Kingdom Principles

r Chapter Eight K INGDOM C ONCEPT #5 U NDERSTANDING THE K INGDOM C ONCEPT OF L AW I n any civil society, the “rule of law” is the bedrock of order and social justice. As noted in the previous chapter, a constitution is the documented aspirations, desires, and hopes of the people for themselves (in the case of a democratic republic), and in a kingdom, the king’s aspirations and desires for his citizens. Law is produced to protect the constitution and to secure the rights of the citizens to what the constitution promises and guarantees them. No human society can survive long without laws. This is just as true for a kingdom as for any other system of government. Human nature being what it is, laws are necessary to keep man’s baser instincts and drives in check, protect public safety and decency, and preserve the moral order. Every kingdom is governed by laws. Laws enforce and protect the standards by which the kingdom operates. As we saw in the previous chapter, the standards of operation for any government, a kingdom included, are codified in a document called the constitution. This contract spells out what the govern ment expects from the people and what the people can expect from the government. It also delineates the rights of the people. These

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