Biblical Patriarchy

One very important aspect of being a biblical patriarch is to have your finances under control. This is often overlooked when it comes to things of a religious or spiritual nature, but this should simply not be so. If Yahweh is the King and Lord over every aspect of our lives, it should most certainly include finance. I plan on devoting a few posts to discussing these Six Rules for Financial Independence, which will be adapted from Making Sense of Your Dollars.

Rule Number 1. Pay God First

Rule Number 2. Obey the law of Yahweh

Rule Number 3. Pay Yourself Before Others

Rule Number 4. Pay Yourself at Least 10%

Rule Number 5. Stay Out of Debt

Rule Number 6. Forget the Tax Deduction

The basic definition of a patriarch is “the male head of family or tribe”, and is, in part, an accurate definition of what we embrace here at Joshuah’s House. The father and husband is the one who has been charged with the duty and responsibility to lead his family.

Another good definition of a patriarch can be gleaned from Wikipedia. We would replace “autocratic” with theocratic. …

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a composition of πατήρ (pater) meaning “father” and ἄρχων (archon) meaning “leader”, “chief”, “ruler”, “king”, etc.

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“The third characteristic of the Biblical law or covenant is that it constitutes a *plan of dominion* under God.  God called Adam to exercise dominion in terms of God’s revelation, God’s law (Gen. 1:26ff.; 2:15-17).  This same calling, after the fall, was required of the godly line, and in Noah it was formally renewed (Gen. 9:1-17).  It was again renewed with Abraham, with Jacob, with Israel in the person of Moses, with Joshua, David, Solomon (whose Proverbs echo the law), with Hezekiah and Josiah, and finally with Jesus Christ.  The sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is the renewal of the covenant:  “this is my blood of the new testament” (or covenant), so that the sacrament itself re-establishes the law, this time with a new elect group.  *The people of the law* are now the people of Christ, the believers redeemed by His atoning blood, and called by His sovereign election.”

RJ Rushdoony, Vol. 1, The Institutes of Biblical Law, p. 8-9