written in an ivory tower but forged in the trenches of real fatherhood, real household government, and real spiritual war. The Great Order is not theoretical, it is incarnational. It is truth that has been lived, tested, and proven by patriarchs since the beginning of written history. 

This book has not been filtered for cultural acceptance. It has not been softened for fragile ears. It is a sword, a plumbline, a trumpet blast for men to rise, women to embrace sacred roles, and families to become embassies of heaven.

 Why This Book Is a Threat to the World and a Balm for the Faithful

The world hates order, it mocks patriarchy, it despises submission and tears down hierarchy. This is no accident, Satan’s war has always been against God’s design. At the heart of that design is the household, governed by man, under Christ, filled with fruitful labor, and advancing the Kingdom through generations.

The Great Order is a threat to every demonic stronghold because it restores the very structure the enemy fears most,the Biblical family.

But this book is more than just a rebuke of the present. It is a balm for the faithful, a comfort to the remnant, a light to those wandering in the darkness of feminism, fatherlessness, and confusion. Many have felt the stirrings in their soul that things are not right, that the modern way is broken and that there must be more.

This book puts language to what the Spirit of God has already whispered in many hearts. It is a framework, a vocabulary,a standard.

In a generation that knows the truth instinctively but lacks the words to defend or articulate it, The Great Order gives voice to the righteous yearning buried in every God-fearing man and woman. It bridges the gap between conviction and communication, between the groaning of the soul and the clarity of truth.

Truths We Know But Cannot Articulate — Until Now

There are times when a man knows something is wrong, even though he cannot explain it. He sees a woman preach, and something in him recoils. He watches a child disobey his mother, and he feels disgust, he sees a home led by a career-focused wife and feels instinctively — this is disorder.

But if pressed, he cannot explain it. He cannot defend it, he cannot express it to his wife, to his children, to his church, to his peers. The conscience bears witness to God’s design. But the vocabulary has been stolen.

This is the plight of our generations, men and women raised without the theological framework or historical wisdom to articulate what they sense in their souls. We know disorder when we see it. We feel its destruction, but we have been robbed of the language to name it, and the courage to confront and profess it.

The Great Order restores that language. It articulates what you’ve always known, it puts steel in your spine and precision in your mouth. It enables fathers to teach their sons, it enables husbands to lead their wives, and enables shepherds to guard the flock. This book is not abstract,  it is accessible, practical, and potent.

It accomplishes the seemingly impossible: giving form to formless conviction, giving words to what was once only felt. It is the bridge between inner clarity and external boldness.

IV. The Structure of the Great Order: A Manual for Reconstruction

This is not a book of feelings. It is not a devotional. It is a war manual.

The Great Order is organized into chapters that walk step-by-step through the rebuilding of Christian civilization:

Biblical Patriarchy — restoring God’s government in the home.

Masculinity — dominion, not indulgence; strength through sacrifice.

Christian Polygyny — a weapon of revival and fruitfulness.

The Role of Women — sacred submission, homemaking, and generational building.

Family Government — fathers as kings, priests, and judges.

Household Economy — families as productive units, not consumers.

Education — indoctrinating children in righteousness.

Resistance — rejecting feminism, statism, and cultural apostasy.

The Church and the Household — integrating worship and dominion.

It doesn’t simply teach why we must return to Biblical order, it shows how. It is intensely practical, designed to be implemented. The principles in this book already form the foundation of households that have rejected compromise and chosen to live by the Law of God.

The Fruit of the Great Order: Revival, Peace, and Restoration

Revival will not come from stadiums, celebrity pastors, or emotional altar calls.

Revival begins at the dinner table!

It begins when a man takes his place as head of his home. When a woman repents of autonomy and embraces her role with joy. When children are trained in obedience, fear of God, and discipline. When homes become churches, the Sabbath is kept, and Scripture governs life.

The Great Order is not just about family. It is about national restoration.This book declares what few are willing to say: that peace cannot come until patriarchy is restored. That harmony cannot come until hierarchy is obeyed. That blessing cannot come until the household is ruled by God’s order.

This is not nostalgia, politics, or moralism, this is covenantal. When men obey the order of heaven, the result is peace on earth.

Children flourish.

Wives rejoice.

Men lead.

The poor are cared for.

The land is healed.

The nations tremble.

This is how we rebuild civilization — not by electing the right leaders, but by raising them in our homes.

 A Book for the Centuries to come:

The world writes books for entertainment, and the church writes books to sell but The Great Order was written to last, to stand the test of time.

