America Was A Christian Nation
Preface
The original Hebrew Israelite nation, formed at Mount Siani, was the first Monotheistic Republican governmental system. The second was the United States of America with its "Theocratic Constitutional Republic." The Hebrew system of government began with one man as the personal and direct administrator of the Divine God himself making all decisions concerning civil law and religious practices.
"And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God: When they have a matter they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws." [1]
This power was later delegated to the heads of the families, heads of the various tribes, and a parliament of 70 elders with all unresolvable problems decided upon by Moses himself as the direct administrator of God.
"How can I [Moses] myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes [elect Senators and Representatives], and I will make them rulers over you... So I [Moses] took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. Ye shall not respect persons to judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's; and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do." [2]
The Christian concept derived directly from the Hebrew Holy Writ was the next ingredient added to the monotheistic governing process and this is where the Theocratic Constitutional Republic form of limited government of the people, by the people, and for the people originated from., Creating the United States of America.
As a point of clarification, throughout the writings of the Founders of the Constitution, they sometimes refer to Christianity, sometimes religion, sometimes Godly principles, etc. Also "Providence" was a term used commonly to refer to God. The religion they are referring to is always Christianity and the God is the God of the Bible. It was so well known at the time and referred to in so many writings, that it was assumed in other writings that everyone knew the religion they were talking about.
George Washington - 1755 French & Indian War: In the French & Indian war in 1755, George Washington commanded 1300 troops against the Indians in a woodland battle. Washington's officers (on horseback) and most of his troops were cut down. At the end of the battle Washington was the only officer that remained & still on horseback. Afterwards he found 4 bullet holes in his jacket & wrote to his wife that God had protected him.
Fifteen years later, the Indian chief that fought against Washington traveled a good distance to meet him when he heard that he was in the area of the battleground. This chief stated that he had commanded his braves to concentrate on killing Washington and had personally shot at him 17 times.
He wanted to meet the man that "God wouldn't let die." This exciting story and Washington's letter, used to be in the American history books. In an effort to degrade American heroes that depended on God, American history books are being revised and this story & letter have been removed in this century.
Patrick Henry - An American Patriot: He is known for his saying "Give me liberty or give me death." He also said "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often, that this great nation was founded not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Following are two speeches, one has the above mentioned quote that the news media is fond of quoting; but when you read the entire thing, you can quickly see why they will not quote the entire thing. The same is true for the second speech that has been attributed to him also. So, the dawn broke on the year 1775. The nation responded as one body to the ringing words of Patrick Henry's famous speech, given on March 23 in the Virginia House of Burgesses:
"Mr. President: It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the siren until she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having hears hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and to provide for it.
“I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British Ministry for the last ten years, to justify those hopes with which our petition has been lately received?
“Trust it not, it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I say, gentlemen, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?
“Can you assign any other possible motive for it? Has Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British Ministry have been so long foraging.
“And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, deceive ourselves longer.
“Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the Ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne. In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.
“There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained; WE MUST FIGHT! I REPEAT IT, SIR, WE MUST FIGHT! AN APPEAL TO ARMS AND TO THE GOD OF HOSTS IS ALL THAT IS LEFT US!
They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
“THERE IS A JUST GOD WHO PRESIDES OVER THE DESTINIES OF NATIONS; and WHO WILL RAISE UP FRIENDS TO FIGHT OUR BATTLES FOR US. THE BATTLE, SIR, IS NOT TO THE STRONG ALONE; IT IS TO THE VIGILANT, THE ACTIVE, THE BRAVE. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston!
“THE WAR IS INEVITABLE; AND LET IT COME! I REPEAT IT, SIR, LET IT COME! IT IS IN VAIN, SIR, TO EXTENUATE THE MATTER. GENTLEMEN MAY CRY, PEACE, PEACE, BUT THERE IS NO PEACE. THE WAR IS ACTUALLY BEGUN. THE NEXT GALE THAT SWEEPS FROM THE NORTH WILL BRING TO OUR EARS THE CLASHING OF RESOUNDING ARMS. OUR BRETHREN ARE ALREADY IN THE FIELD.
“Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? IS LIFE SO DEAR, OR PEACE SO SWEET, AS TO BE PURCHASED AT THE PRICE OF CHAINS AND SLAVERY? FORBID IT, ALMIGHTY GOD! I KNOW NOT WHAT COURSE OTHERS MAY TAKE, BUT AS FOR ME, GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!"
Just prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence our Fore Fathers faced with the death penalty for high treason, even though they were courageous men, they debated long before they picked up the quill pen to sign the parchment that declared the independence of the colonies from the mother country. For many hours they debated in the State House at Philadelphia, with the lower chamber doors locked and a guard posted; when suddenly a voice rang out from the balcony.
A burst of eloquence to the keynote, it was Patrick Henry giving a speech which has been deleted from our American History Books. To be sure there had been several speeches. In the balcony patriotic citizens crowded all available space and listened attentively to the proceedings. Jefferson expressed himself with great vigor; and John Adams, of Boston, spoke with great strength.
The Philadelphia printer, Dr. Benjamin Franklin, quiet and calm as usual, spoke his mind with well chosen words. The delegates hovered between sympathy and uncertainty as the long hours of the summer day crept by, for life is sweet when there is danger of losing it.
The lower doors were locked and a guard was posted to prevent further interruptions. It was then, according to Jefferson, late in the afternoon before the delegates gathered their courage to the sticking point. The talk was about axes, scaffolds, and the gibbet, when suddenly the strong, bold voice of Patrick Henry rang out and said:
"Gibbet! They may stretch our necks on all the gibbets in the land; they may turn every rock into a scaffold; every tree into a gallows; every home into a grave, and yet the words of that parchment can never die! They may pour our blood on a thousand scaffolds, and yet from every drop that dyes the axe a new champion of freedom will spring into birth! The British King may blot out the stars of God from the sky, but he cannot blot out His Words written on that parchment there. The works of God may perish: His Words never!
“The words of this declaration will live in the world long after our bones are dust. To the mechanic in his workshop they will speak hope: to the slave in the mines, freedom: but to the coward kings, these words will speak in tones of warning they cannot choose but hear.
“Sign that parchment! Sign, if the next moment the gibbet's rope is about your neck! Sign, if the next minute this hall rings with the clash of falling axes! Sign, by all your hopes in life or death, as men, as husbands, as fathers, brothers, sign your names to the parchment, or be accursed forever! Sign, and not only for yourselves, but for all ages, for that parchment will be the textbook of freedom, the bible of the rights of man forever.
“NAY, DO NOT START AND WHISPER WITH SURPRISE! IT IS TRUTH, YOUR OWN HEARTS WITNESS IT. GOD PROCLAIMS IT. LOOK AT THIS STRANGE BAND OF EXILES AND OUTCASTS, SUDDENLY TRANSFORMED INTO A PEOPLE, A HANDFUL OF MEN, WEAK IN ARMS, BUT MIGHTY IN GOD-LIKE FAITH; NAY, LOOK AT YOUR RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS, YOUR BUNKER HILL, YOUR LEXINGTON, AND THEN TELL ME, IF YOU CAN, THAT GOD HAS NOT GIVEN AMERICA TO BE FREE! IT IS NOT GIVEN TO OUR POOR HUMAN INTELLECT TO CLIMB TO THE SKIES, AND TO PIERCE THE COUNCIL OF THE ALMIGHTY ONE. BUT METHINKS I STAND AMONG THE AWFUL CLOUDS WHICH VEIL THE BRIGHTNESS OF YAHWEH’S THRONE.
“Methinks I see the recording Angel come trembling up to that throne and speak his dread message. 'Father, the old world is baptized in blood. Father, look with one glance of thine sight, man trodden beneath the oppressor's feet, nations lost in blood, murder, and superstition, walked hand in hand over the graves of the victims, and not a single voice of hope to man!'
“He stands there, the Angel, trembling with the record of human guilt. But hark! THE VOICE OF GOD SPEAKS FROM OUT OF THE AWFUL CLOUD: ‘LET THERE BE LIGHT AGAIN! TELL MY PEOPLE, THE POOR AND OPPRESSED TO GO OUT FROM THE OLD WORLD, FROM OPPRESSION AND BLOOD, AND BUILD MY ALTAR IN THE NEW.'
“As I live, my friends, I believe that to be His voice! Yes, were my soul trembling on the verge of eternity, were this hand freezing in death, were this voice chocking in the last struggle, I would still, with the last impulse of that soul, with the last wave of that hand, with the last gasp of that voice, implore you to remember this truth; GOD HAS GIVEN AMERICA TO BE FREE!
“Yes, as I sink into the gloomy shadows of the grave, with my last faint whisper I would beg you to sign that parchment for the sake of those millions whose very breath is now hushed in intense expectation as they look up to you for the awful words: 'You are free.'"
The delegates, carried away by his enthusiasm, rushed forward. John Hancock scarcely had time to pen his bold signature before the quill was grasped by another. It was done.
American Tract Society - American bible society (and others): It is interesting that the Founders of the Constitution of the U.S. were the same people that were among the Founders of the early religious evangelical societies that are still in existence today. In 1813 the American Tract Society bound together their tracts from many years past into a book and the names of many of the Founders are included.
The New England Primer ‑ 1795: The New England Primer was a reader used in what would be our 1st grade. It was first introduced in 1690 and taught for 200 years in America, until 1900. The Alphabet was taught with Bible verses that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Also lessons had questions about the Bible and the Ten Commandments.
John Quincy Adams: With the education that had a Godly influence, John Quincy Adams received an appointment to Ambassador to Russia at 14 years of age. He later wrote "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: that it tied together in one indissoluble bond, the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity."
John Jay: Jay was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and one of the three men most responsible for the writing of the Constitution of the U.S. He said "Providence has given to our people the choice of their Rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation, to select & prefer Christians for their Rulers." How long has it been since the Supreme Court said to make sure you elect Christians for your leaders? We have lost this guidance which made our country great.
Who was the FIRST American president?
The first thing that will pop out of people’s mouth is “George Washington.” but this is technically incorrect. Washington was the eighth man to serve as President, not the first. The adage that the winners write history is certainly apropos in American history books. From the period 1774 to 1781, the United States was not "united" ‑ it had no national government.
He was the heir of one of the greatest family traditions in the colonies and became the patriarch of a long line of American patriots; his great‑grandfather died at Lutzen beside the great King Gustavus Aldophus of Sweden; his grandfather was one of the founders of New Sweden along the Delaware River in Maryland; one of his nephews was the military secretary to George Washington; another was a signer of the Declaration; still another was a signer of the Constitution; yet another was Governor of Maryland during the Revolution; and still another was a member of the first Congress; two sons were killed in action with the Continental Army; a grandson served as a member of Congress under the new Constitution; and another grandson was a Maryland Senator. Thus, even if Hanson had not served as President himself, he would have greatly contributed to the life of the nation through his ancestry and progeny.
