With the election debates in full swing, election fervor has, once again, heated up. The blogs and airwaves are humming with election anticipation. And why not? After all, elections are one of the Constitutional Republic’s inviolable rights.
But have you ever considered the consequences if you were unable to vote on election day? Would government cease to function? Would it really make a difference as to who’s in office? Would it change the suicidal direction of our nation? Judging from past history, the answer to all of those questions is a resounding: “No, it would not!”
It’s common to hear Christian leaders claim it’s our Christian duty to vote. Some pastors will even go so far as to identify not voting as sinful. According to 1 John 3:4, sin is a transgression of Yahweh’s law. Which of Yahweh’s laws requires voting? Because constitutional elections are not biblically based and have only made matters worse, could the opposite, in fact, be true?
Following are five things that would not occur and five things that would if you were unable to pull that lever.
Five things that wouldn’t occur if you didn’t vote
1. You wouldn’t usurp Yahweh’s1 exclusive elective authority.2
“Thou shalt … set him … over thee, whom Yahweh thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren … thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.” (Deuteronomy 17:15)
2. You wouldn’t participate in what amounts to America’s national idol’s3 high holy day.4
“It is better to trust in Yahweh than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in Yahweh than to put confidence in princes.” (Psalm 118:8-9)
3. You wouldn’t waste time in a counterproductive activity that, as demonstrated by 226 years of constitutional elections, only produces an America that’s less Christian, more ungodly, and further enslaved, regardless who’s elected.4
“How long halt ye between two opinions? if Yahweh be God, follow him: but if Baal [We the People6], then follow him….” (1 Kings 18:21)
4. You wouldn’t help elect biblically unqualified men and women into unbiblical positions of leadership, who at their inaugurations will lay their hands on a Bible and swear to uphold the biblically seditious Constitution as the supreme law of the land.5
“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers….” (Exodus 18:21)
5. You wouldn’t become complicit in the crimes of those you help elect.
“Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thus share responsibility for the sins of others….” (1 Timothy 5:22)
Five things that would occur if you didn’t vote
1. You would guard yourself from being neutralized by one of America’s greatest contemporary opiates. When people vote, they often feel they have done their civic duty, not to be heard from again until the next election.
“But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster.” (Zechariah 1:15)
2. You would be able to instead concentrate on activities that could make a difference in advancing the kingdom of God here on earth as it is in heaven—such as helping to expose and tear down America’s national idol, which is responsible for America’s teetering on the precipice of moral depravity and destruction.7
“[T]hey have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them…. Up … Sanctify yourselves … for thus saith Yahweh God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee … thou canst not stand … until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.” (Joshua 7:11-13)
3. You would be able to spend the same amount of time and money, currently squandered on perpetuating the biblically adverse Constitutional Republic, on endeavors that would help further the kingdom of Christ now and in the future.8 One can only imagine what America would be like today if the money and time spent on elections were spent on advancing the kingdom.
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 15:58)
4. You would be able to focus on Yahweh’s moral law as the supreme law of the land.9
“For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.” (Ezra 7:10)
5. You would be able to use the election cycle to teach others the superiority of Yahweh’s election process.10
“Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:60)
In short, instead of perpetuating the kingdom of men based upon capricious man-made concepts, you would help advance Yahweh as sovereign and His law as supreme.
For more regarding the impotent constitutional election process (that, at best, can only provide the best of the worst for civil leaders), as compared to the biblical election process (that provides the best of the best of two or more biblically qualified candidates), see the article “Salvation by Election.”
An expanded audio presentation by the same title can be found at bibleversusconstitution.org/tapelist.html#T1015.
Related posts:
Salvation by Election (Blog article)
Salvation by Election (Audio message)
Election: Man’s or Yahweh’s, Pt. 1 (Audio message)
Election: Man’s or Yahweh’s, Pt. 2 (Audio message)
Law and Kingdom: Their Relevance Under the New Covenant (Online book)
Republic or Kingdom: Which are YOU Promoting? Pt. 1 (Blog article)
Republic or Kingdom: Which are YOU Promoting? Pt. 2 (Blog article)
Bible Law vs. the United State Constitution: The Christian Perspective (Online book)
5 Reasons the Constitution is Our Cutting-Edge Issue (Blog article)
10 Reasons the Kingdom on Earth Isn’t Mission Impossible (Blog article)
A Biblical Constitution: A Scriptural Replacement for Secular Government (Online book)
1. YHWH, the English transliteration of the Tetragrammaton, is most often pronounced Yahweh. It is the principal Hebrew name of the God of the Bible and was inspired to appear nearly 7,000 times in the Old Testament. Regrettably, it was deleted by the English translators. In obedience to the Third Commandment and the many Scriptures that charge us to proclaim, swear by, praise, extol, call upon, bless, glorify, and hold fast to His name, we have chosen to memorialize His name here in this document and in our lives. For a more thorough explanation concerning important reasons for using the sacred name of God, see “The Third Commandment.”
2. Salvation by Election (Blog article)
Salvation by Election (Audio message)
Election: Man’s or Yahweh’s, Pt. 1 (Audio message)
Election: Man’s or Yahweh’s, Pt. 2 (Audio message)
3. Chapter 3 “The Preamble: WE THE PEOPLE vs. YAHWEH” of Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective
4. Chapter 5 “Article 2: Executive Usurpation” of Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective
5. Chapter 9 “Article 6: The Supreme Law of the Land” of Bible Law vs. the United States Constitution: The Christian Perspective
6. Could YOU be a Disciple of Baal and Not Know It? (Blog article)
7. 5 Reasons the Constitution is Our Cutting-Edge Issue (Blog article)
Bible Law vs. the United State Constitution: The Christian Perspective (Online book)
8. Republic or Kingdom: Which are YOU Promoting? Pt. 1 (Blog article)
Republic or Kingdom: Which are YOU Promoting? Pt. 2 (Blog article)
10 Reasons the Kingdom on Earth Isn’t Mission Impossible (Blog article)
9. Law and Kingdom: Their Relevance Under the New Covenant (Online book)
A Biblical Constitution: A Scriptural Replacement for Secular Government (Online book)
10. Salvation by Election (Blog article)
Salvation by Election (Audio message)
Election: Man’s or Yahweh’s, Pt. 1 (Audio message)
Election: Man’s or Yahweh’s, Pt. 2 (Audio message)
How much longer will the people of this land inhabit 1Samuel 8? It’s been over 240yrs at this point with the first secular public body politic document known as the Articles of Association in 1774.