The plan of God is that the home is the center of society. That the parent-child relationship is the key to everything that is spiritual. That is the intent in the heart of God and that is why the home is so vital to God.
God has two basic reasons for protecting the home at any cost;
- God, from the foundation of time ordained that the principles of the faith must be passed on, one principle at a time, one day at a time, from one generation to the next. His basic agency of discipleship is the family.
God's key solution to evangelism and disciplining is in the home. Deuteronomy 4:9-10; 6:1-9; ch. 11, ch. 29, ch. 32, Joshua 4 and Proverbs 22:6.
God's purpose in the family physically is to reproduce and replenish the earth and God's purpose in the family spiritually is to reproduce and replenish the kingdom.
The second reason is as vital as the first.
- God has in Scripture represented Himself in tangible, physical ways, so that we with our finite minds could make the spiritual switch and be able to grasp the real meaning.
In scripture, God's primary picture of Himself is that of a parent - Father! He is the perfect Father.
