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Author of Foundational Law and Government is God
” This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. Romans 4:17
The heart of Creator God desires eternally for man to dwell together in peace on the earth. But, from the foundation of the world, the evil adversary of God and of man, Lucifer, was allowed, at the Tree of Knowledge in Eden, to influence perfect man to break the Law of Father God, to their detriment. Man is now become disobedient -‘lawbreakers.’ In response, Creator God endowed his children with a most powerful freedom – the ability to recognize and to choose Good or Evil behavior. Powerful because man’s heart (conscience) will guide him to choose good or evil, right or wrong. Thus, Eden’s man (male and female), as well as their offspring, have the power to choose good (God/Love/Obedient to Law) or evil (Lucifer/Hate/Disobedient to Law). And along with the powerful gift of Free Will, comes the powerful ‘consequence’ for choices made. Thus, of course, with choice/consequence, there must be government/authority for good and clarity of Law.
Following their heart/conscience, our founding fathers who were very likely descendants/recipients of the Birthright Blessing of Abraham/Isaac/Jacob/Joseph’s son Ephraim an Manasseh, were clear on the need for clarity of law to assure protection from evil/lawlessness. Founding fathers all immigrated to American colonies from various parts of Great Britain (Europe) and other countries, where they had for centuries experienced deep doses of both good and evil. Out of their heart/conscience came forth these governmental guides born of moral law of which they were well aware (Ten Commandments): Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, Civil Rights, Justice, Supreme Court/ lower courts and countless agencies and peoples around the globe who work for good of man.. All ‘law’ is formed from the heart of God as a guide for Good. The purpose of government is expressed in the Preamble to the Constitution: “We the people of the United States, in order for form a perfect Union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Liberty.” The Preamble births three main principles: 1. Inherent rights: rights than any citizen in America is due; 2. Self Government: Government by the people and for the people; 3. Separation of Powers: Three branches of government with separate yet equal powers. And we see in our law and in our government to clear fruits of moral law birthed in the heart of God.
Global Law or foundational law is rooted in God’s Moral Law for Man as was first seen in the Ten Commandments. (Deuteronomy 5:6 I am the Lord thy God who brought you out of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 (1st) Thou shalt have none other gods before me. 8 (2nd) Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 11 (3rd) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 12 (4th) Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, not thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as thou. 15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence with a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. 16 (5th) Honour they father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 (6th) Thou shalt not kill. 18 (7th) Neither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 (8th) Neither shalt thou steal. 20 (9th) Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 (10th) Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbour’s.
Choices and Consequence
Book of Romans 13: 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but God: the powers that be are ordained by God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. . 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For this cause, pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear: honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man anything, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW.
Foundations in Eden: With God man was naked and unashamed (innocent)
Triune God’s political views are known from the beginning in Eden. He demonstrated the desires of His heart towards Adam and Eve , and ultimately to all man when, by the works of His own hands, Father God provided created man (male and female) with every physical and spiritual joy as they dwelt with Him in the perfect Father/Child fellowship in Eden…..the dwelling place of God……the Kingdom of God. In that perfect home with their Father, Adam and Eve knew only ‘good’ (Matt 19: 17 ……there is none good but one, that is, God:). Father God purposed for His children to be the perpetual offspring of Father God/Son Jesus/Holy Spirit/ John 4: 24 God is a Spirit:/Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make make man in our image, after our likeness:…..
God Creates A Helpmate from Adam’s Rib: Eve, the mother of ALL living
Genesis 2: 21 And God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: and she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore, shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleve to his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
Father God’s First Ordinance/Commandment – ‘Thou Shalt Not Eat of Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil‘
Genesis 2:8 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward of Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. 16 And God COMMANDED the man, saying, Of every tree in the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou SHALT NOT EAT OF IT: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, THOU SHALT SURELY DIE.
Enter the Arch Enemy of God and of Life: His Name is Lucifer/Death;Father of Lawbreakers/666/ Unholy Trinity
Enter Lucifer, the ‘most subtil deceiver’/666-Unholy Trinity/Rev.13: 5-8,18, Destroyer/Hater of God, of Law, and of man. Once known as the ‘most beautiful angel,’ and ‘son of the morning, he was cast out of heaven and is forever a damned soul. One cannot speak of God’s perfect Eden without acknowledging/highlighting/clarifying/giving warning of the eternal and damned enemy of God and man- to this very day. And these of but a few names given the evil one in scripture: Abbadon/Rev.9:11, Accuser/Rev.12:10, Adversary/ 1 Peter 5:8, Angel of the Bottomless Pit/Rev. 9:11, Belial/ 2 Cor. 6:15, Beelzebub/Matt. 12:24, The Devil/Matt. 4:1, God of this World/ 2 Cor. 4:4, Lucifer / Isaiah 14:12, Murderer/John 8;44, Prince of Devils/ Matt. 12:24, Prince of the Power of the Air/ Ephesians 2:2, Prince of the World/John 14:30, Ruler of Darkness/ Eph 6:12, Serpent/Gen.3:4, Tempter/Matt. 4:3, Unclean Spirit/Matt 12:43, Wicked One/Matt.13:19,
In God’s earthly garden, Eden, Lucifer/He/They were there (Gen. 3:1-6). Flesh and blood man has not the words nor expression to clearly reveal the evil/wicked/blasphemer. Yet the prophet Isaiah, by way of divine revelation from God, shares with us a profound glimpse of Lucifer, the angel cast from Heaven for wickedness, and enemy of God and of all good and lawful entities. Isaiah’s scriptures below uses the type of the ultimately evil Babylon to reveal the evil/ungodly enemy of God and man, Lucifer.
