The Servant Son or the Mantel of Elijah
To be the servant sons of God means to be fully under His word and so the question we need to ask ourselves is this “whose mantel is upon us? Whose word commands us? Whose servant child are we?” Christ passes by and by His sovereign grace casts His mantel over us, it is not of us it is of Him, and then He summons us to minister unto Him and to one another in His name.
- R. J. Rushdoony
To be the servant sons of God means to be fully under His word and so the question we need to ask ourselves is this “whose mantel is upon us? Whose word commands us? Whose servant child are we?” Christ passes by and by His sovereign grace casts His mantel over us, it is not of us it is of Him, and then He summons us to minister unto Him and to one another in His name.
- 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.