The Unique Vision of the U.S. Founding Fathers
Everything begins with the spiritual. What is happening now is no fluke. Forces of darkness, driven by a passion for abuse, violence, and destruction, are working to undermine our country and the world. Their goal is to dismantle the human spirit.
Hidden from view, they are the masterminds behind flawed schemes to exterminate white Christian men. Their psychosis promotes the false belief that social equality will guarantee peace and justice. The victims of oppressive rulers left us many warnings.
Christianity has made U.S. society unique in all of history. Ours stands alone amongst republics.
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Holy Standard
Andrew Stebbins wrote an article in 2016 titled “America’s Founding Fathers Influenced by a Christian Worldview.” He makes a notable observation. Fifty-four individuals signed the Declaration; twenty-nine were ordained ministers, the rest devout believers. They adhered to the Early Christian worldview by:
• Seeing all humans as equal before God, their Creator.
• Recognizing human nature to be corrupted and evil.
• Upholding the inherent value of the individual.
Our nation’s foundation rests on Christian principles, a fact we cannot ignore. And this drives those who cannot stand bible-believing Christians who love God and country nuts.
An MSNBC segment once featured a woman distinguishing between Christians and Christian nationalists. She argued the latter believe God, not earthly sources, is the origin of all rights. If you see God as the origin of all rights, you fall into the category of Christian nationalist.
But nationalism’s scope extends beyond Christians. Love of country and a willingness to defend it characterize anyone who can be considered a nationalist. And what is wrong with loving your country and seeking to defend it from any threats?
The MSNBC host also never said what is wrong with believing our rights come from God. Absent God as the source of rights, what then is their origin? What is the alternative and is it a sound foundation for human rights?
All Christians believe our rights come from God. No rights would exist without God, as nothing else would either. If human rights are social constructs, their arbitrary nature and lack of universal agreement render coherent enforcement impossible. A higher standard is necessary for rights to be defensible.
Our predecessors knew this. They loved our nation and structured our Constitution based on the belief that our rights come from God.
Biblical Basis
The Founding Fathers modeled the republic on the congregational system in the Book of Acts. They believed it essential to counter humanity’s tendency towards wickedness and the abuse of others and the environment.
We stand alone in our ability for self-destruction among all living beings. Our divine image and consciousness do not prevent us from abusing and killing each other. Capable of great goodness, we instead prioritize self-interest and shift any blame onto others. We divide each other by classes based on external traits that have little bearing on our emotional and spiritual identity and wellbeing.
We engage in a deceptive, futile charade, feigning normalcy while reality crumbles. It’s Satanic and defiling. Our selfish pride is worse now than it was for the Founding Fathers.
However, unlike us, they fought against it, even losing their lives. Many died for our God-given rights, believing freedom is worth the sacrifice.
Voluntary Submission
Our founding fathers established a nation based on a voluntary covenant with God.
Even the Israelite covenant was involuntary. They resisted God all the way to Sinai, at Sinai, and after Sinai. They wanted to live out their own individual desires and eventually got their wish. In the Book of Judges, everyone among them did what was right in their own eyes, and their society devolved.
It would have collapsed entirely had it not been for gracious interventions from God. God was and is the only constant keeping the world in motion. Using the ancient church as their exemplars, the Founding Fathers came to understand this important constant and crafted the most profound and revolutionary Constitution since the dawn of time.
Inherent value comes from God, not accomplishments. But recognizing humanity’s corruption made them distrustful of human nature.
Checks and balances, created by the Founding Fathers, prevent the abuse of power. Historically, claiming superiority over God has caused immense, ongoing suffering and abuse. They knew obsession with sex, money, and power was within every person and would lead to corruption if unfettered.
Only accountability for all humans to God’s standards would supply the freedom people desire. Popular election would determine representatives, subject to public oversight. Counters limited anyone seeking to use their office to subject the populace to untold horrors in the name of self-aggrandizement by any means.
Ours would be a nation that operated as a unit, as a body of individuals with a common identity not based on religion, creed, sex, ethnicity, or skin color. The external traits would no longer define and separate us. All would receive equal opportunities to work hard, grow, and strengthen the nation.
Call of the Watchmen
But can we keep it? I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who coined that question regarding the Constitution. (Either him or Thomas Jefferson.) He, like the rest of the Founding Fathers, knew that maintaining our freedoms in this unique society would require constant vigilance and courage in the face of uncertain odds.
Internal collapse, aided by a complacent church, is America’s only potential downfall. After all, the church played a role in the Constitution's creation. It was Christian in its inception. Not a theocracy like the Israelites had.
The Founding Fathers’ knowledge encompassed the papacy’s decline, which had incited Luther’s Reformation in Europe. Unimaginable cruelties resulted from the allure of sex, money, and power during the Renaissance.
Europe was left reeling after the 100 Years’ War, which began in the 1600s as a religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants before becoming a series of land grabs by state rulers. As Britain built its colonial empire, the Fathers witnessed the same selfish lusts pervading the English Crown in the early 1700s.
Evil’s grip held both the theocratic papacy and Crown. Accountable to no one, both king and pope had let amassed power go to their heads, ruling over their subjects in unruly ways and with iron fists.
The people would be the focus of the new government, with their needs and interests paramount. And they would be required to defend it. No individual could hold office unendingly. Representatives remained accountable to each other and the public.
After every other attempt has proved futile, there is one last resort: The right to bear arms. It ensures that we maintain a fighting chance against tyranny.
We must protect our freedoms. The freedoms outlined in the Constitution. The freedoms based on the standards set by our Creator. Seeking ultimate truth and goodness alongside our churches.
Only those who value God’s truth and justice, believing in equal opportunity for all regardless of status, uphold the Fathers’ vision.
Bane of the Anti-Theists
God’s enemies are enemies of the Constitution and our country. People of faith must oppose those who deny or hate God.
The fight may not entail physical confrontation since we are to live in love and grace. Diplomacy is a viable option. And our founding covenant grants us the right to protest peacefully without disrupting public life.
But peaceful options are failing. Conservative Christians face cancellation, mockery, and abuse. Authorities silence voices and persecute people. How much longer before diplomacy becomes inert?
With diplomacy failing, the church must now act, extending Christ’s hope while it still can. It’s time to be Christ’s hands and feet.
Our rights are already being infringed and will continue being so until we put a stop to it. To achieve freedom, we must cling to the gifts of God our Father and the Founding Fathers. We must take every thought captive for Christ, elect individuals who represent him and us, and tear down every stumbling block preventing our fellow neighbors from following him.
Anything and everything belongs to Christ, and one day, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Sources
Andrew Stebbins, “America’s Founding Fathers Influenced by a Christian Worldview”
John Dickson, Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History
William J. Bennett, Tried by Fire: The Story of Christianity’s First Thousand Years
Diarmaid MacCulloch, The Reformation: A History
Eric Metaxas, Letter to the American Church