“One nation under God” is something we have grown up saying
as children, well until recently for some. But are we “one nation under God”?
Honestly, today I don’t know but the foundation is Godly based. Why is that?
Well first the founders learned that freedom is number one with the people and
God. We need only look at the Ten Commandments to see this.
Now one might say freedom is NOT one of the commandments,
but follow me on this. As Christians we look at the number 1 commandment as Exodus
20:3, having no other gods before God. But if we look at this from a Jewish perspective
the commandments start with Exodus 20:2 which states:
I am the Lord your God, who
brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
It’s my understanding that the Jews look at this as the
first commandment and the Christian’s first and second (no idols) are combined
as one. We need only look at the CJB’s interpretation to see this division. Now
why was it so important for the first commandment to be more of a statement,
than a “Thou shalt not”?
This is simple God values freedom of man over anything else,
even worshiping other gods. If it was not for our freedom we have a choice to
enter into a relationship with Jesus or not. Man’s free will causes most of our
problems today and unfortunately man’s free will is beginning to limit freedom
in the USA in modern times.
Also, back to the “one nation under God” statement in our
pledge. The Pledge f Allegiance was formally adopted in 1942, yet was written
in 1892. Interestingly the words “under God” we not added until 1952. So while
us folk under say 60 somehow believe that was the original wording, it was not.
Now does that mean it’s not true? No just look at all the founder’s documents
and one can see this was not the case.
Although many may not appear to be “deists” and some are
pointed to as atheists, we can see that they understood the importance of
freedom also. So while they may personally have misgivings about a omnipotent God,
they realized while they were fleeing from religious tyranny that freedom to
worship as one chooses is critical for a free society.
So while people are trying to dismiss the “one nation under
God” and having God removed. The argument is while all the founders we deists,
they were not ALL Christians. But they all realized the importance and perfect
law derived from the Bible that they used it as a foundation for this nation.
If you don’t believe that read the first 5 books and see how Moses’ writings
match how our nation is set up.
So while we are not truly a “Christian” nation, we
were founded UNDER GOD giving each person the “unalienable right” which “are
endowed by their creator” to follow God or not. And that is 100% Biblical!! The
erosion of our freedoms are the most concerning thing I see with this nation
today and not removing the Ten Commandments from the court house steps!!
.body.