The Creation Covenant: Be Fruitful
When God created the universe he did so out of a desire for the expression of love, affection and for the receiving of the same. To this end he created a world of wonder. Today we are just beginning to understand the depths of the intricacies of creation. For over five thousand years of written human history mankind has been discovering new secrets of this earth. Every time we turn around there is a new thing waiting to be understood.
Those resources were not given to Adam and Eve so that they could sit around in the garden eating salads and fruit all day. They were not given a direct line to God so that He could be used as a cosmic vending machine. They were commanded to be fruitful1.
Being fruitful means being industrious. It means taking the tools at hand and creating things, inventing things, discovering things. Being fruitful means making your time profitable, not in a monetary sense, but in a real, practical sense. The first humans were placed in the garden to tend it. They could have created systems of irrigation. They could have blended varieties of plants to create new species. They could have learned the skills of wool making, weaving and tapestry to create beautiful works of art. There is no end to fruitful endeavors in which man could have engaged.
We, as a race, are industrious. Even the most despotic thief is industrious in his efforts to not work. We all have this basic principle of the Creation Covenant written on our hearts. However, even though we all understand that being fruitful is preferable to the alternative, we do not all engage in fruitful activities.
Aside from the argument of which “fruitful” activities are actually beneficial, there is the concept of being unfruitful. In a society in which the indigent are granted the benefits of labor without expending the effort those indigents are encouraged to be unfruitful. When the greater portion of the population becomes the indigent, then the weight of the burden of effort breaks the backs of the diligent. These societies fail; always.
If the world comes under the rule of a socialist, collectivist governmental system then all men will be encouraged to live off of the teat of the government. The government will become the great vending machine of life. This society will necessarily fail. But, the consequences of such a condition are far worse than the socialist can imagine.
The ultimate consequence of a one-world socialist government is not the simple failure of the system. It is the breaking of the first tenet of the covenant God made with his creation. If the four tenets of the covenant are broken, God is no longer obligated to keep the creation whole, but rather is required by justice to enforce the punishment decreed for the breaking of the covenant; the purging of creation.
- Genesis 1:28
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