As a youngster he began a self‑guided reading of classics and rather quickly became an acknowledged expert in the juridicalism of Anselm and the practical philosophy of Seneca; both of which were influential in the development of the political philosophy of the great leaders of the Reformation. It was based upon these legal and theological studies that the young planter; his farm, Mulberry Grove was just across the Potomac from Mount Vernon, began to espouse the cause of the patriots.
In 1775 he was elected to the Provincial Legislature of Maryland. Then in 1777, he became a member of Congress where he distinguished himself as a brilliant administrator. Thus, he was elected President in 1781. Was John Hanson the first President of the United States?
The new country was actually formed on March 1, 1781 with the adoption of The Articles of Confederation. This document was actually proposed on June 11, 1776, but not agreed upon by Congress until November 15, 1777. Maryland refused to sign this document until Virginia and New York ceded their western lands (Maryland was afraid that these states would gain too much power in the new government from such large amounts of land). Once the signing took place in 1781, a President was needed to run the country. John Hanson was chosen unanimously by Congress (which included George Washington). In fact, all the other potential candidates refused to run against him, as he was a major player in the Revolution and an extremely influential member of Congress.
As the first President, John Hanson had quite the shoes to fill. No one had ever been President and the role was poorly defined. His actions in office would set precedent for all future Presidents. He took office just as the Revolutionary War ended. Almost immediately, the troops demanded to be paid. As would be expected after any long war, there were no funds to meet the salaries. As a result, the soldiers threatened to overthrow the new government and put Washington on the throne as a monarch. All the members of Congress ran for their lives, leaving Hanson running the government. He somehow managed to calm the troops and hold the country together. If he had failed, the government would have fallen almost immediately and everyone would have been bowing to King Washington.
Hanson, as President, ordered all foreign troops off American soil, as well as the removal of all foreign flags. This was quite a feat, considering the fact that so many European countries had a stake in the United States since the days following Columbus. Hanson established the Great Seal of the United States, which all Presidents have since been required to use on all official documents. President Hanson also established the first Treasury Department, the first Secretary of War, and the first Foreign Affairs Department. Lastly, he declared that the fourth Thursday of every November was to be Thanksgiving Day, which is still true today.
The Articles of Confederation only allowed a President to serve a one‑year term during any three‑year period, so Hanson actually accomplished quite a bit in such little time. He served in that office from November 5, 1781 until November 3, 1782. He was the first President to serve a full term after the full ratification of the Articles of Confederation; and like so many of the Southern and New England Founders, he was strongly opposed to the Constitution when it was first discussed. He remained a confirmed anti‑ federalist until his untimely death.
Six other presidents were elected after him;
Elias Boudinot (1783);
Thomas Mifflin (1784);
Richard Henry Lee (1785);
Nathan Gorman (1786);
Arthur St. Clair (1787); and
Cyrus Griffin (1788).
All prior to Washington taking office. Why don't we ever hear about the first seven Presidents of the United States? It's quite simple; The Articles of Confederation didn't work well, and those that intended the United States to be their tool in the coming years didn’t have the control they wanted. The individual states had too much power and nothing could be agreed upon. A new doctrine needed to be written; something we know as the Constitution.
George Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States. He was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first seven Presidents are forgotten in history. [3]
George Washington - Presidential Farewell Speech: Washington was a public servant for 45 years. He was President of the convention that gave us the Constitution. He called for the 1st Amendment Bill of Rights. After 2 terms as President, he gave a farewell speech which was heralded as the most significant political speech ever given to the nation. It has since been removed from American history books and it would be rare to find it in any for at least the last 30 years. Why?
In it he said "Of all the habits and dispositions which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars." Apparently the people writing our history books want to change what our children are taught about the connection between political prosperity and religion and morality.
Forms of Government: The form of government established by the Founders of the U.S. has lasted over 200 years. Some other countries have undergone many different forms during this same period; such as France, 7 forms & Italy 40 forms.
Men Most Quoted by The Founding Fathers of The U.S.: Political Science professors at the University of Houston wondered if there was something unique about the government of the U.S. They gathered 15,000 quotes from the Founders and located where all of them came from. They then boiled that down to 3,154 quotes that had significant impact on the founding of America. It took them 10 years to finish the project, but they found that the three men most quoted by the Founding fathers were Blackstone, Montesquieu, and John Locke.
They also found that the Bible was quoted:
4 times more often than Montesquieu,
12 times more often than Blackstone, and
16 times more often than Locke.
Additionally, 34% of all quotes were from the Bible, and another 60% of the quotes were from men who were using the Bible to arrive at their conclusions. Added together, 94% of all the quotes of the Founders had their origin in the Bible, which shows the importance of God's word in their lives and of this Nation's founding.
Blackstone’s Commentary & Charles Finney: Blackstone's Commentary on the Law, introduced in 1758, became the law textbook for lawyers for 160 years, and the Supreme Court quoted from it to settle cases. It gave Bible verse references to the law. For instance the three branches of government are based on Isaiah 33:22, the separation of powers is based on Jeremiah 17, and the tax exemption for Churches on Ezra 7:24. Countries even next to the U.S., such as Canada and Mexico, don't have tax exemption for churches. While Finney was studying to become a lawyer, he became a Christian and then a well known Evangelist in the 1800's, primarily because he saw the truth of the Bible verse references in Blackstone's Commentary.
Before the introduction of Jews on the Supreme Court, it recognized the supremacy of the Holy Bible and Almighty God as the Supreme Ruler of the United States. But since Jews have been allowed to disgrace this hollowed court, it has become more and more anti-Christ; and a defender of murderers, thieves, baby killers, rapists (as long as they are against whites) perverts, degenerates, anti-Christs and other assorted riff raff.
Supreme Court ‑ 1844, Vidal vs Girard: A Philadelphia school wanted to teach morals without using the Bible. The Court said
"Why may not the Bible, and especially the New Testament, be read and taught as a divine revelation in the schools? Where can the purest principals of morality be learned so clearly or perfectly as from the N.T."
Any book teaching good morality would certainly be teaching what the N.T. teaches, so why not use the original source which doesn't change.
Supreme Court ‑ 1892, Church of The Holy Trinity vs U.S.: In another challenge the court ruled
"Our laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the Redeemer of mankind, and it's impossible that it should be otherwise: and in this sense and to this extent our civilization and our institutions are emphatically Christian."
The court also quoted 87 different historical precedents to back up its decision, from the Founding Fathers, Acts of the Founding Fathers, Acts of Congress, etc, etc.
Supreme Court ‑ 1811, People vs Ruggles: There was a man who made attacks on Jesus in such a blasphemous way that it made it to the Supreme Court and the court ruled:
"Whatever strikes at the root of Christianity tends manifestly to the dissolution of civil government."
They reasoned that if you attack Jesus, you have attacked Christianity, & if you have attacked Christianity, you have attacked the foundation of the U.S., therefore an attack on Jesus or Christianity was equivalent to an attack on the foundation of the U.S.
"Separation,” “Church,” & “State” do not appear in the Constitution: Many people think it is part of the 1st Amendment, but it is not. The 1st Amendment reads:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishing of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
What the Founders did not want was any one denomination of the Christian religion to run the nation. They wanted to stay away from what they had left in England, where the King was the head of the Church.
However the Founding Fathers and the Supreme Court were quite clear that Christianity was the established religion, and WAS to be involved in the government. This is evident in the Supreme Court decision of 1796, Thomas Jefferson's letter of 1802, and many other writings.
Supreme Court ‑ 1796, Runkel vs Winemiller:
"By our form of government the Christian religion is the established religion, and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed on the same equal footing."
January 1, 1802 Letter from President Thomas Jefferson To The Danbary Baptist, of Connecticut: In 1801 the Danbary Baptist Church heard a rumor that the Congregationalist Denomination was going to be made the National Denomination. This disturbed them as it well should. Jefferson answered in his letter:
"The 1st Amendment has erected a wall of separation between church and state, but that wall is a one directional wall, it keeps the government from running the church, but it makes sure that Christian principles will always stay in government."
Please read that very carefully, it is supposed to protect the church from the government, not the government from the church. And it is supposed to guarantee that Christian principles will always stay in government. This is where the "wall of separation" originated, but it was another 146 years before a non‑Christian, liberal, Supreme Court distorted and reversed what the Founders meant the Constitution to do. The Congress went through twelve different iterations before determining the final wording. It is evident from the other wordings that what they wanted was to always have God's principles in government, but not to have one denomination running the nation, or any interference from the government into religion. The 1st Amendment reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishing of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
Response From The House And Senate ‑ 1853: Minority groups from time to time did keep trying to change things to their way of thinking and in 1853 there was a group that petitioned Congress for the separation of Christian principles from government. The House and Senate had a one year investigation of the matter. The House Judiciary Committee on March 27, 1854 reported:
"Had the people during the revolution, had any suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that revolution would have been strangled in its cradle."
The Senate also made a similar statement. The report continued:
"At the time of the adoption of the Constitution and the Amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, but not any one sect. In this age there can be no substitute for Christianity. That was the religion of the Founders of the Republic and they expected it remain the religion of their descendants. The great, vital and conservative element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and the divine truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Supreme Court ‑ 1878, Reynolds vs U.S.: After 1853 for the next 50 years or so there were some other cases that worked their way through the courts and challenged Christian principles in government. Each time precedents were cited such as Jefferson's letter and they were defeated. One of the cases was in 1878. Thomas Jefferson's letter was referred to in its entirety. It was repeated that the 1st Amendment is to protect the Church from the government, and Christian principles are never to be separated from the government.
Supreme Court ‑ 1947, Everson vs Board of Education: For the very first time in Court history, only eight words were used from Jefferson's letter. They were taken out of context and a brand new meaning applied, which reversed their original intent. The Court stated:
"The 1st Amendment erected a wall between Church and State. That wall must be kept high and impregnable."
It didn't recognize that the wall was intended to be a one way wall to keep government out of religion.
Dr. William James - Father of Modern Psychology: In the 1940's the Supreme Court and many other courts were being influenced by the philosophy of James who was a strong opponent of religion in government. He had said:
"There is nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it."
The phrase "Separation of Church & State" began being repeated over and over and this is born out in a court case in Bear vs Colmorgan(sp?) in 1958. The Judge said:
"If this court doesn't stop talking about the Separation of Church and State, everyone's going to think that's what the Constitution says."