This is not a trending topic, but a timeless template. It will be as relevant in five hundred years as it is today, because it is built on eternal truth. As long as the Word of God stands — and it will stand forever, this book will be a plumbline for the faithful.

When governments fall, the households guided by this book will remain!

When seminaries apostatize, the sons trained by this book will become shepherds!

When feminism collapses, the daughters raised by this book will rebuild homes!

The Great Order is not a one-generation manual. It is a multi-generational standard. It is written to be passed from father to son, from elder to disciple, from patriarch to patriarch. It is the blueprint for God’s covenant people to restore the ancient paths (Jeremiah 6:16). This book will outlast trends. It will outlast empires. Because it is built on the Rock.

Who This Book Is For

This book is not for everyone. It is not for cowards. It is not for cultural Christians. It is not for women who want to control men or men who fear responsibility.

This book is for fathers ready to rule their homes, wives ready to be crowned with honor, 

sons ready to build legacies, daughters ready to prepare for homemaking. It is for shepherds ready to reform their flocks, remnant believers ready to live counter-culturally, and seekers ready to repent and submit to God’s order.

If you are tired of the lies. If you know there’s more. If you feel the conviction but lack the clarity. If you want to plant trees under whose shade your great-grandchildren will sit — then this book is for you.

What to Expect in the Coming Release

The release of The Great Order will be more than a publication. It will be a launch. A declaration of war. A rallying point for households across the earth who are tired of compromise and ready to build.

The book will be released in softcover initially, with hardcover, audiobook, and digital formats planned for the near future. This is more than a book. It is a movement.

The website LordRedbeard.com will serve as the command center — featuring articles, updates, resources, and an ever-growing library or resources for covenant households.

Let the Patriarchs Rise

We are not waiting for revival, we are building it. We are not waiting for the world to wake up, we are establishing households that shine as light in the darkness. We are not waiting for permission, we have a mandate.

God is raising up a remnant of men — fathers, brothers, sons — who will not bow to Baal. They will not kneel to feminism, and will not compromise with the world.

They will build, marry, multiply and they will reign!

And when the Lord returns, He will find not a scattered, weak, feminized people — but an ordered people. A governed people. A glorious bride.

The Great Order is the trumpet.

The time for excuses is over.

Let the patriarchs rise.

Let the women rejoice in their submission and glory.

Let the children be trained as arrows.

Let the households become kingdoms.

Let the dominion begin.

Are you ready?

The Great Order is coming, get your house ready, train your sons, teach your daughters, insure that your name is found among the builders!

Prepare your household, clear your calendar, sharpen your mind and fortify your heart.

The time has come.

The standard has been raised.

The restoration has begun.

Let the Great Order rise and be restored!

Soli Deo Gloria.

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The Keeper of the Table: A Wife’s Duty in Nourishment, Frugality, and Dominion Over the Household Food Economy

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The table is not just a place of eating. It is a place of worship, formation, and covenantal joy. The aroma of daily bread, the sight of a garden harvest, and the discipline of wholesome meals are not secondary to Christian living—they are vital expressions of order, stewardship, and feminine strength.

In a godly household, the wife is the keeper of the table. She governs not only the aesthetics of hospitality but the substance of nourishment. Her duties in food, nutrition, and frugality are not mundane tasks—they are holy responsibilities entrusted to her by God to bless her husband, raise strong children, and honor the covenantal home.

I. Food Preparation as a Sacred Ministry

From the earliest pages of Scripture, food preparation has been a domain of feminine care and virtue. Abraham’s wife, Sarah, “quickly kneaded three seahs of fine flour” to serve their angelic guests (Genesis 18:6). The Proverbs 31 woman “brings her food from afar” (Proverbs 31:14) and “rises while it is yet night to provide food for her household” (v.15). She is not idle, and her hands are diligent in feeding those under her care.

Food preparation is not a secular task. It is a form of love. When a wife prepares nourishing meals, she is doing more than satisfying hunger—she is building the bones and minds of future generations. She is creating an atmosphere of peace and stability. She is turning raw ingredients into sustenance for warriors and worshippers.

“She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.” – Proverbs 31:27

This ministry of nourishment is daily. It is repetitive. It is sacrificial. But it is glorious. A wife who governs the kitchen with wisdom and joy brings strength to her home, honor to her husband, and delight to her Creator.

II. Whole Food for Whole Families: Rejecting Industrial Poison

In modern times, food has been hijacked by industry and perverted by convenience. Processed sugars, chemical preservatives, seed oils, and hyper-palatable junk have replaced the God-given simplicity of grains, vegetables, legumes, and fresh produce. This shift has not only sickened bodies—it has weakened wills, dulled minds, and sapped the energy of Christian homes.

