A Fundamental Fact We Seem To Have Forgotten

“If we ever forget we are One Nation Under GOD, we will be a nation gone under.”
---Ronald Reagan (40th American President - August 1984)
 

Partisans on both sides of the isle often refer to the United States as a democracy. In doing so, they prove themselves to be grossly ignorant of our form of government and useful idiots to our adversaries.

The United States is NOT a democracy. We are a Constitutional Republic as set forth in the Constitution and our Bill of Rights.

Surprisingly, very few conservative news outlets push back on our elected officials for deceiving the American public and the entire free world when they spread this lie; be it wittingly or unwittingly. In fact, many high-profile political pundits and newscasters with conservative leanings have fallen into the trap of referring to the United States as a democracy themselves.

As a nation, we can largely thank a decaying American educational system for skewing the basic understanding of our form of government and civics. Ignorance of our political framework fractures our society and opens the door for evil. Emotional responses to issues du jour only divide our nation and shift our attention away from clear and present threats to our national security.

Socialist policies took root during Teddy Roosevelt’s era with the rise of the Progressive Movement during Teddy Roosevelt’s. American education has become more and more bureaucratized since then. Unsurprisingly, the quality of education in our public schools has steadily declined as a result. With each passing generation, the core curriculum within our schools has eroded, and the demands placed on students have become fewer and fewer.

As a nation, we have allowed selfish interests and fruitless pursuits to cloud our judgment and pollute our values. In the 1950s, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev boldly predicted that Communists would “bury” free nations from within. As the freest nation on earth, we are presently headed on that trajectory largely due to our sloth.

That said, America isn't the only nation at risk of losing our freedoms. You may be surprised to learn that rot permeates the entire Western educational system to a great degree.

With each passing generation, Western civilization moves further and further any from Christ’s teachings and the wisdom of the Old Testament. We scoff at God’s Commandments and dismiss natural law. Consequently, we risk our children’s future in the process.

The rot runs deep. Even Christian scholars have dumbed down biblical texts from original manuscripts over the years, ceding ground to Satan in the process. Take Proverbs 29:2 for example: early manuscripts specifically presented the lesson on government and tyranny in a manner audiences of the time could easily understand. In contrast, more recent translations have dropped titular references, presenting this seed of wisdom more as an allegory than a parable, and muddying the lesson to a considerable degree in the process.

Published in 1388, John Wycliffe’s first full English translation of the Old Testament reminds us that:

People rejoice when Godly men are entrusted to steer a nation. Yet, when wicked men have taken princehood, people lose hope.

At first glance, the reference to governing princes may seem outdated. However, when digested in full, this passage has ample relevance to present-day political affairs in the United States and other free nations as well.

As the Constitution of the United States implies, we are a self-governed kingdom under the watchful eyes of God. At both the state and federal levels, we effectively elect representatives to serve in prince-like capacities. They occupy the executive and legislative branches of government and serve to represent the interests of the people.

When wicked elected officials take the helm of either branch of government, people suffer. When they control both branches, our fortunes and our lives are in peril. That said, the architects of our Constitution and Bill of Rights designed a governmental framework with additional checks and balances to stifle politicians with autocratic ambitions.

The genius of the architects who framed our founding documents is rarely discussed outside scholarly think tanks. Like the British Empire they were divorcing from, the framers created a bicameral legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate. However, unlike the British system where the election of the Chief Executive cabinet position was determined by the upper chamber alone, Presidential elections were delegated to the American people and a quorum of States based on the popular vote.

They also established the court system as a separate and equal branch of government, removing control of the courts from noble aristocrats  to safeguard the will of the American people and protect the rule of law.

Today, sycophants and despots leverage ignorance of both our political system and our civic responsibilities to prey upon our emotions. They attack our institutions, blatantly lie about factual matters, and stir up public fear to serve their own political interests and the interests of their handlers.

Make no mistake, wicked people presently control both the executive and legislative branches of our federal government, and our nation is in peril. They knowingly incite violence, subvert our Judicial branch of government, undermine the Constitution, and willfully bow down to our adversaries. Additionally, they hammer home the fallacy that we are a direct democracy to bolster their own power and wealth, and willfully forsake the interests of the American people in the process.

A case could be made that the comments some Democrat elected officials and their appointed cabinet secretaries have made both at home and abroad in recent months are grounds for treason, never mind  impeachment. It is paramount that Godly men and women step and hold them to account.
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 “And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
---Revelation 22:7

​Author: Erik Gagnon - Managing Partner, Chi Rho Consulting