Supreme Court ‑ June 25,1962, Engle vs Vitale: This is the landmark case that removed prayer from the public schools. It was even noted in the 1963 World Book Encyclopedia that this was the first time that we had separation of religious principles from public education.
The amazing thing is that it was done without citing any precedent from other cases as is the normal procedure. Instead it was an entirely new statement not based on any historical or legal base. There were no quotes from previous legal cases! Instead, it was a brand new doctrine which according to all the previous legal decisions was in violation of the Constitution!
Nevertheless it took precedent over all the previous interpretations of the Constitution which had cited many precedents that disagreed with this new ruling.
The “Unconstitutional” Prayer: The case was over a 22 word prayer which the Court said later was a "to whom it may concern prayer," a very bland prayer that mentioned God only once, and Jesus not at all. It read: "We acknowledge our dependence on thee, and we beg thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country."
The Declaration of Independence was written & approved by the same people as the Constitution and it refers to God four times. Yet it has never been declared unconstitutional. The prayer deals with four areas however which have been dealt with prior to 1963 in a way which was in agreement with the Biblical principles. After 1963 the courts have reversed their position in these areas, which are: us ‑‑‑ (students) parents ‑‑‑ (families) teachers ‑‑‑ (schools)country ‑‑‑ (nation) Supreme Court ‑ JUNE 17,1963, Murray vs Curlett: This was the Madeline Murray O'Hare case against school prayer.
Supreme Court ‑ June 17,1963, Abington vs Schempp: Previous Courts had said that you couldn't have a school that didn't teach Christian principles based on the Bible. Early textbooks quoted the Bible and used it for teaching the alphabet. This case reversed previous decisions and made a brand new statement! It removed Bible reading and instruction from public schools and stated:
"If portions of the N.T. were read without explanation, they could be, and had been, psychologically harmful to the child."
How could such a statement be made by anyone who knows that the Founders of this successful government of America was due to their belief in the N.T. as essential to the well being of the nation and its' people?
At the time of the 1963 Court cases, they took a survey to determine how many people believed in God or religion. They found that only 3% didn't believe in God or religion. Although the prayer was consistent with 97% of the people, the Court ruled with the 3%. This is the first time that 3% became a majority under which the 97% now had to live by.
What happened in 1962‑63 in a 12 month period was a radical reversal of everything that had happened up to that point. Removal of prayer, Bible reading and religious classes in instruction was totally against the Constitution, but these new rulings were simply announced by the Supreme Court as if a dictator had taken over. The influence of the Jews was beginning to be felt at a higher degree than at any time in our history, so our Supreme Court began to change into an anti-Christ, anti-Christian, anti-American court.
Bible Study Course For Dallas High Schools: As late as 1946 there was a Bible Study Course that was a requirement for graduation. After 1963, what had been standard for so many years, was not even an option to be taught anymore. The freedom of speech and religion had been censored in the public schools! Further Censorship & Loss of Freedom of Speech & Religion Guaranteed by The Constitution:
1965: The Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for a student to pray aloud.
1967: The Supreme Court declared a four line Nursery rhyme used by a K‑5 Kindergarten class was unconstitutional, even though it didn't contain the word "God." The Court said:
"If someone heard it, it might cause someone to think of God."
(Now we have censorship of our thoughts we might think!) These kinds of court cases continued and in 1980 there was one concerning what is called a "Passive Display."
Supreme Court ‑ 1980, Stone vs Graham: A "passive display" would be like something hanging on a wall like a picture, which doesn't require that you pay any attention to it unless you want to. There was a passive display of the Ten Commandments hanging in a school hallway with no requirement to read it.
The Court ruled it was unconstitutional to display it in a school. They said: "If the posted copies of the Ten Commandments are to have any affect at all, it will be to induce the school children to read, meditate upon, perhaps...to venerate and obey the commandments; this is not a permissible objective." Just think, if it caused children to respect their parents or to decide not to steal or kill...that would be unconstitutional! What kind of mind‑set is this, that is in charge of preserving our freedom? If the Ten Commandments had come from some philosopher instead of the Bible, would not they still be allowed in schools and held in high regard? When the Court says it's unconstitutional, aren't they saying that it's not what the writers of the Constitution had in mind when they wrote it? Look at what James Madison wrote. It is a Jewish mind set.
James Madison: The Man Most Responsible For The Constitution:
"We have staked the whole future of American civilization not on the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
Note that the Founders based everything, not on the Constitution, but on the Ten Commandments, which 200 years later an out of touch Court says should not even be displayed because it would not be permissible for it to be obeyed. The Downward Spiral of National Morality in America Since the Rejection of God in 1963:
George Washington gave a warning when he said: "Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." In other words, you will lose national morality when you reject the religious principles found in the Bible.
Consider The Four Areas That The “Unconstitutional” Prayer Dealt With and How The Loss of National Morality Has Affected Those Areas. These figures have not been updated to 1998 as of yet.
A. us ‑ (the students)
1). Before 1963 pregnancies in girls ages 15 through 19 years had been no more than 15 per thousand for 15 years. After 1963 pregnancies increased 187% in the next 15 years.
2). For younger girls, ages 10 to 14 years, pregnancies since 1963 are up 553%.
3). Before 1963 sexually transmitted diseases among students were 400 per 100,000. Since 1963, they were up 226% in the next 12 years.
B. parents ‑ (families)
1). Before 1963 divorce had been declining for 15 years. After 1963 divorces increased 300% each year for the next 15 years.
2). Since 1963 unmarried people living together is up 353%
3). Since 1963 single parent families are up 140%.
4). Since 1963 single parent families with children are up 160%.
C. teachers ‑ (schools)
1). The educational standard of measure has been the SAT scores. SAT scores had been going along rather steady for many years before 1963. Since 1963 they took a rapid decline for 18 consecutive years, even though the same test has been used since 1941.
2). In 1974‑75 the rate of decline of the SAT scores decreased, even though they continued to decline. That was when there was an explosion of private religious schools. There were only 1000 Christian schools in 1965. Between 1974 to 1984 they increased to 32,000.
a). That could have an impact if the private schools had higher SAT scores. In checking with the SAT Board it was found that indeed the SAT scores for private schools were nearly 100 points higher than public schools.
b). In fact the scores were at the point where the public schools had been before their decline started in 1963 when prayer and Bible reading instruction was removed from the schools.
c). The scores in the public schools were still declining.
3). Of the nation's top academic scholars, three times as many come from private religious schools, which operate on one‑third the funds as do the public schools.
D. country ‑ (nation)
1). Since 1963 violent crime has increased 544%.
2). Illegal drugs have become an enormous & uncontrollable problem.
3). The nation has been deprived of an estimated 30 million citizens through legal abortions just since 1973.
Thomas Jefferson said:
"The reason Christianity is the best friend of government is because Christianity is the only religion in the world that deals with the heart."
Jesus says do not hate, don't lust in your heart (Mt.5:21). That takes care of adultery, stealing, killing, etc.
The Founders pointed out that Christianity was the only religion that could stop crime before it started because all crime came out of the heart. If you deal with the heart problem, you won't have to deal with crime.
John Adams said:
"We have no government armed with power which is capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people, it is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
We have only to look at history to know that there is no government big enough to make you do what is right if you aren't guided by morality & religion.
Jeremiah 6:16
"Thus says the Lord, Stand in the ways, and see, And ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk in it: Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'"
Since saying NO to Biblical principles America Has Become a World Leader In: Divorce, Teenage Pregnancies, Voluntary Abortions, Illegal Drugs, Illiteracy (in the Industrial World).
What were the "old paths" which were good, that had been established by our Founders? Each state passed a State Constitution which had requirements they considered most important for those who would represent them. Generally they were along the line of the Delaware Constitution in 1776 which stated:
"Everyone appointed to public office must say: 'I do profess faith in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ his only son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God & blessed forevermore: and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old & New Testaments to be given by divine inspiration.'"
This was consistent with the constitution because it did not recognize one denomination over another or require you to belong to any particular denomination. But it did require that you understand God's principles and God as authority. They recognized that to be governed by someone without these principles would eventually undermine and destroy the very freedoms that they had fought so hard to gain.
A 3rd requirement in their Constitution was a requirement that every public official must acknowledge a belief in future rewards & punishments. This was the idea of accountability to God even after leaving office. They knew that ungodly people will not use Godly principles to run a Nation as we can see by the current administration, for it condones murder, thefts, subterfuge, and treason. That's why the Founders were so emphatic about keeping Christian men in office. If you look at it from the standpoint that God will only bless a Nation operating under Godly principles, you can see how important it is to have Christian people in office.
Does A Nation Answer To God?: This was a question the American Founders dealt with on the floor of the Constitutional Convention. They concluded that a nation doesn't have a spirit or a soul. Therefore when a nation dies, it is dead and won't be resurrected later to answer for it's failures, as a person will be who does have a spirit & soul.
George Mason said:
"As nations cannot be punished or rewarded in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes & effects Providence punished National sins by National calamities."
Providence was commonly used by the Founders to refer to God. God's judgement on a Nation because of it's corrupt leaders is evidenced many places in the Bible. A couple of them are:
1). Because of the corruption of King Ahab and his wife Jezebel, the nation went without rain for three years. The righteous had to suffer too even though they had no part in it.
2). King David was normally good King, but because of his disobedience to God when he numbered his army, a plague came upon the nation and wiped out 70,000 people. The Nation suffered because of the leader.
Benjamin Franklin ‑ June 17,1787:
"We need God as our friend not our enemy. We need him to be our ally not our adversary. We need to make sure that we keep God's concurring aid."
He called for regular daily prayer to be sure we kept God alongside what we were doing in the Nation. If this was needed by our leaders, why would it not be good for children to be able to pray in school and learn & prepare for this important facet of life?
Thomas Jefferson Memorial: Part of the inscription on Jefferson's Memorial:
"Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice can't sleep forever."
Abraham Lincoln: When Lincoln was asked if God was on his side in the Civil War, he replied:
"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on my side. My great concern is to be on God's side."
Benjamin Franklin: As Ambassador to France:
“Whoever will introduce into public affairs the principles of Christianity will change the face of the world."
Charles Finney: A great spiritual leader of the 1800's :
"The Church must take right ground in regard to politics. Politics are a part of a religion in a country and Christians must do their duty to the country as part of their duty to God. He will bless or curse this nation according to the course Christians take in politics."
If God's people don't make it into office,
God's principles won't make it into office.
We Must Not Be Isolated, We Must Get Involved! Proverbs 18:1
"A man who isolates himself seeks his own desires; he rages against all wise judgements."