Isaiah 14: 9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth: it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we: art thou become like unto us? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations! 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall narrowly look up thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, and did shake kingdoms: 17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of the prisoners? 18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou are cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of Hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; as I have purposed, so shall it stand;
Death Comes to Eden’s Children
Genesis 3: 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman (not to the man), Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Note: The ‘most subtil’ Lucifer deceives us more easily because he mixes Truth and untruth. He told Eve the truth when he said, ‘your eyes shall be opened – knowing good and evil. But he lied when he said ‘Ye shall not surely die,’). 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband with her: and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they KNEW that they were naked:) (Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.)
Since Adam knew to ‘leave father and mother and cleave to his wife’ ..he was not deceived but willingly and knowingly, with his wife, partook of the same ‘separation’ from the Father and entered ‘spiritual death’ with his ‘bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh, Eve. ( 1 Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.’) (Romans 5: 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him to come.” Adam was not deceived but willingly gave himself to death for his wife, Eve. Adam was not an atonement for sin but was a type pointing to the Lamb of God whose soul suffered in hell for sins of the Bride/Church. Now is the will of the Father fulfilled and man is become in the Father’s image concerning knowing both Good AND Evil. Since disobedience is sin and since sin separates us from God, the loving Father God, performs an act of redemption before He sends them from Eden, ‘to till the soil’, and to protect them from eating the Tree of Life of Eden which would cause them to live forever in the fallen state. Gen 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skin, and clothed them. Without doubt, the sacrificial animal surely represented/pointed to the Lamb of God/Christ the Redeemer. Before moving to the fuller subject, it is imperative here to fully introduce the Lamb which Redeemed Adam/Eve and all, throughout all time on earth, who are/will be brought to conviction of sin and who find real and true repentance through the sacrificial Lamb of God, Jesus Christ.
The Book of Revelations, which I describe as ‘the last chapter of Genesis,’ is a final and glaring record of the Lamb that was experienced and recorded by John, ‘the disciple whom Jesus loved.’ and also known as Apostle John. Believed to have been on the Island of Patmos, off the western coast of Asia Minor, where John was banished ‘for the Word of God and for the Testimony of Jesus Christ.’ (Source: Thompson Chair-Reference Bible Index 4288-The Book of Revelations). Revelations 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, have seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, have every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And has made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and elders: and the number of them were ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worth is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing, 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, hear I saying, ‘Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, BE UNTO HIM THAT SITTETH UPON THE THRONE, AND UNTO THE LAMB FOR EVER AND EVER.’
Death of the Sacrificial Lamb/Son of God (Isaiah 53: 4-12)
Read and weep :Christ’s body died on a cross but His soul died in hell in our place. He died the ‘second’ death for those who believe and accept His Redemption: “5 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 3 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was up him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgement: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living : for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his death, because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his SOUL AN OFFERING FOR SIN, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord will prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see the TRAVAIL OF HIS SOUL and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath POURED OUT HIS SOUL UNTO DEATH and he was NUMBERED WITH THE TRANSGRESSORS; and he BARE THE SIN OF MANY, and made INTERCESSION FOR THE TRANSGRESSORS. ‘
John 3:16,17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world: but that the world through him might be saved.’
Now Eden’s fallen Adam and Eve will live out their flesh and blood existence of ’tilling the soil.’ They will continue to be grateful for the Lamb’s bloody coats of skin which the Father lovingly placed around them to hide their nakedness. They will continue, by faith, in fellowship with the Father, and they will obediently follow the loving Father’s instructions. But later first born son Cain, influenced by the ‘most subtle deceiver’ murdered his younger brother, Abel, and was exiled by God from the family. Third son Seth was born and is the/our progenitor, through Noah’s son Shem, and ultimately through Abraham/Issac/Jacob/Judah Septre Line of Christ. Man has fulfilled his separation from God and Eden and will now dwell in the ‘valley’ described by David. Psalms 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Man’s Democratic Government
After the Fall at the Tree of Knowledge, God said in Genesis 3:22 Behold the man has become as one of us, to know BOTH good and EVIL: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 23 Therefore, the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. Free Will was born that day and man is allowed by the Creator to choose whom he will serve. Man will choose to belong to the Good (God) party or the Evil (Man) party. But he CANNOT belong to both. Man will choose to belong to the Kingdom of God/following God’s Law, in the here and now in the fallen world, or he will choose to remain subjected to the kingdom of man and partake of its lusts, pride, bondage, greed, temporal wealth, rebellion, ignorance, false truths, self-righteousness, and eternal death and destruction. (Matt 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ). Thus , man’s journey/life/work proceeds in line with each man’s decision/choice. God, in His infinite wisdom, gives us all the answers in the Word…..even before we had ask the questions. As we encounter and experience the ‘government’ of earths tainted peoples/nations, remember that man is subject to a much higher authority than that of ‘Ceasar’. The politics of God are aimed at redeeming man back to Eden (New Jerusalem) and to full fellowship with the father. The Word which became ‘flesh and dwelt among us’… addresses the issues/consequences we encounter today…such as the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Civil Rights Act, Emancipation Proclamation, Labor Laws, Woman’s Right to Choose, Gay Rights (Romans 1:16-32), Civil Laws, Supreme Court, Justice, Executive/Legislative/Judicial Branches of Government, Elections, Taxation, Manifest Destiny, Sovereignty/Rulers, Terrorism, The Middle East, Arab/Israeli Conflict, Peace and Safety . And God’s ‘politics’ can be trusted to be pure, without partiality, and trustworthy. To God be the Glory -King of Kings-Lord of Lords.
Eden Restored/ At the End of the World/ End of Age of Grace (Second Coming of Christ)
Revelations 21: 1-8
‘And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were past away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John (Christ’s beloved disciple) saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God our of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death. neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that OVERCOMETH shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, the unbelieving,, and the abominable, and murderers, and the whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is THE SECOND DEATH. “
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