Budgets, government debt and taxing. Not all Republican candidates or officials adhere well to this basic point of the party ideology, but this is party policy and needs more attention.

The life versus abortion issue has legal, political and spiritual implications. In ancient Jewish history, there was the period of the kings. There were good kings and bad kings. The clearly worst king was Ahab, whose wife was Jezebel. Israel had been nation chosen by God and protected by God. There was a period up to and including King Ahab that the nation was straying from God’s will, straying from God’s guidelines for living. The primary collective national sins were child sacrifice and sexual perversion. God warned Ahab several times that if he and the nation didn’t correct its ways, He would remove His Hand of protection and the nation would be invaded by its enemies. Ahab didn’t heed God’s warning to lead the nation righteously. Jerusalem was destroyed in the 6th Century B.C.

A study of the details of the time period of that portion of Jewish history compared with details of current events reveals glaring similarities, that is, that for issues of collective national sins, our great nation has been given multiple warnings by God and God is gradually removing His Hand of Protection. Jonathan Cahn, a Messianic Jew, has done extensive study and research on this subject, published in several books, the first of which is The Harbinger. The stability of our nation is teetering precariously in major areas of economy, finances, health, education, morality, military strength, international relations, and border security.

Yes, there are political issues which we must address. Part of those pertain to national collective sins. I share here a famous portion of ancient biblical scripture:

‘And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will hear their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.’ II Chronicles 7:12-15

The Constitution as it was written is a good document, extending the earlier principals of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. It wasn’t perfect. It was good and allowed a process for amendment. The constitutional principles establish limited government (which fosters a capitalist system of government, not intended to operate without limited, reasonable regulations) and principles of freedom.

This is our national heritage and our identity. This doesn’t mean that we are exclusive for Judeo-Christian religions. Just as our Founding Fathers, we are tolerant of other faiths. This principle is also consistent with the earlier Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. (See Ethan’s 2012 article “The Secularization of Government”.)