Apparently there are people that do not want us to know what the Constitution, the Bible and our Founding Fathers really said, or that our freedom and liberty is based on God's principles put in place by Christians. Instead they use these freedoms to fight against Christians and God's principles, to take away freedoms the Founders sought to guarantee.
Christians used to be involved in politics, but they have been discouraged from doing so for the last 50 years or so. Even earlier there was a controversy among Christians about where they should be involved to do the most good. The emphasis was on being an Evangelist, Missionary, Doctor, or Teacher, but not a Politician. When Christians started moving out and not running for government office, they turned it over to people who didn't believe in many of the Godly principles that had been so important in it's founding.
There Will Always Be A Religion In The Schools, If It Is Not Christian It Will Be Humanism, Atheism or the Anti-Christ Judaism.
1963 & 1986 Supreme Court: Rulings defined Secular Humanism as a legitimate religion, lawfully equivalent to Christianity. The religion of Secular Humanism rejects the supernatural in their philosophy and places man as supreme, and able to control his own destiny.
1977 Supreme Court: Ruled that Atheism is a legitimate religion, lawfully equivalent to Christianity. Atheism says there is no God and therefor should be no practice of religion. The Court said that whatever you believe with all your heart that affects the way you act, that's your religion.
Satanic activity and Witchcraft are other religions that are recognized and receive tax‑exempt status as well. However the only time you hear the cry of "separation of Church and State" is to get Christian materials, etc. out of schools. If all form of religion needs to be removed from schools, why is not the cry used against representation of witches on Halloween? Or when there is no prayer and practice of believing in God going on in the school, why not cry out against the religion of Atheism or Humanism, which is the religion of exclusion of God.
Non‑recognition of God is being practiced every day in schools and it is being forced on all, including those who desire to pray and read the Bible. Christians are attacked for believing in the religion upon which America was founded while other religions are being allowed with no comment. An American should be able to speak of his roots in Christianity proudly and it should be taught in the schools.
To refer to God's principles in the Bible is to stand for what made America a free country, with liberty for all. To reject the Scriptures is to reject our heritage and the foundation principles which men fought and died for to obtain. What is called right‑wing extremism today by intolerant liberals is really a mis‑label.
It is really what this country was founded upon and was the normal middle of the road conservatism for a long time afterward. It is the extremists that have put the label on, to divert attention from their own far out position (with respect to the Founders) of Secular Humanism & Atheism.
Separation of Church & State is not a part of our history and not a part of our law until relatively recently. It is certainly not Biblical, and most people don't know that it was lifted from Jefferson's letter out of context to say the opposite of what the rest of his letter says.
The religion of Christianity and the Biblical principles were the very basis for the Constitution & held in the highest regard by the writers of the Constitution. They so wanted it to remain a part of the government and the schooling that it is outrageous that we are having censorship today of their writings which are in support of Christianity and the Bible. It is intolerable that the Supreme Court could get away with a decision that is in total disagreement with the Constitution. It can't be emphasized too much that the Constitution and the Founder's intentions were to protect the exercise of Christianity in the government. Any ruling otherwise is inconsistent with the Constitution, and is a deliberate distortion without any basis.
The 1963 decision that was based on no precedent and is now used as a precedent for everything since, needs to be shown for what it is. It was a total reversal from what was right, and another reversal is necessary to put it back right. We have a Godly heritage which has been robbed from us by the 3% who made a lot of noise about "separation of Church & State." The only way to reverse this trend is to get informed about the truth of our heritage and start fighting to gain it back.
Introduction
Israelite System of Government Typical of Christianity. The entire Israelite system is a typical one. It is chronologically divided into seven periods, beginning with the fathers, the Judges, the Kings and back to a Republic to eventually culminate with our King of Kings and Lord of Lords taking His rightful place as the King of Israel, over regathered Israel.
The United States of America. As a system of types, it possesses a double application.
First: it represents the whole history of the world from Noah's times to the establishment of the final Kingdom, the United States of America.
Second: it represents the full history of Christianity from the first advent to the second, inclusive.
The first period is that of the fathers, embracing Isaac as a type of Christ; the second is that of the patriarchs, in which Judah was a type of Christ; the third is that of the descent into Egypt, and union of the Israelite family with the throne, in which Joseph was a type of Christ; the fourth is the bondage of Israel, in which the infant Moses was a type of the infant Jesus; the fifth is the exodus and organization of a church and state in the wilderness, in which the lawgiver Moses was a type of the lawgiver Christ; the sixth is the conquest and settlement of Canaan, in which Joshua was a type of Christ; and the seventh is the period of royalty, in which David was a type of Christ.
1). To this picture, the seven periods of the world's history sublimely correspond, or will correspond when the cycle of its woes and triumphs is complete.
The three fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, coincide with Shem, Ham, and Japhet; the twelve patriarchs correspond with the twelve sons of Shem and Japhet, who were the heirs of the world; the descent into Egypt, and the regal association of the Israelites, conform to the first great apostasy in the present earth, and the union of church and state in Babel under Nimrod, or the descent into spiritual Egypt and Sodom; the Israelite bondage coincides with the universal bondage of the world under paganism, and its evils of political and usury bondage.
The exodus and giving of the law, and organization of the Levitical church under Moses, coincide with Jesus Christ, the call of the lost tribes of Israel to the liberty of the gospel, the gospel laws, and the organization of the church of True Israel, or Christianity. The conquest and republic in Canaan typified the conquest of absolutism, and the millennial republic in Europe and America, and its ascendency over the world.
The completion of the conquest under the three kings, together with the royalty itself, coincide with the predicted conquest of the entire world, and the full establishment of the kingdom of God in the regenerated heavens and earth. This is not to say that there will not be unbelievers in the future world with Christ as King, because the scriptures clearly relate that there will be.
"And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it [New Jerusalem] shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life." [4]
"Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers. And whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." [5]
2). The three fathers typified the Holy Trinity, taught so plainly by the gospel; and the twelve patriarchs typified the twelve apostles.
The descent into Egypt and union with the Egyptian throne, coincide with the descent of spiritual Israel into spiritual Egypt, of the union of the church of Christ's Israel with the throne of the Roman empire. The Israelite bondage consequent upon the descent into Egypt coincides with the civil and spiritual bondage suffered by spiritual Israel, after the union of church and state.
The exodus from typical Egypt, the crossing of the Red Sea, the overthrow of Pharaoh's host, the general thanksgiving, the organization of a republican confederacy of thirteen tribes, composed of three millions of people; the adoption of a written constitution by the tribes; the separation of the church and state departments, their freedom from control of one by the other; their laws of servitude and naturalization, and their full organization and deliverance under a noble leader, in a wilderness, have all a complete correspondence in the United States of America.
The conquest of Canaan, the overthrow of its monarchies in two great battles under Joshua, and the firm establishment of republicanism on both sides of Jordan, represent the conquest of Absolutism in Europe in two great battles, and the establishment of the millennial republic on both sides of the Atlantic, in the land promised to Abraham. The choice of a royalty by the Israelites, and the full conquest of the land of promise, "from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates," coincide with that period predicted by Daniel, in which the saints shall take the kingdom, and give the kingdom and dominion to one like unto the Son of Man, who shall come to "the people of the saints" in the clouds of heaven. These expositions will doubtless be new to every one, for few have attempted to explain the Israelite types as a system, and but few of the parts of the system have ever been interpreted and applied.
The field before us, like others we have ventured to explore, is a trail with few footsteps, and our views should therefore be neither received nor rejected without reason; and study, they may be new, yet antiquity of opinions does not prove their truth, nor is novelty always proof of error. Our expositions here harmonize most beautifully with our expositions of the prophets and doctrines of the Bible, which would be impossible unless they were correct in all points, for error can not be harmoniously systematized. We are now honor bound to show some fair reasons for these views, and we hope shall be as satisfactory to reasonable minds as the nature of the case will admit.
In order to prove our points, we must possess some rule for testing a type, or of distinguishing it from an accidental resemblance. A type is an example, pattern, or general similitude to a person, event, or thing which is to come. The term type is sometimes synonymous with that of symbol. It then is an abstract or compendium, a sign or representation of something moral by the figures or properties of natural things. Among theological writers we find no complete rule laid down by which to identify types. some things have been written upon them, but nothing satisfactory to a thorough inquirer. Having, therefore, no rule given us by others by which to be guided, we offer the following as truthful and sufficient:
1). Those things, persons, or events in the ages prior to Christianity which were expressly arranged by immediate divine interference, either by remarkable providences or by miracle, may be regarded as types or symbols.
2). It is, and has been universally conceded in all the ages of Christianity, that the whole Israelite dispensation, together with the preceding dispensations to Noah and Adam, were typical dispensations, rather than realizing ones.
3). Those events, persons, and things in the dispensations prior to Christianity, and which have had their exact counterparts in the Christian dispensation, must be regarded as types. No accidental resemblances can ever be considered as types, for our principles require that the events or persons or things in the Christian age to be regarded as antitypes, must have resemblance not only in character but in the order of sequence. The typical dispensation being a system stretching over ages, its several types follow each other in regular order, and in the realizing age, the counter-parts of the several types must follow each other in the same regular order.
4). Whatever the scriptures affirm to be a type, must be esteemed such.
The three fathers were expressly arranged as a trinity by the miraculous power of Almighty God. Abraham was divinely called to enter Canaan; Isaac was born by miraculous interposition; and Jacob/Israel was born in answer to the prayer of Isaac. [6] Isaac, as the second person of this trinity of fathers, was offered as the only begotten son of his father on Mt. Moriah, and thus clearly typified the offering of the only begotten Son of God by his father. As Abraham received Isaac as from the dead, and thus occurred a type of the resurrection of Christ and of the dead in general, so God received Jesus from the dead, and He became the first fruits of them that slept.
The limiting of the fathers to the number three, shows that it was an intentional limitation, and being in a typical dispensation, plainly confirms the number as typical. Of course we are to look in the plan of redemption for the counterpart trinity of heads of a race. This counterpart or antitype is found only in the trinity of the three heads of the human race and in the divine trinity. The coincidence being perfect in each case, the type is realized in each.
The humiliation of Ham, of Isaac, and of Christ is a triennial coincidence and wonderfully correct. The twelve patriarchs being a number clearly ordered by God, was unquestionably typical, and as every one subscribes to this truth, we need not argue the question. We therefore look into the plan of redemption to find its antitype, which must coincide in the number of persons and in exact order of sequence after the three heads of a race.
The sons of Shem, Ham and Japhet were the natural inheritors of the promises to the three fathers, but as the sons of Ham were given to Japhet and Shem, as servants, the heirship of the world fell to the twelve sons of Shem and Japhet [Which explains the remarkable success the Jew have had in their total control of the Communist Nations of the world]. The heirs of the three typical fathers in the above twelve heirs of the world find a striking coincidence.
