There are, at least, two Biblical reasons why the Constitutional Republic is one day doomed to fail like all previous man-made governments (Daniel 2:44, etc.):
1) The framers failed to expressly establish government and society upon Yahweh’s immutable morality as codified in His triune law (His commandments, statutes, and judgments). As a result, the handwriting for the Republic’s demise was written on the wall long ago.
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. (Matthew 7:26-27)
The floods and the winds have commenced, and America teeters on the precipice of degradation and destruction. In fact, it would seem she’s already fallen over the cliff.
2) The Philadelphia convention was made up of both professing Christians and non-Christians.1 As a result, the Constitutional Republic was destined to fail from its inception:
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord…. (2 Corinthians 6:14-17)
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” (Matthew 12:25)
Let’s Write a Biblical Preamble
Knowing the Constitutional Republic will one day collapse should motivate today’s Christians to do whatever they can to prepare for this inevitability. More importantly, we should begin preparing the ground for our posterity to do it right(eous) the next time.
With this in mind, I am requesting preamble proposals from our readers: If you were asked to be a delegate to a constitutional convention for the purpose of establishing a Biblical government, how might you write the Preamble for its constitution?
I have a preamble already written. However, by no means do I believe it is perfect. I would like to get your ideas before posting the “final” draft here and on our main site. Keep in mind this is only the preamble upon which the remaining constitution would be predicated. (Not counting footnotes, the preamble I’ve written consists of approximately one hundred words. Try to keep yours to a comparable length.)
You can either submit your proposal below in response to this post, or email it to me at tweiland@vistabeam.com. I look forward to your submissions.
What a grand day it will be when a future generation actually holds such a convention.
1. For the same reason, the Constitution could not help but to be, at best, a Biblically compromised contract.
Related posts:
5 Reasons the Constitution is our Cutting-Edge Issue
Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective
SH’MA AMERICA: YHWH, ELOHEYNU, YHWH ECHAD
Now this is the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which YHWH your Elohim commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the [Kingdom] where you go over to possess it; That you might fear YHWH your Elohim, to keep all His statutes and His commandments, which I command you: you and your son, and your son’s son, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O [America], and observe to do it: that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily. As YHWH, the Elohim of your fathers, has promised unto you, a land flowing with milk and honey.
HEAR, O YISRA’EL (/ America): YHWH OUR ELOHIM, YHWH IS ONE. And you shall love YHWH your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day, shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them diligently unto your children: and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise
up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand [/ in your actions], and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes [/ in your mind] . And you shall write them upon the door posts of your house [in your homes], and upon your gates [in your cities]. And it shall be, when YHWH your Elohim shall bring you into the land [Kingdom] which He swore unto your fathers: to Avraham, to Yitz’chak, and to Ya’akov, to give you great and goodly cities, which you did not build, And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which you did not hew, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, and you shall eat and be satisfied, Then beware! Lest you forget YHWH, who brought you forth out of the land of [Sin]; out of the house of bondage. You shall fear YHWH your Elohim, and Him shall you serve, and by His Name, shall you swear. You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples that are round about you, For a jealous El, even YHWH your Elohim, is in the midst of you; lest the anger of YHWH your Elohim be kindled against you, and He destroy you from off the face of the earth. You shall not try YHWH your Elohim, as you tried Him in [the past]. You shall diligently keep the commandments of YHWH your Elohim, and His testimonies, and His statutes, which He has commanded you. And you shall do, that which is right, and good, in the sight of YHWH, that it may be well with you. And that you may go in and possess, the good land which YHWH swore unto your fathers; To thrust out all your enemies from before you, as YHWH has spoken. When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which YHWH our Elohim has commanded you? Then you shall say unto your son, We were [HaSatan’s] bondmen in [Sin], and YHWH brought us out of [Sin] with a mighty hand. And YHWH showed signs and wonders, great and sore: upon [the World], upon [the People], and upon all his house, before our eyes. And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the [Kingdom] which He swore unto our fathers. And YHWH commanded us to do all these statutes: to fear YHWH our Elohim for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before YHWH our Elohim, as He has commanded us….
[Deut. 6]
Thank you Pieter! I think everyone here would heartily “Amen!” those passages and many others like them. They spell out, in part, our responsibility to Yahweh. But, what I’m looking for are proposals that contain our collective response and commitment to such passages as you’ve provided, upon which we can then spell out more specific responses.
Knowing the extremes of this, I wouldn’t even bother trying to write one, let alone be involved. My situation at this time is separation from those “brethren” that refuse to see the obvious, because of their fears of “Caesar” (IRS, et al). I would use Matthew 18:15-17 with them, but find myself on the wrong end of their perspective.
