Hi Richard:

You said in your post on this subject:

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Similarly when he changes his religion from paganism or some other form of idolatry to the true religion, he does so not only for himself but also for all his family.

Unfortunately, your overly broad interpretaion of the nature of the covenant, in my opinion, disregards, and in fact contradicts, another command of scripture and thus, does not stand the test of the analogy of the faith, which is that in order to establish a Biblical Truth, or doctrine, on any given subject one must reconcile all the pertinant verses on that subject.

One such verse which your statement on the covenantal nature of the Husband as head of the household contradicts scripture is the following:

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Eph. 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Here children are told to obey their parents when such commands are in agreement with the Lord's teaching, which is obviously not the case if their parents tell them to worship some pagan idol as you cite in your example.

Surely, I have misunderstood the meaning of your post?

In Him,

Gerry