Kingdom Principles

r Chapter Seven K INGDOM C ONCEPT #4 U NDERSTANDING THE K INGDOM C ONCEPTOF C ONSTITUTION A fter the invasion of Iraq by the military forces of the United States and the other alliance nations, the first objective after toppling Saddam Hussein was to create a new nation. It is interesting to note that the first order of business was to construct a constitution, and it took months for that exercise to be completed. The process of nation building could not proceed until that document called the constitu tion was completed and accepted by all the principals involved. The heart of all nations, empires, and kingdoms is the constitu tion. There is no nation or kingdom without a constitution. In a republic, the constitution is the covenant the people make with themselves and which they hire by vote, a governing body to keep that covenant for them and with them. In a kingdom, the constitu tion is the king’s covenant with his citizens and his kingdom. In the case of the former, the constitution is produced by the aspirations of the people, while in the latter case the constitution is initiated by the king and contains the aspirations and desires of the king for his cit izens and his kingdom. This is the primary distinction between a kingdom and a democratic republic. For example, the Constitution of the United States begins with the words, “We the people….”

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