The twelve apostles chosen as the especial heirs of the kingdom of the Divine Trinity also plainly coincide with the twelve patriarchs. Christ said to the twelve apostles, that when his kingdom was fully established they should eat and drink at His table in His kingdom, and sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. The term judging here used, has the sense of ruling or administering government; and the term Israel, means all the seed of Abraham "redeemed" by Christ, or all of the redeemed of the world.
The descent into Egypt of the seventy souls of the patriarchs and families, finds its coincidence in order and character of events, in the submission of the true people of God to the sway of Nimrod, and of the union of church and state under Constantine and Justinian.
The union, of Jacob/Israel's family with Pharaoh's in the throne of Egypt was divinely arranged, and it was really the union of the Hebrew Church with the Egyptian State: in this union the church was inferior to the Pharaoh in the throne. The particulars of the coincidence between this union of church and state are not so clearly marked under the monarchy of Nimrod in history, but the fact of the subjection of God's people to him in the throne is as clear; and had we a full history of the matter, we might find the coincidence minutely perfect.
The Empire of Rome, John says, is "spiritually called Sodom and Egypt," [7] and the descent of the Christians into union with Rome is therefore a clear counterpart or antitype of the union of the Hebrew Church with Egyptian royalty. For the likeness is perfect as to events, and the chronological order of the events is relatively the same. The bondage of the Israelites in Egypt finds also a double coincidence in time and character in the world's great history and in the history of Christianity.
From the days of the subjection to Nimrod, the people of the world have been in general bondage to regal or totalitarian governments and to Satan's spiritual power; and while one race of men have been bondmen, all have been servants of sin and Satan, as subjects of political and spiritual despotisms. The task‑masters of the Israelite heirs of the promise, find their correspondence in kings, and princes of the earth.
In the union of church and state, true religion was soon to decrease, and all the true seed of Abraham were grievously persecuted or destroyed. The destruction of the Israelite infants was comparative kindness to the extensive butchery brought upon them by the Jews of recent times.
The deliverance from bondage, the constitutional law, and the journey or probation under the law in the wilderness, find a double and sublime counterpart:
1). In the appearance of Christ as a second Moses, the new constitutional law He promulgated, and the long wilderness‑like probation of His people in past ages.
2). In the passage of the sea by Christ's people, to the land of enlargement promised by God to Abraham, the establishment of the Christian constitution of the United States, and the testing of the ability of the people to uphold it and be happy under it.
One should not fail to note that the coincidence of the history of Israel with the world's general history, is seen principally in the larger features of the Israelite system, and that in the narrower diameter of the Christian era the coincidence between Israelite and Christian history is seen in an ever greater number of points.
That Moses and Christ coincide, the scriptures affirm; and that the plan of the redemption of Israel taught by Christ, began an exodus from spiritual and political bondage, which will end in the release of the world, as Israel was released from Egypt, every one admits. The probation in the wilderness was needed to accustom the people to new laws based upon republican principles, and the republican principles of Christianity needed to be tried by Israel a long season, in order to be appreciated, and ultimately adhered to with tenacity. Hence we read: "...the woman fled into the wilderness from the face of the dragon for a time times and half a time."
The ceremonial law, given in connection with the moral and political law or constitution, is affirmed by scripture to have been typically illustrative of the Christian system. The book of Hebrews gives the philosophy of the ceremonial law, and teaches that the whole Israelite economy was "a shadow of good things go come," "a figure for the time then present." As the bondage was followed by the scheme of Israel's redemption, so the universal bondage of the world was followed by the scheme of the world's ultimate redemption.
When Israel sighed by reason of oppression, and was willing to change its condition, and call to mind the promises, then a deliverer came; and when our Israel people of the United States sigh for relief, and is willing to hear of a change, then the world will sigh for relief, and will be willing to hear of a change, then a calm will fill the earth, and angels will herald the "desire of all nations," and the star of the east will once again hang over Bethlehem.
Secondly; the exodus from Egyptian bondage, the organization of a republican confederacy, and the probation under it till the conquest of Canaan, were typical of the exodus of the Christians from Europe, spiritual Egypt, to America, their organization of the republican confederacy of the United States, and their probation under a Republic up to the time of the conquest of absolutism.
The coincidences between these two great periods are more numerous than between any other typical and anti‑typical period whatever, excepting that of the same typical period and the epoch of Christianity.
We may premise here, that it should be specially recollected that like things always typify their like: thus, a person used as a type typifies a person; an event typifies an event; a thing typifies a thing; a country typifies a country; a period typifies a period; a church typifies a church; a state typifies a state; a bondage typifies a bondage; a deliverance typifies a deliverance; a probation typifies a probation; a war typifies a war; a priest typifies a priest, and a king typifies a king.
One should now notice, more at large, the points of correspondence between the Israelite period of deliverance and the Christian period.
1). The children of "the free woman," or Israelites were freed by the exodus from the servitude of Egypt; and so the children of the free woman or Christians were, by the great exodus to America, freed from the bondage of "spiritual Egypt and Sodom," Europe. Let it ever be fixed in the mind, that almost all Christians are the seed of Abraham; they are the White Anglo‑Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Celtic peoples of the Christian Nations of the world, or the free woman, and full heirs of the promises.
2). The Israelites were pursued by the oppressor, and he was vanquished; and so the Christians were pursued by the oppressor, and he was vanquished.
3). The Israelites crossed a sea to get away from bondage, and so did the Christians in coming to America.
4). The Israelites sought the land promised to their paternal head, and so the Christians, in their exodus to America, come to the land promised to Abraham, their paternal head.
5). At the destruction of the Egyptian tyrant's forces, Israel decreed a general thanksgiving to God, and so when the modern Pharaoh was defeated, a general thanksgiving was decreed by the American Congress. Songs and shouts; and all the demonstrations of exultation, joined with Miriam to celebrate God's name, and so songs and shouts, bonfires, illuminations, ringing of bells, tears of rapture, devout worship, and lofty thanksgiving celebrated the same God's praise through all our land. The Israelite exodus was a short period, but the American one extends from 1607 to 1996 and perhaps beyond.
6). According to Dr. Adam Clarke, and others, the number of the Israelites that escaped from bondage was estimated to be about three million; and the number of people in the revolutionary colonies, in 1776, was about three million.
7). The sea was frozen when the Israelites reached the safe side, and the Pilgrim Fathers found a frozen sea, and a snow covered shore, when they landed in America. This may or may not have been an accidental, and not a providential correspondence.
8). The Israelites were organized as a confederacy of thirteen tribes, and so there were thirteen colonies providentially organized into a Christian confederacy. Israel's tribes were called twelve, but out of Joseph there sprung two tribes who received an inheritance, thus making thirteen. It is also remarkable, that William Penn was proprietor of two colonies, Pennsylvania and Delaware. As Joseph was imprisoned, and yet had a double and birthright portion on account of his virtue, so William Penn suffered imprisonment for his virtue, and yet had a double portion.
9). The Israelite exodus was into a wilderness which was to be inherited as a part of the promised land; and so the exodus of the Christians was to a wilderness, which was a noble portion of Abraham's promised inheritance.
10). The Israelite confederacy was organized into a "more perfect union" after the exodus, by adopting a written constitution: and so the confederate colonies, after the war of independence, "in order to for a more perfect union," [8] adopted a written representative Republican federation constitution. The Israelite constitution was submitted to the tribes for acceptance and ratification; [9] and so was the American constitution. It is not a little remarkable, that the Israel and American constitutions are the only two written ones ever known to have been adopted at the birth of any nation, prior to 1776!
11). The Israelite nationality grew of the Hebrew church, or the seed of Abraham; and so the American nationality grew out of the Christian church, and the seed of Abraham. All of the Americans were not Christians at the framing of the constitution, and so were not all of the Israelites pious; as their culpable unbelief shows. Yet the unbelieving Israelites enjoyed the same political benefits as did the faithful, and so it was with the Americans. About one hundred and forty‑four thousand Christians were in America at the time of the Revolution, yet the prevalence of Christian maxims and principles was universal, and the virtuous political principles avowed by the Christians were adopted by all classes.
12). Church and state were disunited by the Israelite constitution and placed in the relation of associates. The church was debarred, as a church, from exercising direct control in civil affairs, and so it was in the American constitution.
Many have either ignorantly or willfully mistaken the relations which the Israelite church and state held to each other. Some mistakes may have occurred on account of the fact, that, as some laws were alike political and spiritual, it was supposed consequently that all laws were so. The Sabbath, the Sabbatic and jubilee years, and the rite of circumcision, were regulations of both a spiritual and secular nature. But with us the Sabbath illustrates the case of these laws, for we regard it as both a sacred and a secular institution: as a secular institution, its observance is compelled as a day of repose to wearied nature, and to prevent oppressors from grinding the poor to death by ceaseless toil; and also to give vigor to the general operations of society by the universal refreshment it bestows.
The civil arm has, with us, no right to compel its observance as a spiritual institution, and should have none. Precisely so was it in the Israelite law. The civil power was not the head of the Israelite church, as the monarchs of Rome, Russia, and England have been of the Roman, Greek and English churches. Neither the Judges nor kings of Israel could appoint a high priest of the church; nor could the priesthood compel the paying of tithes, or the offering of sacrifices, nor require the secular arm to do it. In spiritual matters the Israelite was responsible only to God and to the ecclesiastical law of God, and was in no way responsible to civil authority for his spiritual conduct.
The United States Constitution puts religion in just exactly the same relation to civil authority that God ordered, in the days of Moses. However, evil men in government, are today trying to control the churches through man made laws and statutes. The disunion of church and states is the great prophetic epoch of liberty and progress according to both Daniel and John. It is the beginning of the end of despotism, and when it fully prevails the "time of the end" will close, and despotism will forever cease on earth.
The two separate departments of religion and politics in the Israel confederacy exactly coincide with these two departments in our country. At least it did in the beginning.
13). The political offices of the Hebrews were elective, and not hereditary, and so it is in our government.
14). Their government was not originally an aristocratic republic; the people decided in general assembly all questions of war, treaties, and peace, and Moses always appealed to the whole, and not to the few aristocrats, to accept or reject his propositions.
Josephus says it was an aristocratic republic, but it is plain that he must speak of the executive department of the government and not of the legislative. We might in a similar manner call our government an aristocratic republic. The term aristocratic meant, anciently, the best; it now signifies, in an odious sense, the worst!
15). The people of Israel chose God as their only king, and renounced allegiance to all other monarchs by acclamation, and so did the people of the United States.
