This September 17 marks the 200th
anniversary of the signing of the United States constitution – a most
remarkable document that spells out how the government of the world’s most
powerful nation is supposed to work.
The influence of the U.S. constitution can
be seen in nearly all of the 162 national constitutions in existence
today. Poland and France drafted their
original constitutions in 1791, just four years after the United States did. They were the second and third of many modern
constitutions to follow.
Down through history, people have suffered
the evils of unjust, oppressive government – whether their own government or
that of another nation. In devising
their new constitution, American leaders took into account the history of human
governments and determined to find a way to prevent the suffocating injustice
and repression that had consistently characterized those governments.
The result was probably the fairest and most
enduring single man-devised agreement between government and the governed the
world has known.
Yet even this “best effort” of human
self-government has its problems. Human
nature has not changed.
The age-old problems of greed,
self-interest, corruption, strife and petty hates remain inherent in the administration
of any form of human government. As
James Madison, a father of the U.S. constitution, viewed it, human nature makes
internal and external controls on government necessary. He pointed out that if obedient angels were
to govern men, no such controls would be necessary.
Must humans forever be victims of their own
inability to fairly and justly govern themselves? Will there always be people on earth who are
downtrodden, mistreated, abused and oppressed?
Will there always be those who are not permitted to reach their full
potential, or to fully develop their talents?
The plain truth is that a new government is
coming that will forever CHANGE the lives of every individual on earth – for
the better! This coming government will
be a perfect one! It will be ruled by a
perfect head of state who has genuine concern for the well-being of ALL his
subjects. And his concern will be backed
by the power to implement every change necessary to improve the quality of life
for all-from toxic waste cleanup to safe streets, from fair distribution of
land to complete job training, from fair judges to safe borders.
Peace and political stability will be
universal. “Many nations shall come and
say, ‘come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the
God of Jacob; He will teach us His ways
and we shall walk in His paths.’ For out
of Zion the law shall go forth…” (Mic.
4:2, New King James)
Yes, Jesus Christ will return to earth to
rule the nations and He will present a new constitution with a better Bill of
rights. “ ‘Behold, the days are coming,’
says the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and
with the house of Judah…. I will put My
law in their minds and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God and they
shall be my people’ ” (Jer. 31:31, 33)
Oppression will cease from the earth. There will be no need for separation of
powers to keep government in check – because the prime minister of this world
ruling government, indeed, its King Messiah, Jesus Christ!
Culled From: Plain
Truth Magazine, Vol. 52, No 8, September 1987, Page 1.
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