Making Do With a Flawed Constitution

We have been sharpening the grace-edge of the two-edged sword of the Word of God for the past few weeks as we have investigated Jesus’ words in Matthew 18:3, “ Unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.”

I believe that Jesus’ use of the word “converted” does not imply  “becoming a Christian,” or “deciding to believe in Jesus” in this verse. I believe He means converting to a whole new way to think—by simply “trusting what Daddy is telling me in my heart.” This is an experiential happening, not learned, intellectual head-knowledge! The biblical term for this experience is “Walking by Faith,” or “Walking in the Spirit.”

In past blog postings, we have discussed in detail that the biblical civil government is a THEOCRACY (a dirty word to our conditioned, American culture). The Hebrew Republic is our model, first instituted by Moses with the giving of the Law in about 1450 B.C. In his excellent, 19th century book, Roots of the American Republic. E.C. Wines demonstrates how this 400-year republic modeled beautifully our U.S. Constitution. It ended in about 1050 when Israel demanded a human king, and God gave them Saul. 

However, Wines did not discuss the blatant discrepancy between the obvious THEOCRACY of the Hebrew Republic and the deliberately emphasized PLURALISM of the U.S. Constitution. The Founders did not see the disaster that the impossibility of pluralism would bring on our country. My detailed analysis of the founder’s intentional rejection of Christianity as our national religion, and the proposed changes to the Constitution to alleviate the problem, are available free in my PDF copy of: Copy of Let Earth Receive Her King (2).pdf . 

It has been estimated that some 90 percent of the new citizens of the United States at its founding were de facto (actual, in fact) Christians. The Constitution made all these new U.S. citizens de jure (legally) political pluralists!

But, in spite of constitutional resistance and opposition, the Kingdom of God continues on the march! The sails of the Ship of the Kingdom are billowing as they fill with the gale-force winds  of the proclamation of the Gospel of the Grace of God, as we have done for the past few weeks.

This modern-day Little Children’s Crusade is arriving! Do you believe it? Can you see it? “Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see” (Hebrews 11:1)! Little children can see the masts of the vast armada of Kingdom Ships filling the horizon!

We are not arriving empty handed! Our Ship of the Kingdom diagram beautifully outlines Kingdom history, how we were assigned our ruling task in it, and the three weapons God has given us to use as we rule. The diagram pictures the Sphere Sovereignty of each and how they relate to one another. First is the FAMILY, that SUPPLIES the church and the civil government with well-trained, young people. They have been brought up in the “nurture (love) and admonition (firmness) of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4),with a ruling vision (Genesis 1:26-28). Second, is the CHURCH, which EQUIPS its members for ministry (Ephesians 4”11, 12)—our ruling task! Third, is the CIVIL GOVERNMENT, which PROTECTS both the family and the church as they fulfill their missions, and PUNISHES those who try to hinder the Ship from sailing (Romans 13:1-3; 1 Timothy 2:1,2). This is the “big picture,” the forest in which each of our individual trees is growing. The diagram illustrates how that growth is happening. Next week I want to see how the vertical lines—from God the Father to Jesus and from Jesus to us—have indeed already happened!  Yes, we are ruling NOW! Next week we will see HOW!