A godly wife must resist this tide. She must take dominion over the kitchen, not by outsourcing it to fast food or microwaves, but by returning to whole food principles that nourish rather than harm.

  • Replace sugar with honey and fruit.
  • Replace refined flour with whole grains.
  • Eliminate junk snacks, sodas, and boxed meals.
  • Cook from scratch with rice, beans, seasonal produce, and clean meats.

The goal is not gourmet extravagance—it is wholesome simplicity. Meals built from God’s earth. Meals that are filling, healing, and strengthening.

“Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” – 1 Corinthians 10:31

The body is a temple (1 Corinthians 6:19). Feeding that temple with poison is an act of defilement. A godly wife understands this. She treats food not as a comfort drug or a hobby, but as a sacred trust.

III. Frugality and Creativity: Dominion Without Debt

The wise woman is not only a good cook—she is a skilled economist. She manages the food budget with shrewdness and foresight. She does not chase trends or waste money on convenience. She learns the art of frugality—not out of poverty, but out of purpose.

“She perceives that her merchandise is profitable.” – Proverbs 31:18

In a time of inflation and supply chain instability, the wife who knows how to stretch meals, avoid waste, and creatively repurpose leftovers is a treasure. She buys in bulk. She plans meals in advance. She stores surplus. She prepares for lean seasons.

This frugality is not scarcity—it is abundance through wisdom. The family that eats rice and lentils for lunch, fresh bread for dinner, and garden vegetables for supper is eating better than the household living on frozen pizza and debt.

Such a wife becomes the financial gatekeeper of the home, ensuring that dominion is built not only through income, but through intelligent consumption.

IV. Supplementing with Gardening: Cultivating Eden at Home

In an era where even food is politically weaponized and biologically manipulated, many families are returning to gardening—not as a hobby, but as a necessity. A wife with a garden is a wife who brings Eden into her backyard. She becomes a producer, not just a consumer.

  • Lettuce, kale, and spinach for fresh greens.
  • Tomatoes, zucchini, and beans for seasonal staples.
  • Herbs like basil, oregano, and rosemary for flavor and health.
  • Potatoes, carrots, and onions for long-term use.

Gardening builds resilience. It teaches children responsibility. It reduces dependency on globalist systems and empowers the home to feed itself.

The Proverbs 31 woman “considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard” (v.16). Likewise, the modern Christian wife should reclaim gardening as an act of dominion. Whether in pots on an apartment balcony or rows in a country yard—let her plant, harvest, and glorify God.

V. Preserving and Storing: Wisdom for Times to Come

In addition to daily meals, the virtuous woman thinks seasonally and strategically. She does not wait for winter to prepare. She preserves food. She stores dry goods. She builds a pantry as a bulwark against uncertainty.

“The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.” – Proverbs 21:20 (NIV)

This includes:

  • Canning fruits, vegetables, and sauces.
  • Dehydrating herbs and meats.
  • Freezing harvests and broths.
  • Stockpiling rice, beans, flour, and salt.

This is not fear—it is foresight. Noah built the ark before it rained. Joseph stored grain before the famine. Likewise, the godly wife builds a food reserve—not to hoard, but to provide, even in times of trouble.

A home with shelves of home-canned peaches, dried herbs, buckets of oats, and fresh bread is a home that testifies to wisdom and love.

VI. Bread from Her Hands: The Daily Offering

Among the most ancient and powerful acts of feminine provision is the baking of bread. The Proverbs 31 woman “brings her food from afar,” and “her hands hold the spindle.” She is industrious in nourishing her household.

Daily bread is not merely food—it is a symbol of divine provision. Christ taught us to pray, “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matthew 6:11), because bread represents the essentials of life—humble, sustaining, fresh.

When a wife bakes bread daily, she embodies this principle. The home is filled with aroma and warmth. Children grow up with the memory of kneading dough beside their mother. Husbands are strengthened by their wife’s labor.

Simple loaves made from flour, salt, water, and yeast become sacraments of love. They are cheaper than store bread, healthier, and laden with meaning.

VII. Lessons from Early America: Strength Through Simplicity

Modern families could learn much from the agrarian households of early America. In the 1700s and early 1800s, meat was a rare luxury, not a daily staple. Sugar was scarce, used sparingly if at all. Meals consisted of:

  • Porridge and cornmeal mush
  • Root vegetables like turnips and potatoes
  • Beans, lentils, and seasonal greens
  • Bread made at home
  • Apples, preserved fruits, or wild berries

Despite the simplicity, these families were stronger—physically and mentally. Obesity was rare. Disease was less rampant. Children were hardy. And meals were sacred events, not hurried inconveniences.

