The seeds of Revolution

[CG6468]

The seeds of Revolution
Posted by Wayne Leeper on March 16, 2011 at 7:40am

The seeds of revolution are planted and watered by government tyranny.  It is the inherent nature of government to grow and assume more and more power.  This is not new but has existed from the beginning. The limit of government power is determined by what the people are willing to tolerate.  People, especially the people who founded this nation correctly understood that the rights of the people came from God, not from the government.  The sole legitimate function of the government is the protection of the God given rights of the people.  This concept is firmly embedded in the opening paragraph of our Declaration of Independence.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalien­able rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the gov­erned.”

When people are happy and satisfied, there is peace in the land.  But as dissatisfaction with their circumstances increase, so does the tendency to revolt.  Revolution does not begin in a day, but over an extended period of time.  Many people mistakenly believe that the American Revolution began in 1776.  The truth is that revolution must first take place in the minds of the people before a shooting revolution can ever began.  In that sense, the American Revolution actually began in 1760 when King George III, along with the British Parliament, began placing more and more restrictions on the American colonist.  All revolutions follow the same path.  Dissatisfaction becomes discord.  Discord becomes resolution.  Resolution, if not satisfied, becomes revolution. The American Revolution followed this same path over a period of fifteen years.

Today we stand in the shoes of our founding fathers.  They understood the source of their rights and, what is more, they understood that a nation is only as strong as the morality of the people.  Two great institutions, both ordained by God have been the strength of America and the bedrock on which our nation has prospered.  These two institutions are the traditional family and the church, specifically Christianity.  It is correct to say that this nation was founded upon Judeo-Christian principles.

The time is approaching...