Therefore, we are to live under the moral law and seek to establish, in our society, the civil system of OT Israel. The implication is that the death penalty would become far more widespread and restitution would have a greater emphasis. Reconstructionists teach that the mission of the church goes beyond the spiritual transformation of individuals, i.e. preaching the gospel and making disciples, to a mandate to change society. It is postmillennial, seeing the victory of the gospel on earth before Christ returns. It is therefore optimistic about the future rather than pessimistic like the premillennial and amillennial eschatological views.
Home schooling is one of the methods for implementing the change in society.
The key issue is whether the civil law of the Old Testament still applies today. We are mostly agreed that the moral law still applies and that the ceremonial law was fulfilled by Jesus, and therefore does not apply today.