Modern science confirms this. Diets high in sugar and processed food are linked to inflammation, heart disease, obesity, and depression. Returning to simple, whole foods is not nostalgic—it is righteous stewardship.

A wife who learns from the past is not regressive—she is wise. She sees that the way forward may mean reaching backward to principles that sustained generations before us.

Conclusion: The Hand that Feeds Rules the Home

The wife is not just a cook—she is a nourisher of nations. Through her hands, children grow strong, husbands are blessed, and guests are welcomed. Through her wisdom, the budget is guarded, the pantry is filled, and health is preserved.

She does not need a professional degree to rule the kitchen—only fear of the Lord, joy in her calling, and skill in her hands. She sees food not as a chore, but as a ministry. She understands that feeding the family is a matter of worship, not mere routine.

In this age of dietary chaos and culinary idolatry, let the Christian wife rise and take dominion over the kitchen. Let her plant, cook, preserve, and prepare—not just meals, but warriors, worshipers, and wise women.

Let her say with joy each evening, as her husband blesses the food, her children gather around the table, and the bread is broken:

“This is the portion the Lord has given me to tend—and I will do it with strength and love.”

Health

Corona/Virus Treatment and Prevention

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Last night I was handed a flyer by a good friend of mine originally written by a respiratory therapist that included some common sense things we can do to combat the Corona virus.

After reading the flyer I realized that many people simply were never taught many of the things that I once considered to be common knowledge. In addition many people are regularly administered treatments (often by medical professionals) that actually prolong or even worsen the flu/virus.

Using this handout as a guide whilst adding additional information I have learned over the years I have compiled a list of 10 helpful things every human should know and understand before making decisions about treating viral symptoms, and even preventing them.

Fevers

Fevers in general are irrationally feared by most people, mostly due to a lack of understanding exacerbated by liability concerns of medical professionals. When you contract a virus your bodies immune system identifies that intruder and destroys it while building specific anti-bodies to combat it better in the future.

The process of your immune system using good cells to attack and destroy the viral cells cause a release of energy. That energy is absorbed by the surrounding tissue and blood as heat thereby causing your overall body temperature to rise above “Normal” this is the root cause of fevers.

Viruses are also EXTREMELY sensitive to heat. The elevated body temperature (Fever) is very effective in killing the virus (even more effective than the immune system) . When we take pharmaceuticals such as Motrin, Tylenol, Advil, Excedrin and so forth we lower our body temperature allowing the virus to live longer while making it harder for our immune system to eradicate the virus.

It also helps to keep your house warm, wear multiple layers or cover up and stay warm. This will reduce the amount of energy your body needs to produce heat in combating the virus.

Obviously we should use common sense and treat a fever that exceeds a “safe” level. I personally never treat a fever with medication unless it is in excess of 103 degrees Fahrenheit and other methods such as a cool shower have failed.

Pharmaceuticals

Remember medications DO NOT in ANY way make you well or cure any viruses! Every medication merely relives or covers up symptoms. In most cases they only serve to prolong or even exacerbate the virus. Most medications cause more overall harm than good when used to treat viruses!

There certainly are specific cases where medication can be helpful in combating a virus but these cases should be the exception and not the norm.

Dehydration

Not drinking enough water and staying properly hydrated during the colder months is the primary cause of contracting viruses. It also greatly contributes to prolonging the course of a virus once contracted. Our cells need fresh water to combat the virus as well as process the waste.

When it’s hot outside everyone universally knows that you are easily dehydrated and should drink plenty of water. In addition viruses do not survive well outside the body in warmer temperatures. Most people do not realize we should be drinking at least the same amount in the winter. Cold temperatures extract nearly as much moisture from our bodies as hot, just consider what happens to uncovered meat in the freezer – it is completely dehydrated on a matter of days plus viruses survive much better in the cool weather.

Gatorade and other similar drinks work well for re-hydration if you are sick. These drinks have small amounts of real sugar as well at electrolytes. If you go to the hospital the first thing they will do is give you an IV with D5W (Sugar Water) and Saline. Gatorade is cheaper and doesn’t require an IV.

Humans are well equipped to defend ourselves from these viruses. We naturally breath through our noses where we have several lines of defense. First we have nose hair, then mucus in our nose and sinuses followed by our tonsils. All of these serve as filters to protect us from bacteria and viruses but they only function properly when we are well hydrated. When you do not drink enough water and your nose is dry viral cells are not filtered out and go straight to your lungs where it is very easy to enter the bloodstream.

