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Wow. This article crystallizes a profound and important outline for the way forward after the GOP landslide next week. It was written years ago, but could have been penned yesterday.

Some of you will be shocked by the use of the word "theocracy." But it does not mean what you think it means.

As the artticle states: "Dictionaries to the contrary, theocracy is not a government by the state but a government over every institution by God and His Law, and through the activities of the free man in Christ to bring every area of life and thought under Christ's Kingship."

“From the days of the Caesars to the heads of democratic states and Marxist empires, the ungodly have seen what Christians too often fail to see, namely, that Biblical faith requires and creates a rival government to the humanistic state.”

More accurately a de facto secession from the ephemeral and deficient State, at any point the State demands unrighteous behavior or loyalty - which is quite often in modern times.

A problem as old as Samuel:

‘Samuel was displeased when they asked for a king to judge them. He prayed to the LORD, however, who said in answer: “Grant the people’s every request. It is not you they reject, they are rejecting me as their king. As they have treated me constantly from the day I brought them up from Egypt to this day, deserting me and worshiping strange gods, so do they treat you too. Now grant their request; but at the same time, warn them solemnly and inform them of the rights of the king who will rule them.”
Samuel delivered the message of the LORD in full to those who were asking him for a king. He told them: “The rights of the king who will rule you will be as follows: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run before his chariot. He will also appoint from among them his commanders of groups of a thousand and of a hundred soldiers. He will set them to do his plowing and his harvesting, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. He will use your daughters as ointment-makers, as cooks, and as bakers. He will take the best of your fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials. He will tithe your crops and your vineyards, and give the revenue to his eunuchs and his slaves. He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best oxen and your asses, and use them to do his work. He will tithe your flocks and you yourselves will become his slaves.
When this takes place, you will complain against the king whom you have chosen, but on that day the LORD will not answer you.” The people, however, refused to listen to Samuel’s warning and said, “Not so! There must be a king over us. We too must be like other nations, with a king to rule us and to lead us in warfare and fight our battles.”’

Sound familiar?

And please note that this view does not conflate church government with civil government. They are separate, but the values or “law” underlying the civil law either will reflect God’s law or something some man has simply made up.

The American legal tradition historically and self-consciously made God’s law the the framework on which the civil law was constructed. If you were to look at the early criminal statutes in the colonies,for example, you would find that the criminal laws were annotated with references to the Bible to show that these laws were grounded in God’s law. One consequence of this was that there was very little criminal or other law, which resulted in a far greater degree of security and freedom than we have today. The left has been very busy trying to root Christian values out from our legal system. The assault on marriage is merely one example.

Remember, there is no “neutrality” in this area. Either the law will be built on Christian values or it will be built on some form of paganism.

Back to a theocracy????

I don’t think so. Our founding fathers had enough of that oppressive form of government 2 centuries ago.

This kind of thinking is what gets people into trouble. You can’t be self governing and be theocratic at the same time. It’s like Amway. Looks good on paper, but in practice it’s a trainwreck of epic proportions for everyone below the top 3 rungs of the pyramid.

In order to have a Christian-run “state”, you have to put a Christian organization in charge to ensure God’s laws are being enforced. While this works great for religions like the Judaism and Islam, it doesn’t work at all when you have 250+ different denominations who can’t even see eye to eye in a nice free nation like the United States.

This is a very good explanation of Theocracy.. Dr.Rushdoony was one of the giants of the Christian Faith in the 20th Century..

I would also recommend Dr. Greg Bahnsen’s “BY THIS STANDARD: The Authority of God’s Law Today”.. the book itself is a defense of the basic Theonomy position, written specifically for the layman. Bahnsen explains that this position is nothing less than the same position that the Puritan Pilgrims had when they came to America.

It’s easier to read than his more scholarly work “NO OTHER STANDARD”..written specifically to answer his theological critics..no one has ever written a refutation of these works..because they can’t. Bahnsen was brilliant in his use of Scripture and logic. He was one of the brightest lights of modern Christianity..he went to be with the Lord in 1995.

Thanks again for posting this article, USALiberty.