This is Part Two of Gary North's commentary on Exodus. It is a discussion of the Ten Commandments from the point of view of economic theory. Gary's discussion of the sabbath in this book supersedes everything he has written in the past, and nobody who wants to deal with the sabbath issue can afford to ignore the questions he raises in this book. So far, there has been no detailed response from strict sabbatarians, although the book was published in 1986.
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This book is a detailed study of the conflict between and Moses and Pharaoh. It discusses the implications of this conflict in several areas: theology, politics, sociology, and especially economics.
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Exodus and the Collapse of Humanism
In the fifteenth century before the birth of Jesus, Moses came before Pharaoh and made what seemed to be a minor request: Pharaoh should allow the Israelites to make a three-day journey in order to sacrifice to their God. But this was not a minor request; given the theology of Egypt, it was the announcement of a revolution--an anti-humanist revolution.
The conflict between Moses and Pharaoh was a conflict between the religion of the Bible and its rival, the religion of humanism. It is not common for scholars to identify Egypt's polytheism with modern humanism, but the two theologies share their most fundamental doctrines: the irrelevance of the God of the Bible for the affairs of men; the evolution of man into God; the impossibility of an infallible word of God; the nonexistence of permanent laws of God; the impossibility of temporal judgment by God; and a belief in the power of man.
What Bible commentators have failed to understand is that the conflict between Moses and Pharaoh was at heart a conflict between the two major religions in man's history, dominion religion and power religion--with the third major religion--escapist religion represented by the Hebrew slaves. What they have also failed to point out is that there is an implicit alliance between the power religion and the escapist religion. This alliance still exists.
This book is a detailed study of the conflict between Moses and Pharaoh. It discusses the implications of this conflict in several areas: theology, politics, sociology, and especially economics. This book is Part One of the second volume of a multi-volume set, An Economic Commentary on the Bible. The first volume, The Dominion Covenant: Genesis, was published in 1982.
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Personal Responsibility vs. Escapism,
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Gary North demonstrates from the book of Exodus that true religion, which he calls dominion religion is in a battle with humanistic power religion and its acomplice - escape religion. Discussed in terms of theology and politics (which do mix), modern applications become very apparent. Many in the modern church don't want to take responsibility, under God, for today's political messes. As if something is off-limits for God. Moses and Pharaoh demonstrate what the christian's responsibility is.
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There are two kinds of Gary North books in this world: those that will change the world in 1,000 years, and those have already sunk without a trace. This is unquestionably one of the most important books ever written.
North here shows that only Dominion religion has any chance of success in this world, and that there is an implicit alliance between Power religionists (humanism, islamism, et al), and escapist religionists (pietists of the Church.) It is confronting, and is not designed to appease the unbeliever of Christian Reconstruction, but then, only Christian Reconstructionists will read it anyway, so what does it matter?
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