The Re-Birth of One Nation Under God

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.

The Founders placed their trust in God. The question today is: Do we?

Tyranny was not the model God foresaw as the way for HIs children. However, it has been justified time and again throughout history as “God’s way.” The Pharaoh meant a current king in the lineage of the nation’s kings - the prolongation of the dominion of the select family or class of people. The concept of empire was a furtherance or expansion of a kingdom, in which many kingdoms could be ruled under the dominion of a single empire: the Parthian Empire, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the dynasties of ancient China and other Asian nations, the Holy Roman Empire, the British Empire (aka the United Kingdom) etc. The concept of the “Divine Right of Kings” grew from such historical precedent. Yet, at one point, brilliant and brave men and women made up their minds and decided to not only declare independence from tyranny, but to fight for freedom at the cost of their lives. Tyranny was viewed as a failed system of government by America’s founding generation, and they not only perceived it as such, but they sought to end the dominion of the dominant tyrant of the age: the United Kingdom, which turned out to be not so united. Thus, it was not only a rejection of the value of monarchy, but of tyranny in the broader sense. It was not only an intellectual rejection complete with a very provocative proclamation, but it was the action of defiance and passive resistance initially, and then it became the action of very active resistance, and ultimately the serious act of rebellion against such dominion. The separate American colonies were transformed into a United States of America via serious thought and planning as well as the actions necessary to secure the blessings of liberty. With the Hebrew transition into freedom in the Exodus narratives, the initial phase of securing freedom included a trust in a single individual who was seen as the one representing God. In the American experience, the trust was placed in Jesus, but as the words of the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence state, “with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence…” and specifically, “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions…” The Founders placed their trust in God. The question today is: Do we?

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Today, do Americans still hold to the self-evident truths?

The anchor or cornerstone of the United States was the self-evident truths that the founding generation believed in, embedded within the proclamation of the Declaration. However, a long time ago, a wise one of faith stated that: “The cost of Liberty is eternal vigilance.” Today, do Americans still hold to the self-evident truths? Some do; some do not. There is a precedence. I would submit that Americans are no longer standing upon the virtual banks of the Red Sea, but as a populace we are symbolically standing at the base of the mountain as Moses brought down the self-evident truths as revealed by God on the mountaintop to deliver to the Hebrews at the base of the mountain. To many of the assembled impatient people, the Ten Commandments had no value – they were irrelevant. Those people had the Golden Calf, which not only showed a rejection of God through the representation of an idol, it represented the worship of material and a rejection of moral values. It also represented the rejection of Moses as spokesman of God and the rejection of the truth that God was sharing with the people at the time. I would submit that Americans Today are standing at the base of the mountain and some see how sacred the self-evident truths are, and some see a simple piece of old dreamed parchment. And some amongst us, would like to burn that parchment – to shred the truth would like us to use to govern our nation. Some are looking to government in the way the Hebrews had normally viewed their enslavement – at least there was a roof over their heads and food to eat – caught in the material comfort zones of safety and predictable routine. Many wanted to return to Egypt even after escaping from dominion. Some sought freedom over material self preservation. They were a divided people.

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Today, in America, we are a divided people

Today, in America, we are a divided people. We are in danger of repeating a tragedy in history – perhaps more than one. The vision and heritage of the Judeo-Christian foundation that we have obtained in this nation is seriously being threatened from within and from outside the borders. The self-evident truths that the founding generation were willing to fight for and even to die for, are the core of this battle raging across America in such a time as this. Americans need to get beyond the Red Sea moment to get to one of the main purposes of our freedom. I submit that the nation needs a re-birth of Freedom in order to retain and secure that this nation could become once again “One Nation Under God." Tuesday is Election Day, although in such time, it is more like election season because the more time it takes the more irregularities and manipulation involved in counting which can be made to appear as normal. Our rebirth is truly linked to the understanding of “We the People” understanding that we need to realize that we are the ones who are the government, we are the sovereigns and we can re-establish our link to Heavenly Father, our covenant for our Republic and all that it would entail. It is not a time to not exercise our right to vote, to trust propaganda, or to give in to evil. We need to refresh our minds and hold to the self-evident truths that began this great experiment and to exercise the rights we still have by standing for what we value. It is a time of turning - like a U-turn, and a reversal of direction. We need a rebirth of freedom and the commitment to pass it on to the future generations!