AWAKE, ARISE, AND TRIUMPH
Friday – November 11, 2022, Cheshvan 17, 5783
VETERANS DAY – AMERICA A COVENANT NATION
Greetings dear and wonderful children of God and welcome back to The Three Minute Word blog. Today is a little different since it is an important National Holiday which coincides with in my view a far more important day (signing of the Mayflower Compact at Plymouth Rock). Please take a moment and share these teachings as widely as possible to bring the good news farther than we can reach alone. The featured picture, a free download from the internet, depicts the drafting and signing of the Mayflower Compact. Today is Veterans Day, a day for us to remember and honor all who are serving or have ever served in the United States Armed forces. Memorial Day on the other hand honors those who not only served but died in that service. I salute all who have served honorably in our armed forces and I with hopefully all of our readers thank you with a grateful heart for your service.
Coinciding with this day is the signing of The Mayflower Compact on November 11, 1620. This is one of many documents putting us, America, in Covenant with God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The following is the text however I left off the 41 signers for the sake of space. This is as written at the time so blame the various apparent misspellings on them.
THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT – NOVEMBER 11, 1620
In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereigne Lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britaine, France and Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc. having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the
Northerne parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civill body politick, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just and equall laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the generall good of the Colonie unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd the 11. of November, in the year of the raigne of our sovereign lord, King James, of England, France and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fiftie-fourth. Anno Dom. 1620. (Bold added)
This nation was undertaken to show the goodness of God (the glory of God) and for the “advancement of the Christian faith”. Dear ones there is nothing so good as a Covenant with the one and only Almighty God. Many doubt that we are one of only two Covenant nations upon the earth. The other, of course, is the nation of Israel, the Jewish (Hebrew) peoples. A major concern is that America or the United States does not appear in the entire text of the Bible. Well, let me point out, neither does your name. Yet, I suspect, you fully believe and know you are in Blood Covenant with God, in and through Christ Jesus. How does one enter Covenant with God? How did you enter this Covenant? You proclaimed Jesus as Lord and Savior, believed with your heart and confessed with your mouth. How did this nation at its founding enter into Covenant with God? The exact same way. There are many founding documents like the Mayflower Compact that attribute our (this nations) dependence upon the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob. I have shown many times this is written in the constitutions of forty-nine states, excepting Oregon.
Note the preamble for the State of Texas Constitution and State of Maine.
PREAMBLE – Humbly invoking the blessings of Almighty God, the people of the State of Texas, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
PREAMBLE State of Maine – … We the people of Maine, in order to establish justice, insure tranquility, provide for our mutual defense, promote our common welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity, so favorable to the design; and, imploring God’s aid and direction in its accomplishment, …
Like it or not dear ones we are a Covenant Nation and as such have enjoyed many blessings. Our history is marked by much error and the judgments for same and once again like Israel we have chosen a path of destruction however God will not make a full end of us and we will rise to show the glory of God before the final day. This will happen quickly, it will be a quick work, it must, time is very short.
Lord willing, I will return next Friday with a fresh nugget from the Throne of Almighty God.
2 Chronicles 20:20 b (KJV)
20 … Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
Receive the blessing in Jesus’ name!
Numbers 6:24-26 (MSG)
24 GOD bless you and keep you,
25 GOD smile on you and gift you,
26 GOD look you full in the face and make you prosper.
By: Dr. David R. Wood, Author, Bible Teacher, and Prophetic Voice
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