Kingdom Principles

Kingdom Principles

Democracy cannot succeed without God any more than com munism can succeed without God. God is not subject to our poli tics, nor can He be, but He has created His own political system and governmental structure which, as this book will demonstrate, is far superior to all forms of earthly government. From the Creator’s per spective, life is politics, and He is the essence of life. In Him there is no distinction between government and spirituality. They are one and the same. The assignment given to the first man in the Garden of Eden was a political assignment given to a spirit being living in a flesh body. Therefore, in the context of the original biblical mandate, the concept of the separation of church and state or religion and government is a lofty idea that has no root in biblical logic or fact. The original biblical mandate provides no foundation for it. Everyone is religious in the sense that they bring to life their moral convictions no matter what their religious claim. We all are political and religious. There can be no separation. You cannot leg islate a dichotomy between a man and his belief system. Legislation itself is the result and manifestation of a belief system and moral judgment. Therefore, democracy can succeed only where there is a clear accountability to a moral code accepted by the majority as being good, civil, and right, and which serves as the anchor and foundation for national governance. In my country, the Bahamas, that moral code is recognized con stitutionally and nationally as the biblical principles of the historic Judaic-Christian faith and the God of those Scriptures. This is stat ed within the constitutional document and provides an authoritative reference for governing within our nation. Consequently, when the majority votes and the results are in keeping with the natural laws and standards established in the biblical text, then the vote is con sidered legitimate. On the other hand, when the majority votes in violation of natural law and of the principles established by the bib lical text, that vote or legislation becomes illegitimate. In essence, the problem with democracy—rule of the people—is that the vote of many can be the wrong vote. Another weakness of

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