The Necessity of Destruction

The problem is not that some women work outside the home, pursue a career and have no inclination to marry. The problem is that they want it. It’s the dominant pagan idolatry in the West. As long as they keep wanting that, western society is doomed.

Even without a biblical perspective, it doesn’t require intellectual genius to see how destructive it is if the next generation isn’t born because there are no mothers. The current social malaise is not helped at all by the refusal of mothers to mother.

As a verb, “mother” includes starting out with the assumption of picking a good father, never mind whether he gives you massive tingles, and sticking with that man for the sake of your children. If women don’t understand the necessity of having a father in the house, there is nothing to discuss.

But of course, this blog is all about the Covenant of Christ. That Covenant is expressed, in part, in Biblical Law. And Biblical Law is all about subsuming your personal desires under the demands of Christ’s glory. Your personal desires come mostly from fallen flesh. If you don’t deny your fleshly nature, there is no hope of understanding anything in the Bible.

Yes, the only valid reason for getting married is a commitment to the Covenant of Christ. It’s the only valid reason for any and all human decisions. So every man must keep his eye on feudal submission to Christ and let His Lord arrange a pairing, or not, as He sees fit. Don’t pursue a gal who calls out to your flesh. Your taste in female flesh is always wrong — in the sense that it’s always wrong to trust your tastes for much of anything.

And women should know that their first commission from God is to consider how they must fulfill the demands of spiritual bridehood first. The vast majority of the time that means being the bride of some human servant of His. This should be your normal expectation, and it should be a surprise when convictions and events lead you in any other direction.

And it will be on you, ladies, whom the Lord wants you to marry (since we have no valid covenant community to guide your instincts). Your choice should be based on that long term commitment to Christ’s glory and the growth of the Covenant message. Marry the man you want to father your children. Make sure you bring to him the full value of your maidenhood.

It is only our culture that encourages men to wander. It’s a basic flaw of the flesh, but our western culture blows it out of proportion. With only a little basic Biblical Law teaching, men can easily squelch that monster. Women are not so easy, because their instinct to trade up to a better tingle experience is far stronger than a man’s similar temptations. This is why Biblical Law is so hard on women; it’s just reality after the Fall.

In other words, our American society is so utterly alien to the Covenant of Christ, so truculently hostile to His reign, that it will have to be destroyed for there to be any hope for even a small recovery of covenant living. Yes, we can blame our social culture for the coming apocalypse.