A Covenant Society, Not A Contract One

by Martin Geddes

Our world is built on relationships that are spiritually defective.

The spiritual foundation of society has been subverted, and we have to collectively fix it.

"Does a monarch have a divine right to rule over you? No matter where you stand on the question, the framing is that there is godly and ungodly power and authority. When a British king or queen is installed they agree to serve as both head of state and the established church. We don’t hire the person into a role in the same way we get a plumber in to fix a leaking pipe. The oath of lifetime service to the monarch’s subjects places us all under the same deity (in theory).

This last week I have (with help) been offered an insight that I feel is life changing. It is one of those “once you see it you cannot unsee it” things. The power of the insight comes from its deep nature: a category error. What this means is that you are looking at a situation through the wrong paradigm, and until you widen your conceptual universe you cannot resolve the problems you have. I have been through this before in telecoms — “networks don’t do ‘work’” —- and it is both a powerful and isolating place of raised understanding.

The essential insight is this: the Babylonian debt slave society we inhabit is based on contracts, whereas the one we want to inhabit has a foundation of covenants. Becoming conscious of the current default, and naming the better alternative, has great power.

Contracts are the pervasive norm in our world, covenants are rarely discussed, and this benefits those who have ruled over us. The path to freedom in mind, body, and spirit demands that we both grasp the difference, and act differently as a result".

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