While I agree in principle of your assertions that the Constitution, et al, is under the “domain” of Satan (Kingdoms of this world, John 18:36), and three “Christians” in a room will want to use 4-5 different translations of the Bible (I prefer Geneva) to mete-out anything, we’re in a war between Yahweh and Lucifer, and our brethren are without the interest in executing the delegated authority from the Father in the name of our Saviour Yeshua/Jesus in its proper biblical manner.
I believe the ideal is to lose the Greek and Roman philosophical baggage and return to Hebrew thought. Another try…
We the Body of the Messiah, in willing submission to the Ruach HaKodesh, insured with the sandals of the Good News of Shalom; girded with the Truth of the Torah; covered with the chain-mail of Righteousness; focused by the Helmet of Salvation; relying for our defence on the Shield of Knowledge, Understanding and Wisdom; advancing with the Sword of the Word, do proclaim and establish this Covenant for the Kingdom of YHWH.
Thank you for your submission.
Preamble to the Constitution of the United Saints of Jesus Christ
We, the people of YHWH, through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, do hereby declare and assert His rightful claim to this Land as our inheritance, never to be surrendered to the alien, but in perpetuity to be ruled by the Spirit of Jesus Christ through His Kingdom on earth, according to the Law of YHWH, His Righteous Commandments, supreme and irrevocable. Amen.
Thank you for your submission.
We, the People of America, Servants Dedicated to the House of Our
Sovereign Lord and King, Jesus, the Christ, and in the Presence of
YHWH, Who Bears Witness with Us meeting in Lawful popular Assembly by
the Authority and Power of Our King, that We may Glorify and Honor
Our Heavenly Father, Who created Us through His Son, Jesus, the
Christ, and Obey the Will of Our King, Seek His Kingdom and
Righteousness, Preserve His ecclesia, and Advance His Faith,
Blessings, and Providence, in Order to Secure the Lives, Liberties,
and Properties given to Us by Our King; Do by these Presents,
solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of YHWH and one another,
covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politic,
for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends
aforesaid; and by the Inspiration of Our King, do solemnly give
Notice to Christ’s Church and all the world, that Our Positive Law is
the Holy Scriptures as written in their Original Tongues and
translated into the Books of The King James Bible, Authorized
Version, Anno Domini, sixteen hundred and eleven, which is the Living
Word of God, and the Law of Our Hearts, Land, Banner, and courts;
that said Holy Scriptures are made a part hereof as though fully
presented herein, unto which We promise all due submission and
obedience, and by which We shall administer Christendom to Further
the Righteous Ends aforesaid; and do extend the same to God’s People
of like Mind and Heart, throughout the earth; For ever and ever. In
the Name of Jesus, the Christ. Amen.
Thank you for your submission.
We, the people of Yahweh, the true and living God, in order to become one with Him, do embrace His perfect law as codified in His commandments, statutes and judgments. We will hope to be blessed with liberty, justice, tranquility and safety as a result of our faith in Him and our obedience to His law. Because He is our Judge, Lawgiver and King, we proclaim His Biblical law to be the supreme law of our land.
Thank you for your submission.
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John, I’m not sure your point.
very sorry about this. I had a actual reply that made sense, that got lost in the tangle of studying whether I wanted to risk “signing up” for Disqus or not, and this is all that came out. Then I couldn’t find a way to delete it, which should have happened.
Since I got your attention, wanted to say, “keep up the good work” proclaiming the true moral fabric of the idolatrous American Constitutional revolution. You have been very instrumental in me understanding this era of history so much better, and seeing the real nature of “religious freedom” and the implications of theonomy and postmillenial view applied to pre-civil war America.
The enlightenment roots of destruction start much earlier than I ever thought. Much light came from North’s book Political Polytheism, tho it was deeper than I was able to follow on some of the philosophical thought-traces.
Part of the fruit of my new understanding comes out in my article on the freemasonry quotesI discovered in
“*Ancient Mystic Oriental** Masonry*” pgs. 121-127 (google books link )
There really is no freedom of religion or religious neutrality, only one religion having air-superiority and allowing limited tolerance toward the other religions.
You can Garden religion with cursing (Did God say? / You shall not surely die (experience the consequences of God’s law) / Ye shall be as gods, knowing (determining) good and evil (for yourself).
or you can have Emperor Christ’s law of liberty with blessing .
You’re welcome and praise Yahweh!
Thank you for the link. I look forward to checking it out first opportunity I get.
The only purpose I see that writing a Biblical constitution would be to further what Christians perceive to be the way it should have been done. I consider myself to be a born again Christian. What I read in scripture is everything under man’s control will become more and more wicked as time progress’s. It will continue in that way until the promised Second Coming of Messiah, when Yahweh will destroy the wicked and save His own. OK there is more but that’s the short of it. We are to occupy and watch until that day. Sure telling others of our hope etc. is part of our duty as laid out for us. Proclaiming Christ and knowing nothing other than Jesus Christ and Him crucified, as Paul put it. So I believe that the Christians objective is just that and nothing else. I hope you all understand.
