Seven Pillars of Wisdom

June 7, 2009

The Way of Wisdom

9:1 Wisdom has built her house;she has hewn her seven pillars.

2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,

4 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” To him who lacks sense she says,

5 “Come, eat of my breadand drink of the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways, and live,and walk in the way of insight.”

Proverbs 9:1-6

“Leave your simple ways, and live,

and walk in the way of insight.”

The Way of Folly

13 The woman Folly is loud;she is seductive and knows nothing.

14 She sits at the door of her house;she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,

15 calling to those who pass by,who are going straight on their way,

16 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says,

17 “Stolen water is sweet,and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in

the depths of Sheol.

“But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.”

“For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ.”

1 Cor 3:11

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

1st Pillar

“Purpose and Design”

Purpose and Design

“What on earth

am I here for?”

30 Million sold

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Q. 1. What is the chief end of man?

A. Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.

[a]. Ps. 86:9; Isa. 60:21; Rom. 11:36; I Cor. 6:20; 10:31; Rev. 4:11

[b]. Ps. 16:5-11; 144:15; Isa. 12:2; Luke 2:10; Phil. 4:4; Rev. 21:3-4

“And beginning with Moses and

all the Prophets, he interpreted to

them in all the Scriptures the

things concerning himself.”

Luke 24:17

Purpose and Design

1st Pillar

DominionGenesis 1:24-28

Our Purpose in Life is:

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion . . .over all the earth

“Dominion “

• domain• supreme authority

synonym = sovereigntyWebster

a: supreme power

b: supreme power especially over a body

politic

c: freedom from external control : synonym

= autonomyWebster

“Sovereignty”

Romans 13

God grants us His communicable

attribute of Dominion (rule), but he

never grants us His Sovereignty.

“Sovereignty”

“Domain “

1. a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is

exercised

• Individual - Ages Past

Dominion was not

rescinded . . .

It became corrupted

Mankind

Rebelled

Dominion is a God given

desire.

a: supreme power

b: supreme power especially over a body

politic

c: freedom from external control : synonym

= autonomyWebster

Sovereignty

“History teaches theology by example”

“If you want a vision of the

future, imagine a

boot stamping on a human face -

forever.”

George Orwell

“Man making man in man’s image.”

“ A superior example . . .”

Instead of

Secular Humanism

Transhumanism (H+)

Eugenics/Transgenics

Transgenetics:

Mixing genetic code of two different species to

create what is called a “chimera”. UK is mixing

cow eggs and human genes to create a

monstrosity that our system cannot ethically

judge which gives scientists the ability to destroy

or use as wished.

“Cowboys”

• Goat and sheep genes have been

crossed creating the first geep

• Fluorescent pigs have been created through crossing their genes with jellyfish

• Hairless mice have already been used to grow human ears

"The Cornell scientists put a gene for a fluorescent protein into the single-celled human embryo. The embryo had three sets of chromosomes instead of two."

"A spokesman for the National Institutes of Health said the Cornell work would not be classified as gene therapy in need of federal review, because a test-tube embryo is not considered a person under the regulations."

Glow in the dark . . . Humans

May 13, 2008

+ =

"We in the Eugenics movement are not interested in competing against Adolph Hitler or Karl Marx for some minuscule little 1,000 year Reich. We are interested in competing with Jesus Christ and Buddha for the destiny of man." Self-Directed Evolution

“Domain “

1. a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is

exercised

• Individual – Present Age

Colossians 3

“Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual

immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and

covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these

the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once

walked, when you were living in them. But now you

must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice,

slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie

to one another, seeing that you have put off the old

self with its practices and have put on the new self,

which is being renewed in knowledge after the image

of its creator.” Col 3:5-10

“. . . which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.”

“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and

beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility,

meekness, and patience, bearing with one another

and, if one has a complaint against another,

forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you,

so you also must forgive. And above all these put

on love, which binds everything together in perfect

harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your

hearts, to which indeed you were called in one

body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell

in you richly, teaching and admonishing one

another in all wisdom . . . ” Col 3:12-16

“ . . . let the peace of Christ rule in

your hearts”

“Domain “

1. a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is

exercised

• Individual – Future Age

Revelation 2

“Only hold fast what you have until I come. The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.”

Rev 2:25-27

“one who conquers …he will rule”

“For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are

not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy

strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every

thought captive to obey Christ . . .” 2 Cor 10:3-5

“Church Militant”

“Domain “

• a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is exercised

• Individual – Col 3

• Marriage – Mt 19

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Ge 2:18

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”

Eph 5:31-33

“Domain “

• a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is exercised

• Individual

• Marriage

• Family

“ . . . for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?”

1 Ti 3:5 NKJV

“Domain “

• a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is exercised

• Individual

• Marriage

• Family

• Church

“Let the elders who rule well

be considered worthy of

double honor, especially those

who labor in preaching and

teaching.”

1 Tim 5:17

“Dominion “

“The church, under the influence of neoplatonismrenounced dominion:

• Earth is regarded as the devil’s realm

• The human body was despised (pietism and monasticism swept into the Church)

• A false humility and meekness was cultivated

• The gospel itself was deformed from a gospel of personal and corporate triumph through Christ over sin

to an escapist gospel after the defeat of the Church.

In these cases dominion does not disappear it is simply

transferred to another.” RJ Rushdoony

“ . . . that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what

are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his

power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great

might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly

places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the

church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

Ephesians 1:18

“Domain “

• a territory (or jurisdiction) over which dominion is exercised

• Individual

• Marriage

• Family

• Church

• Civil Government

“Occupy till I come.”

Luke 19:11

Matthew 5

“Blessed are the

meek for they shall

inherit the earth.”

“The blessed meek are those who submit to God’s

dominion, have dominion therefore over themselves,

and are capable of exercising dominion over the

earth.” RJ Rushdoony

Matthew 11:29-30 (KJV)

“Take my yoke upon you,

and learn of me; for I am

meek and lowly in heart:

and ye shall find rest

unto your souls. For my

yoke is easy, and my

burden is light.”

Meekness is not mousiness, but

disciplined strength in and under God.

“Dominion “

. . . is the exercise of godly power in our God given sphere.

Where ever Christ’s dominion

of “meekness” is evidenced . . .

. . . His Kingdom Comes on earth as it is in Heaven.

“And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Mt 28:18-20

Purpose and Design

“What on earth

am I here for?”

Dominion

2nd Pillar