Mucus is our primary filter. It’s sticky consistency filters out most naturally occurring contaminates such as viruses, The mucus ultimately ends up in our stomach where it is very difficult to enter the bloodstream. Most contaminates and all viruses that I am familiar with are easily killed by our stomach acid and processed as waste.

Help Your Body Fight

We were not intended to be primarily indoor creatures and we were certainly not intended to eat primarily processed and pre-packaged foods. Most people should be taking some basic supplements at ALL times. Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc and Magnesium are the most important in my opinion. This can generally by accomplished with a simple multivitamin once a day. I doubt you will notice an immediate change but when you look back over the course of the year you will notice a trend of better overall health and far fewer sick days.

We all should eat considerably healthier on a regular basis but this is exceptionally important when we are sink. Our bodies have an amazing ability to heal themselves if we provide the nutrients necessary.

Keep Moving

This is one of the most important things we can do once we are sick. Move around, this keeps your blood circulating and helps to oxygenate your body. Keep your lungs moist – Take hot showers and breathe in as much steam as possible. Take repeated deep breaths. Chewing mint gum can help with bronchial dilation. Laying around in bed or the hospital is the primary cause of pneumonia. Try coughing into a moist towel, this helps break up phlegm in your lungs.

If anyone has addition tips please leave them in the comments and I will attempt to incorporate them into this blog

Health, Religion

What Does The Bible Say We Should Eat?

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What Should We Eat?

The dietary laws about “clean” and “unclean” meats are among the clearest instructions found in the Bible. For thousands of years these laws have been a striking mark of identity separating God’s people from the world (Leviticus 20:25–26). Consequently, for centuries, these same instructions have been a source of controversy and confusion among various religious groups who all claim to get their beliefs from the same book—the Bible. Some have felt that “these laws express God’s will” and as such are wise, reasonable, and beneficial dietary regulations revealing God’s care for the health of His people. This public health focus of those dietary laws was espoused by Maimonides, the great Jewish philosopher of the Middle Ages in Spain and many other notable scholars However, other theologians have openly referred to the Leviticus dietary guidelines as meaningless, repulsive, arbitrary and irrational ideas that originated in primitive superstitions and not in the mind of God. These theologians have confidently asserted: there are no logical explanations for many of the guidelines—that health was definitely not their purpose; that it is a waste of time for Christians to study this section of Scripture. They have asked, What has all this to do with religion? Some have even stated, “The Scriptures do not claim that health is a factor in the dietary laws, though possibly hygiene was a by-product. Yet God said His laws were for our good, prolonging our lives (Deuteronomy 5:29, 33; 10:13). His dietary ordinances were not arbitrary. Their purpose was to benefit us. That being so, why would God later inspire a New Testament that supposedly shows “Christ repealed all the Leviticus regulations on unclean meats and practices” ? Why would an all-wise Creator function in such a contradictory manner? If you have ever pondered such questions, perhaps it’s time you really looked into the subject to determine for yourself what the real truth of the matter is.

Prove All Things:

The God of the Bible challenges each of us to “prove all things; hold fast that which is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV). The answers could change your life and immensely impact your health! The Scriptures reveal several important reasons for the dietary laws. In Exodus we learn that God chose the nation of Israel for a special purpose (Exodus 19:5–6). Interestingly, the dietary laws were designed to make the Israelites distinct from other nations. Why? God told Moses, “I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples. You shall therefore distinguish between clean beasts and unclean…. And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine” (Leviticus 20:24–26). God chose Israel for the purpose of becoming a model nation—a light and example to the world. “Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’ For what great nation is there that has God so near to it, as the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason we may call upon Him? And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?” (Deuteronomy 4:6–8). God separated Israel from other nations so the results of His laws could be clearly seen by the other peoples and to show the wonderful benefits provided by His righteous ways. The dietary laws were also designed to promote wise management and efficient utilization of the environmental resources that God entrusted to mankind. The instructions about “clean” and “unclean” foods are important in fulfilling the commission given in Genesis 1:28 and 2:15 to “tend and keep” the earth. To rightfully understand the dietary laws, they must be seen in the context of God’s purpose.

