Parteners unto God

 

The United States does not have a covenant with God?

refers to https://baptist-monk.blogspot.com/2019/12/
we do not have a covenant with God? where do we get that from?
Mayflower compact
IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.
declaration of independance:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
that seems to say that we are a Christian country!

Fast of Tisha B'Av

Why do we fast on Tisha B'Av? We do so because of the destruction of the Jerusalem. Is there any sorrow as great as theirs? No, the Greek gods rarely interacted with them. They ever gave any laws to them! There were times in which nymphs and monsters came to men, but they always ran away soon after. Greek wisdom wished that it could have a Sinai. That was not to be.

Israel however was different. Moses  gave the law. We were told that God never had an image. We do not even know how to pronounce His Name. He said not to have false gods. He said to not have incest or child sacrifice. Israel did both. This resulted in their destruction. And they were destroyed multiple times. Yet nothing. They did not repent. This is why Babylonian Captivity happened. Mothers ate their daughters. Sisters ate their brothers. "And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters." -- Deuteronomy 28:53 Priests were assassinated in the Temple.  " Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?" Lamentations 2:20. This is what Tisha B'Av is about. It is about the destruction of Jerusalem. We fast for all those women who had nothing to eat. We do not listen to music, because of the lack of children in the city. Music 🎶 is always associated with children in the Bible. The children were dead and eaten. This killing of relatives appears to be to get meat and as a form of mercy killing so that their children will not have to starve.

See the example of Mary, who lived in the times of the Jewish War, a similar time, mentioned in the writings of Josephus. Mary killed her son and ate half of his body. Then she tried to compel others to eat the other half to shame them out of sharing where she got her secret stacte of meat. Then all mourned.

The mourning of the Jews is why we fast. Their grief matters. The Jewish Culture matters. They gave us the Bible. They may not have all the Reason, but this is only because they have actual lives to live. They are too concerned with people killing them to worry about things like philosophies.

 But some claim that Russian grief is just as powerful. They had a year for many years and had no means to redress their grievances against a society that impressed them. Then Napoleon Bonaparte invaded And he came with the possibility of democracy. France was better because of the revolution, right? This is what bright about a series of Revolution s that culminated in 1917. Then Stalin betrayed the Revolution. Socialism within a state. Trotsky was killed. This is Russian grief, horror over what happens to you.