Kingdom Principles

r Chapter Eleven K INGDOM C ONCEPT #8 U NDERSTANDING THE K INGDOM C ONCEPT OF C ULTURE C ulture encompasses many things. Once you under stand the culture of a people, you understand the people. Everything that makes a nation a nation and a people a people is wrapped up in their culture. As we have already seen, for example, every country has land — territory. Without land there is no country. Historically, the land a people inhabits significantly influences the culture they develop. Desert dwellers, for instance, are unlikely to develop a maritime cul ture unless they live along the coast. Their culture will reflect the arid environment in which they live. A second key component of every country is language . A coun try is not a country unless it has one major language. Many nations of the world have numerous sublanguages and dialects. But every nation always decides on one major language because language identifies you as a country. Language is the key to unity. It is also a key factor in a nation’s culture. Again, as we saw earlier, all countries have laws . Every nation draws up a body of laws that everyone must obey to ensure peace, order, and security for the citizens. Without law there is no country

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