In July of 2020 just after Independence Day, I offered a message that focused upon this nation of the United States of America. The message was titled: “Retaining Freedom - Through a Revolution of Heart.” In that article from July 5, 2020, I asked the readers: “‘...what was the primary impetus from the Founders to create a nation conceived in Liberty?’ I submit to readers that the impetus or inspiration was rooted in the dramatic escape from slavery from the ancient tyranny under the Pharoahs that existed in such a period in Ancient Egypt.’” It was definitely a monumental effort of “biblical proportions” to leave behind a 400 year history of slavery and move beyond it into freedom.
Yet, the escape into freedom was not the total object of desire. Of course, it may have been for some who consider that freedom entails no responsibility, or “nothing left to lose,” according to the old Janis Joplin lyrics. If this were the case, God would not have asked Moses to reveal the “Ten Commandments” to the people. For a people who had only know slavery from birth to death, they would need a way of sustaining their liberty, or they would lose it more easily than they worked to obtain their freedom. The initial Ten Commandments, were the foundation for a new form of ethical and moral governance.