Chew The Cud

Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 are the primary passages in the Bible that discuss this subject. These chapters give very specific information summarized in simple, easy-to-understand principles. Today, however, the discoveries of modern science are revealing just how practical and important these laws really are. Beginning in Leviticus 11:1–3, we read that “the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying… ‘These are the animals which you may eat among all the beasts’ that are on the earth… whatever divides the hoof having cloven hooves and chewing the cud.’” This describes plant-eating mammals (herbivores) classified as ruminants. A ruminant is “the name given to a grazing animal that has a highly specialized digestive system and splits the hoof’” (World Book Encyclopedia, 1995). These animals have four-chambered stomachs that convert grasses that are inedible to humans and other animals into nutritious, high quality protein products (meat and milk specifically) that humans can then use for sustenance. Examples of such clean animals would be all cattle, sheep, goats, deer, bison, moose, antelope, gazelles, caribou and giraffes. They are all herbivores that obtain their food by grazing or browsing on grasses and other plants. From the standpoint of wise environmental management, these guidelines make a lot of sense. Vast areas of the globe are covered by grasslands (savannas, veldts, pampas), which are often called marginal lands because they do not have enough rainfall to support the production of food crops like corn or wheat. “The only way billions of acres of grassland can be used for human benefit is via ruminants” (Dairy Council Digest, Jan.–Feb. 1973). Grass-fed animals also produce meat that has a lower fat content than grain-fed animals—which we now realize is a health benefit. The clean animals that God permitted His model nation to eat—designated simply by split hooves and cud-chewing—were designed to produce nutritious food in an economical and ecologically sound manner. These guidelines were given long before the sciences of ecology, economics and nutrition. This was one of the benefits that God wanted the world to see through the example of the nation of Israel.

Hold the Hog:

The dietary laws regarding cud-chewing beasts also prohibit the consumption of all carnivorous animals and omnivorous animals for very logical reasons. God created clean animals to provide food and by-products for human use. He created animals unsuitable for human consumption for other purposes. Carnivores, as beasts of prey play an important role in controlling the populations of other animals and rodents. As an example, wolves and mountain lions, which feed on herds of deer, control not only numbers, but also help maintain the health of the herd by culling out older, sick or infirm animals. That’s one reason we shouldn’t eat carnivores. They eat sick and dead animals and transmit diseases to humans. The pig or swine is specifically mentioned as being unclean and not permitted as human food (Leviticus 11:7–8; Deuteronomy 14:8). While some theologians have stated, “We do not know why the swine was forbidden” (Interpreter’s Bible), thousands of other writers and scientist have found numerous logical reasons related to ecology, economics, nutrition and public health. In the wild, swine are often nocturnal animals that root for food. Their nighttime feeding habits should have kept their contact with humans at a minimum. Domesticated pigs, however, have been used for centuries as scavengers around human settlements. Having an omnivorous animal around that could put on weight rapidly by eating anything from garbage to dead animals and human wastes—and that could later be slaughtered and used for food—has seemed like a pretty good arrangement to many peoples. But is it? Today, domesticated hogs are fed a diet composed mainly of corn and grain. However, as non-ruminants with digestive tracts similar to that of humans, pigs are unable to survive on grasses and thus have been ecological competitors with humans for the same types of food grains (such as wheat, corn and barley). In America about 28% of the corn harvested is fed to hogs. Basically, pigs enjoy eating the same types of food that people eat. This is not a wise use of resources. He foresaw that great herds of hogs would take life-sustaining grain out of the mouths of his people. Jesus Christ Himself did not feel it inappropriate to allow an incident that caused the destruction of a herd of pigs! “Now a herd of many swine was feeding there on the mountain. And they begged Him that He would permit them to enter them. And He permitted them. Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the lake and drowned” (Luke 8:32–33). Would Jesus have allowed the destruction of someone’s valuable property, without cause, through carelessness or accident?

Let Us Not Eat Bugs!

One of the major diseases transmitted by swine and other unclean animals is trichinosis. It is caused by a small parasitic roundworm that gets into the muscle tissue of animals and humans. The disease has a global distribution and affects about 4% of the world’s population—nearly 240 million people. This is not surprising considering that “people throughout the world eat more pork than any other kind of meat. Americans consume about 80 pounds per person each year. It should be noted, however, that many carnivorous and omnivorous animals are infected with the parasite Trichinella spiralis. Bear meat, walrus and wild pigs have been significant sources of infections in humans for thousands of years. The list could also include squirrels, rats, cats, dogs, rabbits, foxes, horse meat and marine mammals. It is hardly an accident or coincidence that God prohibited the consumption of these animals by His divinely given dietary laws. Tapeworms, which afflict about 3% of the world’s population (about 180 million), are another serious health problem encountered ONLY when pork is eaten. While beef and fish can also contain other tapeworms that can colonize the human digestive tract and cause discomfort, the pork tapeworm is much more dangerous, the larva of the pork parasite, once inside the human intestine, can migrate through the tissues to the heart, eyes and brain—and can eventually cause death. With reference to pork tapeworm disease, the highest rates of infection are seen in countries where pork is a major part of the diet, such as Mexico, Latin America, United States, Spain, Portugal, Africa, India, southeast Asia, and China. Although the general advice for avoiding parasitic infections from pork and other unclean animals is to adequately cook the meat, the most effective way to avoid these diseases is to avoid eating unclean animals that do not have cloven hooves and do not chew the cud—as God instructed Moses and the Israelites 3,500 years ago. If only this portion of the biblical dietary code were applied today, the global burden of parasitic disease could be reduced by 800% within 1 generation!

