One nation under GOD

God led the Israelites out of Egypt to Mt. Sinai. It was there that He established a sovereignty of absolute righteousness whereby His chosen people would be the only example of the perfect kingdom on earth. He introduced a legal system remarkably simple and flawless. It differs from our idea of law in that it is about holy living and worship. Proper understanding of the law in the Pentateuch shows us that every aspect of our lives (moral, physical, and spiritual) is important to God and vital to our peace and happiness.

     Even though this chosen people, equipped and led by God Himself, and even after witnessing the awesome power and accomplishments they had under His rule, were led astray by disobedience. They saw the worldly side of humanity, led by that old master of deception, Satan. Soon, just as he convinced Eve in the garden, they began to permit foreign beliefs and customs to creep into their congregation. Before long, they sought a king from mankind, like their neighbors had. It wasn't long before their leaders began to call upon their human intellect to interpret God's law. It was corrupted to the point that God justly punished them and their descendants. The chosen people were scattered throughout the nations of the world for several centuries. Today they are re-established in the land God gave them and are governed by a system quite different from the original and similar to many others around the world.

      Many points may be made from this short account. I have only two to consider at this time.
     
     The first has to do with the system of government of the United States of America. For most of the first 200 years of it's existence one could not escape the overarching concept of a God authorized and responsive system based on Biblical principles emanating from Christian beliefs. The founders were seeking to escape a state controlled religion and to have freedom to worship as one pleased without governmental influence. Their efforts to create a government ordained by God, in my mind, was blessed by God. This, of course, did not sit well with that old deceiver, Satan, who immediately began to devastate the system in much the same manner as he used with Eve. He used his followers to question every aspect of the Constitution of the United States of America.

     That leads to my second point having to do with law. It has troubled me for many years as I have strived to live in a society supposedly governed by laws. Since I am a person of little education, far removed from the intellectual class, I consider myself an expert in common, ordinary citizenry. It seems to me that mankind has convinced itself that it can solve all society's ills through the creation of law for each and every dilemma. This has led to probably the most enormous industry in the world today, that being the creation, propagation, interpretation and prosecution of laws. Some 40,000 new state laws were created last year. I have yet to find one law that was deleted. I have no problem with a system of laws. My problem is with man and his proclivity to let his pride lead him to do the work of "you know who".