16). The Israelite constitution recognized the institution of bondage, and so does/did the American constitution.
17). The Israelite constitution forbade foreigners ever becoming supreme magistrates, and so does the American.
18). The Israelite constitution provided for the naturalization of foreigners, and so does the American, but not so strictly.
These coincidences between the exodus of Israel and that of the Christians, are of the most extraordinary nature if we take them singly, but when taken together they are nothing less than miraculous.
The sixth period of Israelite history, which includes the conquest of Canaan and establishment of the republic, coincides with the sixth period of the world, and the sixth of Christianity. The great points in this period particularly noticeable are these: first, the conquest of Canaan was completed by two great battles; secondly, the conquest of Canaan under Joshua and the Judges did not embrace all of the promised land.
The promise extended from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates, and was not realized until the days of Solomon. The prophets assure us, the monarchies of the Japhetic race shall be broken in two great battles at the conquest by Liberty, and hence the war for possession of Canaan by republican Israel, coincides with the predicted war of the Christian republicans for possession of the territories of Japhet. And the two great battles and victories of Joshua coincide with the two predicted battles in the war for liberty. These two battles are pointed out by John in Ezekiel 38 and 39 and in the 14th chapter of Revelation, and in other places. The first is indicated by; "I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company" and "I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee."
Then "One like unto the Son of Man" on a white cloud who "thrust in his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped;" and the second by the reaping of the vine of the earth, and its being cast into the wine‑press without the city, and the blood coming out of it "even unto the horse bridles, by the space of sixteen hundred furlongs."
And again John says, that three agencies went forth to gather all the kings of the earth to the battle of the great day of God Almighty, and that they assembled at a place called Armageddon. He then, after a short episode, describes the United States and the attack of the confederate kings upon it, and states that the beast or Russian power was taken, and that Europe or the False Prophet was taken at the same time.
The reaping of the earth signifies the destruction of European monarchy, and the reaping of the vine indicated the dreadful flow of blood at the fall of all the European thrones. As all thrones in Canaan fell before carnal Israel to make room for the republic, so all thrones must fall before Christian Israel to make room for the great republic. Let sceptics smile at our simplicity in writing the doom of European thrones: yet let them be serious as they hear Daniel the prophet saying, "I beheld till the thrones were cast down," and "became lie the chaff of the summer threshing‑floor, and the wind carried them away, and there was no place found for them." [10]
The world was promised to Abraham as truly as was Canaan, and Canaan was but typical of the world. A country typifies a country, and a people typifies a people; and so the conquest of a large part of Canaan was, therefore, typical of the conquest of a large portion of the earth; and as a republic typified a republic, the commonwealth established in a great part of Canaan, typifies a common-wealth erected over a great part of the earth.
The Millennium so often and lovingly spoken of in the pulpits of America is clearly a state of the world in which a portion of it only is embraced under the blessings of civil and religious republicanism, or Christianity. The seventh period of Israelite history coincides with the seventh of the world and of Christianity.
This period is that in which the republic was changed to a monarchy by the universal voice of the people. During the reign of a trinity of monarchs, the promised land was taken from the foe, a capital of the kingdom was selected, and a temple of transcendent glory was raised, and the Israelites attained the zenith of splendor. As like typifies its like, this royalty typified a royalty, and the full conquest, under it, of all the typically promised land, typified the full conquest of the world under the final royalty of Christ.
Now, prophecy declares that the people shall at last give up the government of the world to the Son of Man, who shall come in the clouds of heaven, and that He shall destroy all the wicked, shall renew the world, and reign for ever among men. It further says that the capital of the redeemed world shall descend out of heaven to the earth; and it will hold the same relation to all the world that old Jerusalem did to Canaan.
We have now briefly pointed out the great coincidences between the seven periods of the world from Noah to the final redemption, and the seven periods of Christianity. We have by no means descended to notice the minute resemblances between Christianity and Hebraism as religious type and anti‑type, which fully accord with our expositions; we have refrained from touching them for want of space, and because they have been largely set forth by others. We will, later go further, pointing out the coincidence of the Israelite history with Christianity. One more point and we shall close this introduction. It may be inquired why we have a right to give seven periods to Israelite history rather than any other number. To this query we reply, first, that the periods we have given are plainly great ones, and are marked out as such by nature of providence.
Secondly, each of these periods is also marked by a clear type of Messiah. Thus in the first period, that of the fathers, Isaac was clearly a type of Christ. In the second, or that of the patriarchs, Judah was a type of Christ. The scepter was not to depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver, until Shiloah came, and he was to be the "Lion of the tribe of Judah."
In the third period, Joseph is called "the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel," [11] and is allowed by all to prefigure Christ most graphically. In the fourth period, the infant Moses prefigures the infant Jesus. As Pharaoh decreed the destruction of the Israelite infants, so did Herod, the Jew; and as Moses was providentially preserved, so was Christ; and as Moses came unto his own and they received him not, so did Christ. In the fifth period, Moses, as a prophet, declares that he was a type of our Lord; and in the sixth period, Joshua prefigured Jesus according to Paul, and in the seventh period, David was certainly the type of his Son Jesus.
Biblical Basis For The Frame Work
of The United States of America
The Kingdom of God on Earth
The very foundations of the United States of America, was taken directly from the Laws of God as stated in the Holy Scriptures. The claims of the Anti-Christs notwithstanding. Even though liberation theology appears bent on under-mining the Christian faith from within, in an effort to destroy its uniqueness and the freedom it has enjoyed for generations.
The Bible
It is amazing how many millions of Christians over the centuries have poured over the pages of the Holy Bible without taking note of a fundamental truth: The Bible is a book written by, for, and about Israelites. And by this we do not mean the Jews for they are no part of Israel. While it is possible that this truth may not send spiritual shock waves through any given congregation, or even any individual, but it should.
How people could read the best selling book of all history and not be more concerned about the subjects of that book remain a mystery. Seldom does one hear any adverse comment when it is made known that the Koran was written by and for Arabians. It is common knowledge that the Vedas contain the sacred scripture for the Hindu people; yet that book proceeded from their kind and hand is not disputed. People seem to have no trouble relating the Talmud exclusively to the Jewish synagogue and those who profess Judaism, and as such are called Jews. We have yet to meet a Christian who wanted to claim the Talmud. The historical archives confirm that almost all people have strong links to a particular religious creed. It should not come as a surprise, then, for the Christian to find that his ties and Biblical roots go back to a people called Israel.
This study is with the purpose that our Christian community learn and absorb this truth. The Bible is inseparably linked to the people who comprise the Anglo‑Saxon, Celtic, Germanic, Scandinavian and kindred family in the earth. The spiritual eyes of millions of Christians need to be opened wide to the racial origins of the Bible. The Bible shares a genetic continuity in history from Genesis to the Revelation Letter.
"And he had in his hand a little book opened" was the statement of John, who in a vision saw the people of the Book preparing to take its message overseas. History has since demonstrated the willingness of the White Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, Celtic and kindred people to endure the hardships of the journeys in order to bring others the blessings of the open Book.
So long as that Book continues to remain open in the hands of Almighty God's people, they are in possession of the perfect guide and chart which will enable them to follow the course of their God-given heritage to a glorious destiny.
Westward, ever westward, has been the course of Empire as the ships of the People of the Book plowed the seas, bringing our forefathers to the Isles from whence they set sail to the uttermost parts of the earth. In obedience to the prophecy of the Scriptures: "Ephraim (Israel) feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind (Always going Westward; ever Westward to the ends of the earth, the West Coast of the United States of America): he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt." [12]
And wherever they went, the open Book accompanied them on their journeys. As they colonized, they evangelized: proclaiming the truth out of the Book in their hand! In establishing governments, building cities, organizing communities and administering law, the guiding hand of Almighty God, whose purposes were revealed to them through the open Book, enabled His people to build (Far better than they knew) a type of civilization whose foundation was to rest upon the administration of righteousness.
Familiarity with the open Book and the reason for sailing westward is well illustrated in a statement from the Mayflower Compact of 1620, which began "In the name of God." It proceeded:
"Having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our King and country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the Northern part of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body politic."
It was the knowledge of the teachings of the open Book and the desire to follow these teachings which brought the Pilgrim fathers to our shores to build anew a civilization in conformity with the requirements of the law as set forth in this national document.
Let us turn back to the time before ever the Bible, as we know it, was written. In so doing we will discover that the outstanding men of our Race were pressing forward to a God-given destiny and as they lived, and worked, and labored, they wrote into the record of the Book their faith, while in each succeeding generation men of renown carried on the work of faith as the race continued on towards its destiny.
Thus, in an ever-increasing crescendo the Race of the Book moved forward with the open Book of the Race which, when finally completed was taken by this Race to the less fortunate, that they might also freely read and partake of its blessings. Amounting almost to a paradox is the fact that the open Book from which we are now to receive counsel, instruction, advice and guidance today is largely the history of our race and an account of God's dealing with our forefathers. But along with the recording of that history the future of the Race was also pre-written and we will do well to follow the Divine instruction!
That Christianity has been the basic historic religion of the Nordic branch of the Caucasian Race for the past two thousand years is something worthy of consideration. Moreover, it should occasion no great surprise to find that the Anglo‑Saxon, Celtic Germanic, Scandinavian, and kindred people of the earth are more closely linked to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel of Bible fame than any other people in history Research confirms that the Israelites of the Old Testament are directly linked to the Israelites of the New Testament.
"Strictly speaking it is incorrect to call an Ancient Israelite a ‘Jew’ or to call a Contemporary Jew an Israelite of a Hebrew." [13]
Moreover, the same blood that links Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to the twelve Apostles and early Christians also flows in the blood of the modern day Anglo‑Saxon, Germanic and kindred people of the earth. There is a racial connection between the subjects of the Bible and the main followers of Christianity.
There is a racial significance to the major religions of the world, and no amount of historical revision will alter this. The religions of Buddhism, Shintoism, Taoism, and all forms of the transcendental worship are linked to the Far East. Certainly none of these religions rose out of the Caucasian world! The Moslem faith arose out of the Arabic world. Judaism arose out of the Jewish mind.
"It is highly probable that the bulk of the Jew's ancestors 'never' lived in Palestine 'at all,' which witnesses the power of historical assertion over fact." [14]
Hinduism was not born in the Occidental western Caucasian world. Historically, one major religion has been associated with the Western Caucasian world; Christianity. Just as the Moslem faith has followed the Arabs in their migrations over the earth, Christianity has followed the Caucasians in their wanderings.
