To reiterate, in the post-Flood world we now live in a new and different dispensation that will persist until the return of Christ. This is where the kind of common grace that governs the world is kicked off in its present form. Noah’s covenant persists, while Israel’s covenant has been fulfilled. This means we must not continue to neglect the components of the Noahic covenant. Kuyper then gives us a multi-point summary of everything we should notice so far: The... Read more

Abraham Kuyper on the Biblical mandate for capital punishment Read more

Having outlined the Noahic covenant in chapter 6, Kuyper now turns to the establishment of the death penalty and the implications of Genesis 9:5-6. We can see, in both human nature and history, how necessary a prohibition on murder is if we don’t want the race to be exterminated–especially in the times immediately following the Flood! Prior to the Flood, Kuyper claims, man primarily feared and perished by means of predatory animals (hence God’s ordinance); by means of the Flood... Read more

Chapters 4-6 of the first volume of Kuyper's "Common Grace" Read more