Don’t Eat The Garbage Man:

Why did God prohibit eating certain foods? Was the Creator being capricious? Why should He be concerned? Is there a rational, logical basis for the Scriptures dealing with which foods are fit for human consumption? After dealing with edible land animals, the second major set of divine dietary instructions concerned aquatic creatures. In Leviticus we are instructed: ‘These you may eat of all that are in the water: whatever in the water has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers—that you may eat…. Whatever in the water does not have fins or scales—that shall be an abomination to you” (11:9, 12). Numerous and sometimes fanciful reasons have been proposed for these guidelines. While some Bible scholars recognize that the consumption of unclean organisms can be harmful others suggest that organisms without fins and scales resembled snakes and thus are abhorrent to eat (Interpreter’s Bible, 1953). One source stated that scripturally “unclean,” bottom-dwelling organisms were symbolic of living in sin and pollution, and that fins were symbolic of prayers that could lift us out of such situations (The Bible Commentary, Scribner, 1871). The discoveries of science, however, reveal in greater detail the wisdom and benefits of God’s plain instructions about appropriate food. Biblically “clean fish” are generally free swimming in bodies of water. Most “unclean” fish are either bottom dwellers or predatory scavengers. The prohibition against eating scaleless fish protects against the consumption of fish that produce poisonous substances in their bodies. A U.S. Navy survival manual comments, “All the important fish with poisonous flesh… lack ordinary scales…. Instead, these poisonous fish are covered with bristles or spiny scales, strong sharp thorns, or spines, or are encased in a bony box-like covering. Some have naked skin, that is, no spines or scales”. Many sea creatures listed as venomous (four sharks, 58 stingrays, 47 catfish, 57 scorpion fish, 15 toadfish, etc.) do not have true scales. Eels—nocturnal predatory scavengers that eat “almost any kind of food, dead or alive”—would also be considered unclean. Eel blood contains a toxic substance “which can be dangerous if it comes into contact with eyes or another mucous membrane. The biblical guidelines were designed to point people to the safest kinds of fish to eat.

A Different Purpose:

Shellfish, lacking both fins and scales, are clearly excluded by the biblical dietary laws. But why would lobsters, crabs, crayfish and shrimp, which are considered delicacies in many parts of the world, be prohibited? The answer lies in understanding the role they were designed to play in nature. Lobsters are “nocturnal” foragers. They are bottom walkers and predatory scavengers that scavenge for dead animals and other bottom-dwelling organisms and debris. They are usually caught in lobster pots “baited with dead fish. Lobsters have long antennae and tiny hair-like sensors all over their bodies “that can detect specific chemical molecules in the environment (released by decaying organisms), which can help the lobster identify and locate food, even in the dark. Lobsters have been observed to bury a dead fish and then dig it up later, at intervals, to eat a bit more of it. Crabs are referred to as “professional garbage hunters” and as “scavengers” that eat almost anything. The crab prefers dead fish, but will eat any carrion [dead], “putrefying flesh” (International Wildlife Encyclopedia). Common shrimp, a small, delicate relative of crabs and lobsters, live by day in the mud or sandy bottoms of bays and estuaries all over the world. However, they become active at night as predatory scavengers and are “bottom dwelling detritus feeders “eating dead and decaying matter” (International Wildlife Encyclopedia). These organisms were all created for a very important ecological purpose. They are, in essence, the “garbage collectors” or the “cleanup crew” for the bottoms of lakes, rivers, beaches, bays and oceans. They were not intended to be food for human beings. That is also why the consumption of raw, pickled or undercooked crabs, crayfish, snails and shrimp carries a significant risk of parasitic infections like liver flukes, which infect up to 80 percent of some rural populations in Southeast Asia and Africa.