Voodooism has always found a home in the hearts of the black race, but never within the Western Christian world. There is a positive chemistry between Christianity and the blood of the Caucasian race. That there might be a link between genetics and faith in Jesus Christ is something that has yet to be fully explored by those who major in religious issues.
Judeo-Christian Heritage is A Hoax: It appears there is no need to belabor the absurdity and fallacy of the "Judeo‑Christian heritage" fiction, which certainly is clear to all honest theologians. That "Judeo‑Christian dialogue" in this context is also absurd was well stated in the author‑ initiative religious journal, Judaism, Winter 1966, by Rabbi Eliezar Berkowitz, chairman of the department of Jewish philosophy, at the Hebrew Theological College when he wrote: "As to dialogue in the purely theological sense, nothing could be more fruitless or pointless. Judaism is Judaism because it rejects Christianity; and Christianity is Christianity because it rejects Judaism. What is usually referred to as the Jewish-Christian traditions exists only in Christian or secularist fantasy."
That the Holy Bible has always been the Book for historic Christianity no one would deny. And, what people in history have been responsible for the stewardship, printing, and transmission of the Bible? None other than the Caucasian peoples of the Anglo‑Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, and kindred people of the earth! The Bible has always found a home in the heart of the Caucasian race. Its influence upon the other races has been sparse, sporadic, transient, and meager at best, the claims of the Judeo‑Christian evangelists on television and radio notwithstanding. The moral values of the Bible appear to take root ONLY within the minds and hearts of the Caucasian Race.
The fact that the Anglo‑Saxons have always been the custodians of the Bible links them inseparably to the people of God and of Scripture. Lost Israel has been found: we are they! The Bible is an Israelitish book written for and about the same people who have always found a place for it within their homes, churches and public life. It is impossible to give a true record of Anglo-Saxon activities without always taking into consideration the Book (Regardless of what the anti-Christs, humanists, communists and etc., wish you to believe).
Wherever this Race has gone, whether the fact of the presence of the Book is mentioned or not, the writings of this Book and the spirit of its message have always played a most prominent part in all our undertakings. The importance of the open Book in the hand of the pioneers of our Race is clearly and appropriately depicted in the figurehead of the man on the prow of the sailing ship in whose hand is held the open Book, and who, yet reading, is moving forward as the vessel sails the sea. This figurehead of the earthly Americans sailing to our shores should be a continuous reminder to our generation that this nation was founded upon the Book and God's Laws.
But the Book has not always been opened. Evil forces have sought again and again to close it; knowing that, so long as it remains open, the irresistible forward march of a Race destined to conquer evil and establish righteousness and peace cannot be stayed! In the early Christian century the disciples of our Lord brought the open Book to the Isles and to a people residing in those isles whose forefathers, because of their refusal to keep His laws, had been led captive into Assyria.
From the land of the Assyrians this Race had moved north and west: migrated through southern and central Europe and, after centuries, finally reached the isles north and west of Palestine. It was to them who Jesus sent His disciples to when He told them to go "to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." To Israel in the Isles they went, and to them they brought the open Book. Thus, after centuries, the open Book was placed at the disposal of His people. As a result Christianity took root downward and grew upward in the isles of the sea. A few centuries passed during which Christianity flourished in the Isles, then the Book was again closed.
During the period known as the Dark Ages the light of spirituality was all but extinguished, for there was no open Book to which the people might have access. The Bible had been written in a language which the common people did not understand and chained to the altar of the Church.
This period of darkness ended in a spiritual revolution. Society of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was agitated to its profoundest depths as the Reformation began. The invention of the printing press had reduced the Bible from the bulky hand-written Book to a little Book and translated into the common language of the masses: placing it in the hands of the people, opened, that all might read its contents. John saw a Mighty One holding that Book open.
Men now had access to the Bible and the result, insofar as evil forces were concerned, was to arouse them to frenzy, for they knew that the open Book spelled disaster to all their plans. The Spanish Armada was equipped and launched with the avowed purpose of forever closing that Book.
But it was to remain open and no physical power on earth could stop the Reformation. With the opening of the Book there began a period of activity for the Anglo-Saxon-Israel people, first to acquire a knowledge of what was written therein and afterwards to spread that knowledge throughout the world. Such was the task assigned to this people of whom the Lord said through Isaiah the Prophet: "And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." [15]
In fulfillment of that mission the Anglo-Saxon peoples have taken the Bible and translated it into over a thousand different languages and in their missionary activities given it to the nations. Missionary Societies in Great Britain and in the United States of America have, for over a century, been actively carrying out the mission laid upon His Israel people.
Upon careful examination, the Bible proves to be the family history of one people; the Israel people of God. And touches the other races only when they come into contact with the people of the book, the Israelites. The Bible refers to many people and nations, but its primary focus is always Israel. The Bible is the manufacturer's handbook for His people in time and creation. Everything that Israel needs to know for this life is contained within the canon of the Bible, a book that has been Divinely inspired and preserved throughout time.
The Holy Bible is intended to enable the Israelite people to be theocrats (ruled by God) in this earth. Its principles, laws, and precepts govern every area of life. All of man's is couched by God's Word. There is no escape from the Holy Scriptures, for they follow man and government him in every possible area. Scripture is both infallible and unchangeable because it issues from a sovereign God. The key to a successful and prosperous life is to read meditate, memorize, and apply Scripture to every area of one's life.
The early chapters of Genesis cover the creation of the universe, the vegetable and animal kingdom, and the final work of God's hand in the creation of man. The fall of Adam and the Genesis Flood are all a major focus of the early portion of Genesis. The post flood history of nations, the building of the Tower of Babel, and the multiplication of nations and people are covered in these early chapters. Beginning with Genesis 12, the remainder of the Bible is focused on Abraham and his offspring.
Abraham became the father of eight sons born to three different women: Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah. Only one of these sons become the focus of the Bible. The birth of Isaac, the seed of promise which God made with Abraham and Sarah, becomes the object of the Bible. Like a giant laser beam, the Holy Scriptures zero in on the promise seed of Abraham. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel become the central focus of the Bible from Genesis 12 to the remainder of the Bible. Every mention of other people and nations is always in relationship to Israel, and their interaction with the primary focus of the Bible.
Jacob, son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham, became the father of twelve sons. They are, beginning with the eldest: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. These twelve men became heads of twelve tribes that multiplied into a mighty nation numbering just short of three million people at the time of the exodus from Egypt. In subsequent history, millions of these Israelites populated the earth.
In Genesis 13:16 Abraham is promised that his seed will number as the dust of the earth. Genesis 15:5 records the promise that Abraham's seed would become as populace as the stars of the sky. Genesis 22:17 confirms that the seed of Abraham would become numbered like the sands of the sea shore. Rebekah was prophesied to be the mother of thousands of millions in Genesis 24:60. God promised Jacob that he would become a nation and a Company of Nations in Genesis 35:11. From Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh would come a Multitude of Nations. [16]
A number of questions flow out of these Biblical promises made to Abraham and his seed. Where are the thousands of millions who were to spring from Isaac and Rebekah? What people make up the Company of Nations promised Jacob/Israel? Where is the Multitude of Nations that were to spring from Ephraim and Manasseh? We need to account for Hundreds of Millions of people to fulfill all of the promises and covenants of the Bible!
The people known in modern history as "Jews" have never at any time fulfilled the promises made to Abraham. However, they have been found among the multiplied missions that constitute the Anglo‑Saxon, Germanic, Scandinavian, and kindred people of the earth. Lost Israel has been found, and the Bible is the record of these people It is time that their discovery as the subjects of the Bible be known to all who have spiritual eyes to see and ears to hear. The Bible is indeed an Israelitish book. Every author of Scripture descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel. The family history of the Israelite Race of people is contained within the pages of the Holy Bible. The Bible is the composite history and genealogical record of Israel. The genealogical records of Egypt, Babylon, China, Japan, and the other nations is missing from the Bible because the Bible is not their record!
The first five books of the Bible or Law, is said to have been written by Moses, an Israelite. The historical records of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I and II Samuel, I and Ii Kings, I and II Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah focus on the Israelites descended from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel. All of the books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon flow from the pen of inspired Israelite writers. Every prophet of Scripture was an Israelite raised up to prophesy to either or both Judah and Israel, the two primary families within Israel.
The New Testament is no exception to all that has previously been confirmed about the Bible. Every writer of the New Testament was an Israelite. All of the Gospels, the Epistles, and the Revelation Letter are inspired and preserved records of the Israelite people. There is no book and no writer of the New Testament who does not have racial roots into the stock of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-Israel. From the first chapter in Matthew's Gospel to the final restoration of the twelve tribes in a new heaven and new earth in Revelation 21, the New Testament is an Israelitish book. To make the family history of the Bible include the entire world is to wreck and ruin the entire plan of a supernatural and provident God. Failure to correctly identify Biblical Israel and understand the Bible message has resulted in the Church world seeking to build a program of world evangelism.
The attempt of modern Christianity to evangelize the world has erased the color line in the Church, greatly accelerated interracial marriage, and brought the Church of Jesus Christ to a day of real peril. Universalism in salvation history is not found in the Bible. It is the vain imagination of man running wild before God and in disobedience to His Word. Is it not about time that we were content to leave the non‑Israelites of the world to follow their gods and their religions and rest content in the knowledge that God has ordained the Bible and the salvation history contained therein for His people Israel?
Why do we want to rewrite the Bible in the image of fallen man? Why do we seek to make the Bible something that God did not intend? Let the non‑Israelites of the world follow their gods, build their temples, and read their religious books. Bring back the Israelite missionaries that are running to the far corners of the earth with a program God did not ordain. Is it not about time that we believed God and Scripture and be content to hear the words of Jesus Christ in Matthew 15:14: "...I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
As for Israel, let them follow Jesus Christ, be faithful to His Commandments, and evangelize their own kind. What God hath ordained let no man seek to change. Whenever the Anglo-Saxon people allow the Book to be closed, through neglect or a refusal to heed its warnings or listen to its message, the ensuing spiritual decadence brings retribution in sorrow, trouble and national calamities. The forces of evil were unable to close the open Book at the time of the Spanish Armada, but now they have succeeded in bringing about the closing of the Book in the evil doctrine of modernism. The teachings of this sugarcoated Judeo-Christian atheism have literally closed the Book to the understanding of multitudes of our people.
Our people, today, face a crisis of such magnitude as has never before been experienced by our nation or people. It was a day of evil for our land when modernism entered our seminaries and graduated into the pulpits of our churches - and it was brought in through traitors to Almighty God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and by their enemies; who falsely claimed to be Christian.