Thank you for visiting. Please take my reply in the manner it’s intended. I don’t mean to be offensive, but in my opinion you’re response is tragically typical of the kind of Christianity that has predominated since at least the late 1700s here in America–the brand of Christianity that Christ depicted in Matthew 5:13 as salt that’s lost its savor, good for nothing but to be trampled under the foot of man and is the reason why the antichrists and non-Christians are ruling and reigning today doing exactly that.
This “why polish brass on sinking ship” cast of Christianity is in violation of 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 (to name just one passage) and offers nothing for our posterity.
Please consider where Christianity would be today if rather than merely resting on their lees, staring off into heaven, and just waiting and waiting and waiting… to be saved out of this mess, if instead the last several generations of Christians had actually acted like the King’s ambassadors and instead fulfilled 2 Corinthians 10’s dominion mandate.
Regardless of when Christ returns (even if in 2013 or 2014), He’s not likely to be pleased with such Christians who have failed to occupy (dominionize) in His absence.
Who are we?
We are who our Heavenly Father says we are. We are ambassadors,
ministers, and bondservants of Christ Jesus. We agree unconditionally
with God’s Word in the Holy Scriptures, even when we don’t like it. If
the Word of God shatters cherished beliefs then we are willing to be
shattered, no matter how painful it is. God’s truth is more important to us than personal belief, and loyalty to that truth more important than loyalty to traditions and the commandments of men.
We do not cling to personal interpretations when they are discovered to
be such. Once a matter is clearly revealed to us, then we change as
fast as possible, relying solely upon the Holy Spirit.
We serve the Way, the Truth, and the Life. We love our Heavenly Father
and His Liberty that is given us by Him. We do not seek any security or
benefits “granted” by man. We know who gives us security, for He is our
Rock, our Fortress, our Buckler, our Shield and our High Hill, and all
the “benefits” (His gifts) are known to us as “Blessings.” We seek no
quarrel with any man, and we owe no man anything but to love him.
In sharing these Truths, if one is offended, we pray that they will
forgive us. The Lord’s prophets of old were always misunderstood and
rejected by the people of their day, and the same fate awaits any who
would be prophets today. But the true measure of a man’s worth is not
always the number of his friends but sometimes the number of his foes.
Every man who seeks to do the Father’s Will and live in His
Righteousness is sure to be misunderstood and often persecuted.
Therefore, we must expect to be unpopular, often to stand alone, even to
be maligned, perhaps to be bitterly and falsely assailed and driven
`without the camp’ even of the religious world.
Christian leaders and preachers in our day are no longer like the apostles in the old days, who were “made as the filth of the world”
(1 Corinthians 4:13). Let us remember that greatness in man’s eyes does
not always mean greatness in God’s eyes (Luke 16:15). Christ-like
leaders are servants, not celebrities. Their task is not
so much to bless people as to lead them to the One who can really bless
them. Their joy is not in reaching inaccessible heights, but in making
those heights accessible to everyone.
Articles, Creeds, and Confessions of Faith
What are our Articles, Creeds, and Confessions of Faith? We have none,
and we do not follow any. Articles, Creeds, and Confessions of Faith
alike fail to give us this full knowledge of God which is so essential
to our faith and walk. They are only man’s impressions, inferences, and
conclusions drawn from Scripture; and have themselves to be judged by
Scripture. Whatever of truth there may be in them, or however useful,
they can never take the place of the Word of God. Only the Living Word,
and in the pages of the written Word, can we get to know God.
The articles on our website reflect our faith and belief in God. Therein
is contained our “Articles, Creeds, and Confessions of Faith.”
Ministry
What kind of ministry do we have? Well, it’s not our ministry, it’s Christ’s ministry. We don’t do anything in and of ourselves, it’s all done through Him. It’s not a private ministry like most of the ministries out there, which are done for “filthy lucre’s sake” (Titus
1:11). We do not preach a “health and wealth gospel” either. We are
very similar to the original house assemblies of the first and second
century. That’s where we need to get back to because;
Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.”
Therefore, we strive to go back to the way the early ecclesia of
scripture (translated “church” in most bibles) did things. We seek to be
self-governing men and women under God. We are not anti-government,
because we know that government exists to keep the ‘low and lawless
forms of humanity’ from doing violence to all, including themselves.
We continually seek to apply God’s Law to our everyday lives. We continually direct others to use the Scripture as a Law book,
because it is. We desire for others to see it as a Law book and hope
they will use it as a Law book. That’s what God intended it to be,
otherwise he would not have called it His ordinances, His statutes, His judgments, His precepts, His commandments, His Law. All these are Law terms
John 14:15, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
Christ did not come to destroy the Law but to fulfil it, and we are to
fulfil God’s Law as well. Grace and Mercy are gifts dispensed by God,
but too many “Christians” believe and act today as if the Law was done
away with and they can conform their lives with the images of the world
and become more like the world instead of conforming to the image of
Christ. Not so for us! We are men and women who are governed by Jesus,
the Christ, for the government is upon His shoulder (Isaiah 9:6-7). We
bend no knee to any government of man, for we do not worship at their
altars.