Danger On the Half Shell:

There are also important and logical reasons why God created and then clearly labeled clams, oysters, mussels and scallops as unclean and inappropriate for human consumption. These creatures are found in lakes, streams and coastal areas around the world where they perform specialized roles. As stationary filter-feeding mollusks, they pump large amounts of water over their mucus-covered gills, trapping tiny pieces of food (silt, plant debris, bacteria, viruses) which they then eat. As a result, mussels and other animals feeding on microscopic particles are the ultimate scavengers of the sea. Filter-feeding organisms are the “vacuum cleaners” for aquatic environments. Their role is to purify the water. Once you understand the purpose for which God created shellfish, the reason they are unclean should become obvious. Just as you would be reluctant to make a meal out of the contents of your vacuum cleaner bag, A/C filter or in your septic tank, the decision to eat shellfish should also be considered carefully! Because their method of feeding is “ideal for concentrating bacteria in sewage,” in addition to collecting and concentrating pathogenic viruses, heavy metals and nerve toxins produced by plankton, these shellfish present a serious health hazard to consumers (International Wildlife Encyclopedia). How serious is the threat of disease? The American Food and Drug Administration has stated that “raw oysters, clams, mussels and pork, so savored by gourmets account for 85 percent of all food born illnesses” (FDA Consumer, June 1991). Outbreaks of cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A, Norwalk virus, salmonella and paralytic shellfish poisoning are just some of the health problems frequently linked to the consumption of these mollusks, In addition ALL hepatitis comes from “Unclean” food! Notices have been published that pregnant women, the elderly and “individuals with immune systems weakened by certain diseases (cancer, diabetes and AIDS) should… avoid eating or handling uncooked shellfish”. These dangerous and potentially life-threatening situations can be avoided by understanding and following the biblical dietary laws that prohibit eating marine organisms that lack fins and scales.

Birds to Bugs:

The final groups of organisms covered by the biblical code are birds, insects and reptiles. Essentially all the excluded fowl are either birds of prey or scavengers like vultures and seagulls. Carnivorous birds are important in controlling populations of other animals. Their dietary habits of eating the flesh and blood of their prey make these birds potential agents for transmitting disease. Predatory fish-eating birds tend to accumulate high levels of toxic chemicals in their bodies. Most of these birds are not important food sources for humans. Reptiles are also among the animals listed as unclean for human food (Leviticus 11:29–30; 42–43). Regarding Insects, only those from the locust/grasshopper family are permissible as food. These creatures are distinguished by having “strong hind legs for springing” and have been used, historically, as a food source in the Middle East.

Dietary Laws Abolished?

The biblical dietary laws are simple, rational, practical and profound. Long before human beings knew the details of disease-causing microorganisms, life cycles of parasites or global ecology, God revealed powerful principles that would protect the environment, provide safe, healthful food and prevent the spread of disease for anyone who would be willing to follow these instructions. The intent and benefits of these biblical guidelines have been acknowledged periodically in history. One scholar observed recently that “most of the laws can be clearly seen to tend toward public health. But if these laws are so logical and beneficial to mankind, where did the idea come from that they have been abolished? Why do Bible-believing Christians seem to be in the forefront of promoting this notion? The answer is found in interpretations that are read into scriptures found in Mark 7 and Acts 10. Studying the “evidence” is all the is needed to gain a clear understanding. In Mark 7, Jesus addressed a question about why His disciples ate without washing their hands according to ceremonial traditions followed by the Pharisees. Some Bible translations add words to Jesus’ answer in verse 19, suggesting that He did away with the dietary laws. However, these added words are not found in the original texts. Christ’s point was that orally ingested dirt does not spiritually defile a person since it does not enter the heart to influence attitudes. The dirt passes through the digestive tract and is eliminated. The subject of clean and unclean meats and the dietary laws are not being discussed in this chapter or in Matthew 15:10–20, which discusses the same event. In Acts 10, Peter is given a vision to help him understand God’s future plans for the Church. He was shown a group of unclean animals and told three times to eat. Each time he adamantly declined because he believed it was wrong. Now remember, this was the Peter who supposedly heard Jesus abolish the dietary laws earlier in Mark 7 and who was trained by Christ for 3 1/2 years and yet he was still under the clear impression that eating unclean meats was wrong! He was puzzled over the meaning of the vision (Acts 10:17) until three men came knocking at his door with a request to hear the Gospel explained, Normally Peter would not have associated with these men who were outside of the covenant community, because the Jews considered the Gentiles to be “unclean.” When Peter put the pieces together he concluded: “God has shown me that I should not call any “Gentile” common or unclean”. Peter does not conclude in this chapter, or anywhere else in the New Testament, that the dietary laws were to be abolished. The so-called evidence is simply not there! Neither Jesus Christ nor Peter abolished these God-given guidelines.