The Bible begins “In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth.” Do you remember the Why? Because …. Why?
Because …. Why? … games you played as a child? The
final answer to Why? which has no “because” is this verse.
Usually this text from Genesis refers to the physical universe
but it also applies to culture in general and politics in
particular. After conquering death (demonstrating his
Lordship over the physical universe) Jesus said in Matthew
28:18-20 “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given
to me.” He continued saying “Go into all the world immersing
the cultures of all people groups in my teachings”. Kenneth
Gentry explains _The Greatness of the Great Commission_ in his
book by the same name. The Bible is supposed to be the
politician’s instruction manual.
The Greatest need in the United States is to once again allow
the Bible to have legal political authority. Judge Roy Moore,
or more specifically Alabama, lost the right to place the 10
Commandments near the State Supreme Court because the
Federal courts said it was illegal. This Federal decision was evil
and wrong. The fact that so few Christian constitutional
lawyers spoke up for state’ rights in this case tells me there
is a problem with our Federal Constitution. Article VI,
paragraph 3 needs to be changed to support one and only one
religious oath affirming the authority of the Bible in our
laws. The Christian Triune God and Jesus Christ as earth’s
lawful King deserves no less.
A civil government official “is the servant of God, an avenger
who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer” [Romans 13:4].
Paul ties those things that are “wrongdoings” right back to
the 10 Commandments in verse 9. In Peter’s research he
mentioned that the Puritan civil law code came closest to
consciously using the Word of God as the civil law standard.
I believe him. The statement in the Declaration of
Independence that all men (people) are created equal comes
directly from New Testament teachings. Except in cases of
crimes worthy of capital punishment the right to life is part
of the God-given rights of all people. Abortion is evil and I
am thankful to God that you fight for the right to life of
humans in the womb as hard as you do. Don’t ever give up that
fight. I would encourage you to make the same claims to the
majority in congress as I have made here. Encourage your
liberal peers who desire legalized abortion and who also claim
the authority of the Bible to exegete their position in this
area.
Lying and stealing are evil. If our Constitution says
something, the Federal branch of Government must do what it
says. Article 1 section 8 says to “establish uniform rules
for naturalization”. We need to uphold existing legal
immigration law and quit the nonsense talk of naturalizing
those here illegally. The next statement says to establish
uniform bankruptcy laws. The Federal government has no
authority to take over control of “some” private businesses or
to hand out “bailout” money to some private persons or
businesses. This is favoritism and directly against the
Constitution. God says he detests unequal weights and
measures. Our Constitution says the Federal government is
responsible “to coin money, regulate the value thereof,
… and fix the standard of wights and measures”. We as a
nation are headed to either hyper inflation or Federal
bankruptcy if current spending patterns continue. The Bible,
in agreement with our founding fathers and the original intent
of the Federal Constitution, don’t authorize compulsory
welfare. This is theft and legalized redistribution of money.
This is evil. Instead of considering another huge commitment,
universal health care, the federal government should be
considering how to extricate itself from the $70 trillion
social security, Medicaid, medicare commitments it has
promised! The Federal Reserve has been protected far too
long and needs to be audited.
The nation’s voting has gotten to the point of a besieged city
where the food has run out. The 3 last starving survivors
agreed to be democratic about what to eat for their next meal.
The two adults and child voted. The child lost. It is
immoral to saddle our children and those yet unborn with our
debt.
Respectfully submitted,
Harry A. Rockefeller