THE CHRISTIAN AFRIKANERS - The Works of F. N. Lee

More documents

Recommendations

Info

soldier; Nebuchadnezzar an emperor. Then there were the great cultural nations of Assyria, Egypt,Babylon, Tyre, Sidon, Greece and Rome. All of this needs to be studied in the Bible -- in the booksof Isaiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Nahum, Luke, Acts, First Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Titus, andespecially, the Book of Revelation. Important heathen persons, such as Cyrus, need to be studied.So too: the technique of idol-manufacturing; antichrist himself; and the false church. Indeed wealso need to reflect as to whether there will be any culture in hell or not!I believe we then need to take a look at what Scripture says about regenerate man as the renewedhomo colens -- man the cultivator. Adam was an agriculturalist before and after the fall. Eve wasthe mother of all living, and the name-giver of her children. Seth and Enosh were involved in culticworship -- i.e. worship using man-developed cultural forms. Noah was a shipbuilder, a naturepreserver,and a wine-farmer.In Genesis nine, we find the renewal of the cultural mandate and the expansion of politicalgovernments -- as a high and a holy and a godly task. Job and Elihu were philosophers. Jacob was ageneticist and a cattle-breeder. Joseph was a statesman and an economist. Moses was a nationalleader and a writer and a lawgiver. Aaron was a diplomat. Miriam was a poetess. Bezaleel andOholiab were artists. Joshua was a soldier/statesman. Caleb was a spy. The Judges were politiciansand Hannah was a poetess.David was a poet, a soldier, and a statesman. Solomon was a philosopher, king, temple builder andpoet. Ethan, Heman and the children of Korah were singers. Joash, Hezekiah and Josiah were rulersand cultural reformers. Amos was a farmer. Daniel was a statesman. Esther was a queen. Ezra wasa lawyer. And Nehemiah was a governor.Jesus was a carpenter; Luke, a physician; Paul, a scholar and a tent-maker; and Zenas, a lawyer.Among the callings in First Corinthians seven, we find Christian slaves, Christian freemen,Christian married people, Christian bachelors and spinsters, and Christian widows and widowers.All of them regenerate, whether they ate or whether they drank or whatever they did, FirstCorinthians 10:31, they were and are to do all things to the glory of God.Next, I believe we need to understand the teaching of the Bible as regards future culturaldevelopment, its eschatological pattern and calling. First of all, diesseits, in this world here andnow, there is to be a future subjugation and an ongoing extension of godly man's control over theentire earth to God's glory. First Corinthians 15; Ephesians 1; Colossians 1; Matthew 28:19 -- alllinked up with Genesis 1:26-28. The cultural achievements of the lost are to be exploited, andexpanded and differently applied by us (the saved). Thus Noah inherited the ante-diluvianachievements; Melchizedek used the goods of the king of Sodom; Jacob annexed Laban's herds;Joseph and Moses utilised the treasures of Egypt; Joshua occupied the land of Canaan; Solomonused the cedars of Lebanon for building the temple, etc. Isaiah 27, 28, 54 and 60; Daniel 2 and 12;Amos 9; Acts 15; Micah 4; Revelation 17 and 18.Moreover, the elect are called upon by Almighty God to do precisely this. Isaiah 11, 35, 40, 52 and62; Ezekiel 36 & 37 and 40 through 48; Matthew 5:5; James 3; Revelation 3:18, etc. All nations arethus predestined to become cosmically-cultural Christian peoples in this life, before the secondcoming. Psalms 72 & 87 and 96 through 98; Isaiah 2, 11, 49, 65 and 66; Haggai 2; Zechariah 2 and9; Malachi 1:11 and 4:2-3 etc. But when we leave this life and go to heaven, this Christ-honouringculture is expanded even on the other side of the grave (jenseits). For in glory there will be culturalsinging. Revelation 4 through 7, 14, 15 and 19. There will also be cultural worship. Revelation 4through 6 and 15. There will be cultural adornment. Revelation 6 and 19. Indeed, there will bereigning. Revelation 20.
The parousia of Jesus Christ will involve a judgment over and a reconstitution of all of the world'scultures. Isaiah 24; Revelation 18; and First Peter 3. The new earth will be inaugurated forever.There will be an eschatological fusion of the heavenly life and the "new earthly life" -- as theconsummation of our this-earthly life, to the glory of God. It will last forever and ever. There willbe cultural joy, service and rulership. Romans 8; Second Peter 3; Revelation 2 and 3; Hebrews 11and 12. There will be cosmos-embracing human law keeping unto all eternity. Revelation 21 and22:14-15. Indeed, all of it will be from, through and unto -- the Triune God! For our baptism willthen have been consummated -- dynamically, and everlastingly.Well now, so much for the general biblical outline that I think needs to govern us. We also need astrategy -- as we move forward toward this goal.I think the strategy needs to centre around two main poles. First, subduing the entire earth to God'sglory in all that we do. Second, discipling all of the nations, and declaring to them all the counsel ofGod -- teaching them to subdue the entire earth to God's glory in all that they do, as well asteaching them to communicate the gospel to every man.I believe that in doing this, we need to move from the common sense level just outlined -- to thetheoretical level. We need to study each science. We need to start with the study of mathematicsthrough geology under the inorganic sciences, and then to proceed down through the other naturalsciences