One of the reason we read books is to discover things we had never noticed before--even if we have seen it multiple times. With that being said, I have read the Consitution of the United States several times and I never noticed what Mr. Morris (quoted by Mr. DaMar) points out in the following passage. Since I never particularly noticed it, I of course did not grasp the significance of it either.
Therefore, without further ado...quoting from God and Government, Vol. 1 by Gary DeMar:
' "The Constitution itself affirms its Christian character and purpose. The seventh article declares it to be framed and adopted 'by the unanimous consent of the States, the seventeenth day of September in the year of our LORD 1787, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth.' The date of the Constitution is twofold: first it is dated from the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and then from the birth of our independence. Any argument which might be supposed to prove that the authority of Christianity is not recognized by the people of the United States, in the first mode, would equally prove that the independence of the United States is not recognized by them in the second mode. The fact is, that the advent of Christ and the independence of the country are the two events in which, of all others, we are most interested,--the former in common with all mankind, the latter as the birth of our nation. This two-fold mode, therefore, of dating so solemn an instrument was singularly appropriate and becoming" (p. 262).' (129-130)
I don't know about you, but I find that down-right interesting and encouraging. Our Constitution still declares us to be a nation under God. (Not that any amount of denial can change the solid truth that all men and nations are under God.)
Therefore, without further ado...quoting from God and Government, Vol. 1 by Gary DeMar:
' "The Constitution itself affirms its Christian character and purpose. The seventh article declares it to be framed and adopted 'by the unanimous consent of the States, the seventeenth day of September in the year of our LORD 1787, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth.' The date of the Constitution is twofold: first it is dated from the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, and then from the birth of our independence. Any argument which might be supposed to prove that the authority of Christianity is not recognized by the people of the United States, in the first mode, would equally prove that the independence of the United States is not recognized by them in the second mode. The fact is, that the advent of Christ and the independence of the country are the two events in which, of all others, we are most interested,--the former in common with all mankind, the latter as the birth of our nation. This two-fold mode, therefore, of dating so solemn an instrument was singularly appropriate and becoming" (p. 262).' (129-130)
I don't know about you, but I find that down-right interesting and encouraging. Our Constitution still declares us to be a nation under God. (Not that any amount of denial can change the solid truth that all men and nations are under God.)
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