The Day of Battle
The words that Paul here uses are imagery common to the Bible, common to church history. The darkness of sin is often spoke of, the refusal to believe. It is contrasted to the light of the gospel; walking with the Lord is to walk in the light. The world outside of Christ very early in the history of the church was seen as the dark age. Now, we are familiar with that term in its anti-Christian use by modern scholars to describe the world after the fall of Rome, and with the triumph of Christianity.
- R. J. Rushdoony
The words that Paul here uses are imagery common to the Bible, common to church history. The darkness of sin is often spoke of, the refusal to believe. It is contrasted to the light of the gospel; walking with the Lord is to walk in the light. The world outside of Christ very early in the history of the church was seen as the dark age. Now, we are familiar with that term in its anti-Christian use by modern scholars to describe the world after the fall of Rome, and with the triumph of Christianity.
- R. J. Rushdoony
Rev. R.J. Rushdoony (1916–2001), was a leading theologian, church/state expert, and author of numerous works on the application of Biblical law to society. He started the Chalcedon Foundation in 1965. His Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) began the contemporary theonomy movement which posits the validity of Biblical law as God’s standard of obedience for all. He therefore saw God’s law as the basis of the modern Christian response to the cultural decline, one he attributed to the church’s false view of God’s law being opposed to His grace. This broad Christian response he described as “Christian Reconstruction.” He is credited with igniting the modern Christian school and homeschooling movements in the mid to late 20th century. He also traveled extensively lecturing and serving as an expert witness in numerous court cases regarding religious liberty. Many ministry and educational efforts that continue today, took their philosophical and Biblical roots from his lectures and books.