AntiChrist RZ 12/02 - Tomorrow's World

The Ten Commandments
nal command to “honor” our parents is not addressed just to children—but
to everyone.
Even Adults Should Honor Their Parents
The time may come when it is no longer necessary or right that
a person should strictly obey his parents. But the day should never
come when he ceases to honor them. The word “honor” has a
much larger meaning than that of obedience. It indicates a high
respect, as for worth, merit or rank. It denotes a feeling of high
esteem and reverence. A person who has properly obeyed his parents
in childhood later expresses his honor for them in a deeper
appreciation of the comforts and training they provided him as a
child. This honor expresses itself in courtesy, thoughtfulness and
kind deeds. As we mature, it becomes increasingly evident that
untold hours of work, of anxious thought and agonized prayer were
bestowed for our welfare by faithful and loving parents. It should
become the delight of every decent man and woman to return this
love that our parents showered on us. In the evening of life, many
parents long for this affection and fellowship with their children
more, perhaps, than for any other blessing. Let us think and act on
this opportunity to return the love our parents so freely gave!
To the everlasting shame of our professing Christian society,
thousands of elderly parents are reduced to living on a mere pittance
that comes to them through governmental agencies. In all too many
cases, the children are able but simply unwilling to provide additional
comforts for their parents. Jesus Christ gave one of the most forceful
interpretations of the fifth commandment in its application to
this very problem. In His day, men were excusing themselves from
providing for the necessities of their parents. They were saying that
funds that might have been used in this way were “Corban”—that is,
dedicated to the service of the altar. These funds were not part of
God’s tithe, but rather an additional offering that was used to gain
favor in approaching God. Reproaching these hypocritical religionists,
Jesus said: “All too well you reject the commandment of God,
that you may keep your tradition. For Moses said, ‘Honor your
father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let
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