Micah's goal is the "Vine & Fig Tree" society.
"The goal is the developed Kingdom of God, the New Jerusalem, a world order under God's law."
R.J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1973), p. 357.
How do we get there from here? Mass deportations? Prisons, gulags and concentration camps? Public executions? Violent revolution? Armed insurrection? Terrorism?
All of these strategies are completely inconsistent with the goal, and prohibited by the most basic of God's commandments. As Micah describes it:
| Micah
6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? |
Bombs, bullets, and bureaucracies are inconsistent with this goal, and cannot be a part of our strategy.
| Jeremiah
22:3 'Thus says the LORD, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. |
Jesus tells the story of "the good Samaritan," a despised "outsider," who found an injured member of a mutually despised group. "And when he saw him, he had compassion" (Luke 10:25-37). We cannot implement Micah's goal by dividing humanity into political or racial groups and warring against them.
The Declaration of Independence speaks of certain "self-evident" truths, including "the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Among these self-evident laws of God are prohibitions of theft, kidnapping, and murder. No strategy for achieving Micah's "Vine & Fig Tree" society can employ any of these tactics, or violate any of these laws.
see Violence