Posted on 07/04/2009 9:22:14 AM PDT by GodGunsGuts
"And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family." (Leviticus 25:10)
This verse is especially significant in American history as the verse from which the great exhortation was taken on the first Independence Day: "Proclaim liberty throughout the land to all the inhabitants thereof!" It has ever since been associated with the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, as Americans each year thank God for "the land of the free."
The verse is also significant as containing the first mention of "liberty" in the Bible. In its biblical context, it established the "jubilee year," when all those Israelites who had sold themselves into bondage were set at liberty. The founding fathers of our nation evidently believed there was a parallel between freedom from bondage to the king of England and freedom from bondage in ancient Israel.
But there is even a greater freedom than this....
(Excerpt) Read more at icr.org ...
Happy Independence Day! May the Lord grant us many Independence Days to come! Amen? Amen!!!
The Concord Hymn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
And fired the shot heard round the world.
The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps,
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We place with joy a votive stone,
That memory may their deeds redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.
O Thou who made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free, —
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raised to them and Thee.
Happy Independence day to you too GGG, but sadly it’s looking alot more like we should rename it happy DEpendence day. :(
We hold these truths to be self-evident. . .
Happy Independence Day. God bless America and keep her safe from those inside who seek to destroy her.
I know what you mean! It is interesting to note, that the less a nation depends on God, the more it depends on government.
God bless America! The greatest country on earth. We have lived through decades of liberal God hating politicians and yet we are still here. I pray God continues to bless us and one day will throw out these loser politicians we have and restore the America we know and love.
Thanks for the ping!
Seeing as the author, Henry Morris, died in 2006, I rather doubt the accuracy of the article date.
Yes, it has to be a reprint, and it should say so. But the message bears repeating.
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