to the cultural sciences and then to the philosophical sciences and lastly to the theologicalsciences. In each science, as we deal with it, we need to explain first its practical importance; thento give a historical account of the development of that science; and last, chiefly on the basis ofempirical research, we need to indicate the theoretical structure of each science -- i.e. the triunenature of the practical, historical and doctrinal approach to each science.Now, I'm not saying that all sciences always develop in this order -- from the practical through thehistorical to the theoretical. Indeed, spontaneous or intuitive theoretical formulations havesometimes stimulated historical research -- which has resulted in firm discoveries of much practicalimportance. But I am saying that the Biblical and the logical way to study any science, is to proceedfrom the practical through the historical to the theoretical. Genesis 1:1-28; Genesis 2:19-20;Genesis 4:16-22; etc. I think we need to do this starting first with numbers and space andmovement as the terrain investigated by mathematics; then with the men of mathematics as the oneswho investigate that terrain and the manner in which it is investigated; and next to apply thisapproach to all of the sciences as we move up from mathematics through theology.In point of fact, we need to start with the eternal Triune God above the time barrier in eternity andthen, under Him, we need to see creation in time and with time -- creation embracing everythingthat has been made; creation lasting as long, lineally, as does the world itself. We need to see thatGod created man in His image -- in time, and gave His great dominion charter to man: to subduethe earth and the sea and the sky. This means to subdue the earth meaningfully andepistemologically; to realise it at the common sense and experiential level (Genesis 2:15). It meansto analyse it at the specialised scientific-knowledge level (Genesis 2:19-20). And finally, it meansto synthesise all this -- to bring it all together at the general scientific knowledge level.In analysing in the sciences, we have what I shall call the analytical sciences -- man'ssystematisation of God's total revelations in scripture and in nature about functions and thingsgoverned by the inorganic sciences such as mathematics, surveying, mechanics, engineering,astronomy, physics, chemistry, and geology, etc. For God has told man to be lord over all the earth.Second, we need to analyse the animals and the plants in the organic sciences (micro biology,bacteriology, botany, agriculture, zoology, animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal
Page 1 and 2:
THE CHRISTIAN AFRIKANERSA Brief His
Page 3 and 4:
God richly bless the following lect
Page 5 and 6:
There have always been, and always
Page 7 and 8:
But the only one they both appeal t
Page 9 and 10:
Now Zuidema was a very great Dutch
Page 11 and 12:
Dutch churches at the Synod of Dord
Page 13 and 14:
station -- to help the Dutch ships
Page 15 and 16:
It is a country dedicated to freedo
Page 17 and 18:
1760 -- there was more and more dis
Page 19 and 20:
with the Dutch. Many moved farther
Page 21 and 22:
said: "The British have placed our
Page 23 and 24:
financed by White money. It is buil
Page 25 and 26:
Famous Boer Generals, left to right
Page 27 and 28:
Three: Unannihilated: the Resurrect
Page 29 and 30:
(who had arrived in the country onl
Page 31 and 32:
of success.I may add that White Sou
Page 33 and 34:
General Beyers felt that those text
Page 35 and 36:
Balfour Declaration. The gist of it
Page 37 and 38:
Africa; treks on into the land both
Page 39 and 40:
Four: The Eschatology of Victory in
Page 41 and 42:
ide -- to use the instrumentality o
Page 43 and 44:
Christian National Calvinist Public
Page 45 and 46:
through constitutional process it h
Page 47 and 48:
I guess the best way to describe Sm
Page 49 and 50:
He was followed after his assassina
Page 51 and 52:
So the Scots came. I am going to sp
Page 53 and 54:
the Reformed Church in South Africa
Page 55 and 56:
ook on Hebrews. But his greatest wr
Page 57 and 58: At that point, Du Plessis enquired
Page 59 and 60: Yet quite apart from this high view
Page 61 and 62: One last point. There is a tremendo
Page 63 and 64: African Republic in 1902, the Cape
Page 65 and 66: One of the most important Calvinist
Page 67 and 68: Pellissier, who wrote on music and
Page 69 and 70: perspective -- even while he minist
Page 71 and 72: ever encountered by the Whites in S
Page 73 and 74: Now the United States does not need
Page 75 and 76: majority of the White citizens are
Page 77 and 78: Now you will not find in any of Sto
Page 79 and 80: Finally, Stoker argues that the so-
Page 81 and 82: This then brings Stoker to another
Page 83 and 84: This Brummer just referred to, is a
Page 85 and 86: Man was to rejoice in this nature (
Page 87 and 88: enhanced. For, in the present, man
Page 89 and 90: he declared, riddled with the ungod
Page 91 and 92: Van der Waal is a very brilliant So
Page 93 and 94: World War II when he was hiding fro
Page 95 and 96: The Professor of Philosophy -- or I
Page 97 and 98: glory.There are also Christian psyc
Page 99 and 100: Then there are Christian criminolog
Page 101 and 102: Massachusetts at Gordon- Conwell fo
Page 103 and 104: well known -- is being pioneered in
Page 105 and 106: people in South Africa. The South A
Page 107: nature and of human culture (Prover
Page 111 and 112: more and more christianised. Later
Page 113: END
show all

THE CHRISTIAN AFRIKANERS - The Works of F. N. Lee

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?