The real problem has nothing to do with law, but with ones god, as George Washington said in his farewell address:
“One’s god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.”
And remember, the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Schooling
What school (seminary) did we go to, and what degrees do we have? Well, there’s only one school
mentioned in scripture, and that was a school of a tyrant (Acts 19:9).
And a “degree” is a Masonic concept, not a scriptural one. Our response
to this inquiry is this: in John 7:14-16, the same question was asked among those to whom Christ Jesus was preaching. Notice that Jesus did not attend any school of human understanding of the Word of God.
John 7:14-16, “…Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.”
The Jewish learning consisted in the knowledge of their own scriptures,
and the traditions of their elders. In this learning our blessed Lord
excelled. As these branches of learning were taught at the Jewish
schools, and our Lord had never attended there, they were astonished to
find him excelling in that sort of learning, of which they themselves
professed to be the sole teachers. These rulers knew well enough that He
had not studied under any human teacher–an important admission against
ancient and modern attempts to trace our Lord’s wisdom to human
sources. He has never been instructed by doctors of the law. The Jews
taught their law and tradition in celebrated schools. As Jesus had not
been instructed in those schools, they were amazed at his learning.
This is not an argument against education, but it takes more than education to make a real man.
Our brother Paul says “That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God”
(1 Corinthians 2:5). We are not at all concerned about certificates of
recognition from “recognized” seminaries. Having a certificate does not
mean that one is more qualified than one who knows the same thing (or
more) without a certificate. In the end it is the knowledge, wisdom, and
understanding given by God and how we apply it, which qualifies us –
not a piece of paper saying “I passed the test of men.”
Proud men of degrees are, too often, a detriment to Christ and His
assembly, because they introduce leaven into God’s Word, so as to make
it more palatable. God’s Word has largely been lost to those who
continue to partake of modern watered-down Christianity. So, if you are a
proud man of degrees and schooling, know that God is not a respecter of
persons (Romans 2:11), and therefore, your degrees mean nothing to Him,
and mean nothing to His servants. What is written on your heart and in your mind is more important than what’s written on a man-made document.
We fall into error when we praise men for their adherence to the ways of God, rather than praise God for the work he does in and through men. He shows his Mighty Works through his people.
Truth and Error
What are we advocating? We are advocating, first, a humility concerning
our knowledge of God’s Truth, and second, a serious and continuous
search for God’s Truth. God’s Truth is one, but the mind of man is not
capable of totally comprehending it. This means that each of us should
remain humble. The existence of God’s Truth does not mean that we
can know it; admitting our limitations does not mean that we have
abandoned the value of Truth itself. Admitting that we will change if
new Truths are found doesn’t indicate a lack of confidence in God’s
Truth; it means, rather, that we are open to new Truths as they are
found.
The known and willful support or perpetuation of an error is a crime
against man and a sin against Him who is Truth. To cling to error, or
defend error, when one has reason to suspect it may be error, reveals a
heart that does not fully love the truth for the truth’s sake. To
strenuously support and shield from scrutiny what we believe when we are
aware that its truth is questionable reveals a heart that is not
completely candid. To be afraid to shine light upon what we believe
shows a love still for darkness. That is why fellowship with others is
so important.
Criticism
We point out errors of man’s ways, not because we are self-righteous,
but because we are charged by our Lord to bring the Truth to bear
against non-truth. When you’re walking in accordance with the true
spirit of the Word of God, you are standing in God’s Truth and doing
everything in Love. Regardless of what man may say, God has instructed
His servants, through His Spirit, to judge all things by His Word;
because:
Isaiah 8:20, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.”
People sometimes say, “Don’t you have anything good to say?” It
makes it look like we just want to bad mouth everybody. The only time we
bring anything up, as far as error goes, is when it is based upon the
Word of God. It’s not us that’s doing the criticism, it’s God himself. Therefore, when you do bring up and point out errors, it is not you that’s doing the criticism, it’s God’s Word. And you always have to go to His Word for the Truth, because if it’s coming from just your own opinion, it’s not the truth.
Additionally, we’re not criticizing out of a mean spirit. In Truth you
have Love. As long as you’re doing everything from the Word of God, you
are standing in God’s Truth and doing everything in Love.
In reply to the plea that people should avoid controversial issues, “all
vital issues are controversial issues.” The only way to avoid
controversial issues is to avoid vital issues. God’s people stand in
constant need of criticism as well as prayer if her fellowship is to be
vital.
David, thank you for your submission.