Why Chalcedon? ~ R.J. Rushdoony's Final Message

[@gregb6469]

I can understand why a secularist would object to this message, but why would any Christian do so?

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

Long ago, I subscribed to Rushdoony's Chalcedon cassette tape monologs

[@Mike65809]

The testimony of Scripture is that our Lord had one nature. He had the spiritual identity of the Logos (God) when he was made a man. The Logos spirit was transformed into that of a man. He had the Holy Spirit given to him without measure and did his works, not by his own power, but the Father dwelling in him. I'm not sure why they think he had two natures.

[@JBiggsofWSNC]

I have to wonder if Rooshdoony's works and teachings were part of the inspiration for Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

[@williamjameslehy1341]

I've had the same thought.

[@Yakovlievich]

Rushdoony would make full use of the free speech that he would've denied others.

[@thundergrace]

Armenians were massacered by the turks.

[@paquefeal2385]

@22:04 This speech may have been praised by many, however a close listening left me wondering. The rewriting of history by Mr Rusdoony, especially the part about about Indian and Gandhi is dangerous. Mixing truth from the Bible, (the word of God pointing to Christ as the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world, not a book of law as stated many times,) with personal historical interpretation is dangerous. Rushdoony questionable doctrines presented here can give rise to many evils. The earth as we know it, is doomed. Throughout the Bible it’s clearly stated that God will make all things new again and get rid of sin and the Satan eternally thus restoring the earth to it’s edenic state. Our duty is not to strive to establish God’s kingdom on earth. As Christians we must strive to let people know this truth. Moral and cultural collapse occurred the day Adam and Eve committed the first sin, and we all have been trough it ever since. People, let’s study the Bible closely to avoid pitfalls.

[@gregvanblair9096]

What a sad miss understanding of not only RJR, but the Holy Scriptures!

[@craighelgerson2698]

@@gregvanblair9096 I have dug really deep into this man and the country he held up in a utopian manner (I.e., Armenia). It became "Christian" in name after much bloodshed and persecution of many different groups prior to implementing their Constantine-like state. He did not have even a cursory understanding of the Bible, and he had a stunningly naive view of the world. Please ditch this heresy and get back into the Word... I beg you!

[@TomSnyder-y7u]

You seem to be the one who needs to return to God’s word. Rushdoony is offering a bottom up prescription for the world, which includes fulfilling the Great Commission and following Matthew4:4. ​@@craighelgerson2698

[@The_House_Velaryon]

I could not comment on his other video so I will comment here, after hearing some of his other videos. This goes into the problem of Heresy in the christian church and how it's described as coming from the mindset of reckless arrogance. This is in Jeremiah Chapter 23. The other video was very straightforward. Was Moses wife black. And his answer was no. Rushdoony made a few major mistakes in his answer. But it is those mistakes, and how his answered flowed that troubles me about how this man portrayed God's word and the impact and following he has had. In regards to the Ethiopian video... 1. He very badly mangles the chronology of the Ethiopian history. He first says Ethiopia was a Christian nation for a long time, then by the 4th or 5th century loses it's way. Ethiopia had not established itself as a Christian nation until right around the same time Rome did, which was the mid 2nd century. The height of the Ethiopian Empire was in the 8th century and was only checked by the rise of Islam which caused Ethiopia to lose it's relationship through Nubia with Christian Egypt, when Egypt fell to the Muslims. 2. He follows a very racist undertone by equating the legacy of Ethiopia's heritage with something that is in his words "not African". He then goes through a strange conclusion that black people came and mixed much later. Welll, that defies historical and Biblical fact: Ethiopia means "black skinned" and was equated with "Kush" in the BIble which was shown by Egyptian paintings as a black skinned "negroid" people. What more do we need a time machine? 3. He follows another racist undertone by making nasty comments about how even the christian faith in Ethiopia is nothing more than a superstition. What is he talking about? 4. He makes even yet another one by equating the "black" and "Arab" and "Ethiopian" types in Ethiopia as being separated and the blacker ones being disdained by the other two. His words. The fact is by and large the only Ethiopians that are so disdainful of the black ones are by and large the Muslim. Not the Christian. But even more sad is he somehow points this out as a testament to the irrelevance of the black, instead of the sinfulness of the lighterskinned ones that engage in racist behavior. 5. I had not come across this person prior, but was looking for information about Ethiopians. His authoratative answers about Ethiopia came off as reckless and arrogant and then I realized this is why the word "lightness" is used in Jeremiah 23:32 to describe the damage that the priesthood can do when leading people astray by error. It applies here, as I can see the racist undertone of this man's movement. He continues a contemptuous attitude towards the black people of the world, and although he undercuts it by rightfully acknowledging that God is no respecter of persons, he does nothing to accurately identify how God has and continues to operate in the world. In another video he goes on about White America and God's law. Again, he tries to undercut that attitude by again mentioning that God is no respecter of persons. I am very disappointed that this man is viewed in such a high esteem here in America, but I am not surprised.

[@fredharvey2720]

Your idea that "Moses' wife was black" is an innovation that popped up in the late 20th century, generally speaking, so there's a lot of conformity to the zeitgeist in your opinion. God created the nations, set the bounds of their habitation. Viewing men as equals under Christ in His Kingdom doesn't mean they are obligated to shed their national, ethnic identities both of which God made. You're echoing postmodern liberal movements.

[@Markbeb3]

Your the one in false beliefs think Moses married a black woman and your the one Racist like most Blacks in American truly are and God hater which shows God has put a curse on most black people. in this world for the curse of ham nothing has change in the black communitys.

[@TomSnyder-y7u]

@@fredharvey2720Cultures fall to Islam from within, by not adhering to the biblical text.

[@fredharvey2720]

@@TomSnyder-y7u By being invaded, typically, actually