A federal judge has blocked a new Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments displays in public school classrooms, citing concerns about the separation of church and state, which is not in the Constitution. Similar laws in Louisiana and Texas are also facing legal challenges. The photo above is of a Ten Commandments monument being removed from the Oklahoma State Capital Grounds after a federal judge declared it unconstitutional and ordered it removed.
This government animosity towards the Bible is ironic
considering that the first English Bible printed in America in 1782 was created for "use in schools” and carried a
recommendation from Congress. It shows how far America has wandered from her
Christian past.
Robert Aitken, the producer of this Bible, had
written a letter to Congress in which he asked for that government body’s
sanction of his work. In his letter he described this Bible as “a neat Edition
of the Scriptures for the use in schools” Congress enthusiastically responded
to his request and offered a recommendation, which stated that they;
Highly approve of the pious and laudable
undertaking of Mr. Aitken , , , and being satisfied from the above report of
his care and accuracy in the execution of the work, they recommend this edition
of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States and hereby authorize him
to publish this recommendation in the manner he shall think proper (Hyatt, TheBook that Made America Great, 16)
What a difference we see in those secularists today who oppose any reference to the Bible or prayer in our schools! They base their opposition on a distorted history that they themselves have created. They are doing this because they know that only by obliterating America's Christian past do they have any chance of transforming America into a
socialist/atheistic society.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who spent eight years in a
Soviet labor camp, saw this happen in his home country of Russia. Solzhenitsyn observed
how the communist overlords sought to erase Russia’s Christian heritage, and later
wrote, “To destroy a people you must first sever their roots.”
The goal of the socialist/secularist is to rewrite America’s history and thereby sever her from her Christian roots. When that happens, the statement of Karl Marx comes into play, who said, “People without a heritage are easily persuaded.”
We are already seeing this happen with an outright and open communist leading in the race for New York City's next mayor. With a generation having been taught that America's founding was evil and racist, they are ready to accept anything new that seems to dazzle and glitter.
It is time, therefore, for Christians in America to know our history and take a stand for righteousness and truth. America's future is in our hands, even as the wonderful promise of national healing in II Corinthians 7:14 makes clear, beginning with the condition, If My people . . ..
This article is derived from Dr. Eddie Hyatt’s latest book, The Book that Made America Great, and is available from Amazon and his website at http://www.eddiehyatt.com. Eddie is also the founder of the "1726 Project" whose purpose is to educate the American public, beginning with the church, about America's overt Christian birth out of the First Great Awakening.