With the advent of this Judeo-Christian modernism the Book began to close and people turned away from its truths until today millions never look into its pages nor read its message. A state of spiritual decadence is afflicting our land with unbelief, from the men who stand in our pulpits to those who sit in the pews and the multitudes that crowd the streets of our cities. Let us once again open the Book before it is too late, that there may be a revival of interest, bringing such a spiritual awakening that it will enable God to save us. Let those who are in authority seek for Divine guidance as they pilot the Ship of State through troubled waters. They must yet open the Book and follow the instructions of God contained in this Book of books; there is no other solution for the crisis ahead, nor can we expect victory over our enemies until there is compliance with these requirements.
Of Israel the Lord said:
"Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off." [17]
Today that Mighty Angel has "in his hand a little book opened." Let us obey His voice and follow the instruction of the opened Book that our enemies may become God's enemies and our adversaries His adversaries. If we continue to provoke Him by refusing to believe, to read, to study and to be guided by the instruction of the open Book, there will be no one but ourselves to blame for the troubles and national calamities that will come upon us.
May the figurehead, the man with the open Book, so markedly portraying the reason for America's greatness, be a symbol of a soon awakening throughout our land to the need of opening our Bibles that God's Will may be done and our country and people saved from all their enemies.
The original charters, compacts, contracts, and constitutions, all had their origin in the Bible. All the laws, rules, and regulations concerning civil, religious, and hygiene were taken from the Bible and patterned after the Christian Faith. All of the Common Law of the United States of America came directly out of the Old Testament books of the Holy Bible, namely, the original source of our Common Law was the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
We will present a brief rendition of the contents contained herein so you will be able to see and understand what is being presented much better.
1). Decentralization of Government: Deuteronomy 1; Exodus 18, show that the Ancient Hebrew Republic was decentralized.
1 Samuel 8 shows God was against the Children of Israel in attempting to centralize power by asking for a king. However, Yahweh had told Moses several hundred years prior to that time, that the Children of Israel would, in deed, demand a king; that they would refuse to have Him rule over them. [18]
That the result of their rejecting Yahweh would result in tyranny. 1 Chronicles 11:3; Deuteronomy 1:13-17 demonstrate our Israelite people were to have only local self-government - government by consent of the people. Deuteronomy 17:6-7 shows the people were to enforce the law, not the government. In order to keep the government as close to the people as possible, strong local and regional governments should be established with a limited national or central government. Such a division of power is a safeguard against the tyranny of the centralization of power which the pagans prefer.
History has shown that centralization of governmental power destroys the liberty and rights of man. The way to have good and safe government is to divide the power among the people and the localities, instead of entrusting it to one central body. Civil government in a country should be subdivided into many levels; local, regional, national. The power of each level should be clearly defined and sovereign in those defined areas. No level of government should be able to usurp the jurisdiction of another. A great majority of the power should rest on the local level.
The power of the national government, on the other hand, should be limited to matters like defense, foreign policy, regulation of inter-regional and foreign commerce, citizenship laws, coining money, patents and copyrights.
Those chosen to represent the people must be forced to face the same people frequently in order to be re-elected. This establishes accountability. Half of the national legislature of the Ancient Hebrew Republic was composed of an elected house of officers called 'judges' which were selected on the basis of population, not regional or tribal representation. [19]
Another house of their legislature was composed of two appointed 'elders' and two scribes/lawyers representing each geographic region (tribe) plus the 24 priests totaling 70 men. This unelected body was known as the Sanhedrin. The elected representatives of the people were chosen on the basis of population: 10s, 50s, 100s and 1000s. Moses would swear them in or 'appoint' them only after they were selected by the people. [20]
A multi-party system and the right of any citizen to form a party are essential. In addition, the vote must be secret so that no pressure or fear of reprisal can influence the outcome and the vote must be available to all citizens equally, regardless of race, color, social status, religion or gender.
2). Constitutionalism: Deuteronomy 5, 6, 8; Romans 13:1-2 gives us the Rule of Law. Exodus; Leviticus; Numbers; Deuteronomy, Exodus 20; list the Ten Commandments, God's Laws and Statutes. 2 Corinthians 3:17; John 19:11 show the Creator endowed our rights, and that they were not government-granted rights or privileges.
The concept of constitutionalism began when Moses presented the Book of the Covenant to the people at Mount Sinai. [21] This initiated the concept of a national covenant or constitution which must be agreed upon by the people before the government has legitimacy. In a decentralized government a constitution, and a so-called ruling party or parties, is supreme. A government of liberty will be a government of laws, not of rulers or of the majority. In a pure democracy, a simple majority (just over 50%) of the people rule. The rights of the minority could, and most likely, would be in jeopardy under such a government. Therefore, the best form of democracy will be a constitutional democracy. Here, the law is supreme, and both the people and the rulers are subject to the law. This is essential for the protecting of the individual's rights to life, liberty, and property. Since the law is supreme and not the rulers, the people will be protected from the ruler's tyranny.
Many contrast a constitutional republic with a parliamentary form of government in which parliament, rather than a fixed written constitution, is the supreme source of law. However, a Parliament tends to favor whatever groups gain the majority coalition and potentially may oppress the rights of minorities and individuals as it pleases.
3). Separation of Powers: The Ancient Hebrew Republic had separation of power. Isaiah 33:22 reveals the three functions carried out in all governments; legislative, executive, judicial. Since man is fallen and sinful, he must be limited in power, as a prohibitive measure to protect our God- given rights from the tyranny of unjust rulers, which was why there were to be a separation of powers.
Every government exercises power through three different branches - the legislative, which makes the laws, the executive which enforces and carries out the laws and the judicial which interprets the laws. The Bible recognizes these three functions in Isaiah 33:22 when it says that the Lord is our King, our Lawgiver and also our Judge. Because God is perfect and all-wise, He can exercise all these functions simultaneously and righteously. Sinful, finite man cannot. Thus one of the ways of limiting government power is to decentralize by ensuring that different people run these different branches of government. Tyranny will result when these three branches are in the same hands. An example of checks and balances is the executive having the right to veto laws passed by the legislative, and the legislative being able to override the veto with a larger percentage vote by their members.
Judicial Tyranny: Empowered By The People
The United States Supreme Court has run amok. It has disemboweled most of the ten Amendments of our Constitution's Bill of Rights; pervert the 11th Amendment (which affects judicial powers); threatened the 12th (presidential election procedures) with computer rigging; allowed "involuntary servitude" (in the form of excessive taxation) once prohibited by the 13th Amendment; paid only lip service to the 14th (regarding citizenship and due process); and abused the 16th (never properly or legally ratified).
In recent years, they've started dismantling our 1st Amendments rights to freedom of speech, press, and petition for redress of grievances. And then on December 1, 1991, they essentially terminated our constitutional right to trial by jury. The destruction of our constitutional rights is based on Judiciary Law 28 USC 2072 which grants the Supreme Court the power to make procedural rules provided that "such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify any substantive right."
Sounds reasonable enough, but the statute includes the following "repealer:" "All views in conflict with such rules shall be of no further force or effect after such rules have taken effect." In other words, once these rules are passed, even by default, any previous rules or laws to the contrary are automatically repealed. This repealer renders the statute unconstitutional "on its face" and subject to challenge since the statute permits the supreme court to non‑judicially repeal laws previously passed by the legislature. Nevertheless, the statute and the court's unconstitutional power continue unpublicized and unchallenged. The judiciary's rule making assault on the Constitution started after the Great Depression, when Congress began to shift some of its legislative function to the Supreme Court. Instead of maintaining its constitutional responsibility to legislate the procedural rules of federal courts. Congress ceded that power to the Supreme Court.
At first, the Supreme Court made the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (and also the Federal Rules of Evidence, Criminal Procedure, and Appellate Procedure). Later several of the Supreme Court Justices requested that the Supreme court be relieved of the rule making power in order to avoid the "embarrassment of having to sit in judgment on the constitutionality of rules which we have approved and which as applied in given situation might have to be declared invalid." So to insulate the Supreme Court from political repercussions, the rule making the power was shifted to another agency of the judiciary called the "Judicial Conference." (The Judicial Conference includes the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of each of the twelve U.S. Circuit Courts, the Chief Judge of the Court of International Trade, and one district court judge from each of the Circuits. The diversity of judges sounds somewhat like a legislature that serves only lawyers, doesn't it?).
Early each year, the Judicial Conference proposes whatever new procedural rules they want. In the Spring, the Supreme Court rubber stamps the Judicial Conference's proposed rules, and sends them to Congress for approval. In Congress, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees are responsible for examining the proposed rules and rejecting those that are constitutionally repugnant. (This is a curious reversal of constitutional roles; the judiciary makes the rules, a legislative function, while the congressional committees determine the rules' constitutionality, the legitimate role of the judiciary).
Although Congress can theoretically vote against the proposed rules, they almost never do. Worse, Congress is not even obligated to approve the proposed rules for the rules to pass. Each year, if Congress simply does nothing, the rules pass by "default" and become Law. And that's what typically happens: The Judiciary writes the rules it wants. Congress does nothing, and the rules become Law by default. Worse, any existing law or rule which contradicts the new rules, is automatically repealed without a direct Legislative or Judicial act. Congress has essentially surrendered its obligation to make laws to the Judiciary in an obvious violation of the Constitution and the doctrine of separation of powers. As proof consider a July, 1991 article in Shepard's Litigation Reporter entitled "Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure."
The law industry/lobby is so complacent about this rule‑making process the article noted that these proposed rule amendments "are to take effect on December 1, 1991," but neglected to include the proviso "if Congress doesn't object." Why? Because everyone knows that so long as the people are silent on the issue, Congress won't object in the least, even though this year's rules seek to deny the last vestige of people power: the jury trial. [22]
We Were Warned
But none of this is news. We were warned. From 1937 to 1963, the liberal Supreme Court Justices Brandeis, Black, Frankfurter, and Douglas frequently opposed the judiciary's submission of proposed rule amendments to Congress. Excerpts from their objections:
"While some of the Rules of Civil Procedure are simply housekeeping details, many determine matters so substantially affecting the rights of litigants in law suits that in practical effect they are the equivalent of new legislation which...the Constitution requires to be initiated in and enacted by the Congress and approved by the President. The Constitution... provides that all laws shall be enacted by the House, the Senate, and the President, not by the mere failure of Congress to reject proposals of an outside agency. Our chief objection to the rules relate essentially to fact that many of their provisions do 'abridge, enlarge, or modify' substantive rights and do not 'preserve the right to trial by jury' but actually encroach upon it." [23]
"...Judges have whittled away or denied the right of trial by jury, through the devices of direct verdicts and judgments notwithstanding verdicts. Although the amendment here is not itself a momentous one, it gives formal sanction to the process by which the courts have been wresting from juries the p