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PROMOTING JUSTICE: ONE OF THE SEVEN LAWS OF NOAH
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By R. James Scott Trimm
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JUSTICE AND HUMAN GOVERNMENT
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Following the great flood G-d made a covenant with Noah
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and all of his decendants known as the Noahdic Covenant (see
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Gen. 9.) This Noahdic Covenant included what is called in
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Judaism "The Seven Laws of Noah." These are seven laws which
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can be drawn from the opening portion of Genesis prior to the
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calling out of Abraham and his decendants (the Jews), as a
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result these seven Laws apply to all mankind (Jews and
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Gentiles.) These Seven Laws of Noah are:
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1. Against idolatry.
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2. Against fornication.
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3. Against murder.
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4. Against blasphemy.
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5. Against theft.
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6. Against eating the limb of a living animal.
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7. To promote justice.
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The requirement for justice found in this list is derived from
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Gen. 9:5-6 where man is commanded to institute capitol
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punishment. Thus man was empowered to establish human
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government. For this reason Dispinsationalist Christians
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recognize this as the beginning of what they call "the Age of
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Human Government." In Judaism this justice commandment is
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recognized as an obligation on the part of man to establish
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courts and governments to enforce the other six laws of Noah.
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In this way G-d empowered man to govern himself.
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FREEWILL AND LIBERTY
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Any nation which seeks to govern itself in accordance
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with G-d's law, must understand one of G-d's most basic
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principles, man's freewill. The omnipotent G-d has created
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man with a freewill. Man has the awsome power to resist the
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omnipotent G-d (see Acts 7:51), this means that G-d himself
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will not interfere in man's freewill.
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Since G-d has empowered man to establish government
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solely for the purpose of enforcing G-d's Law, and since G-d
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himself will not interfere with man's freewill, we may
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conclude that man is at liberty where G-d's Law is silent.
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The founding fathers of the United States of America
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understood this principle of liberty well, as the Declaration
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of Independence reads:
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
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created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator
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with certain inalienable rights; that among these are
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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to
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secure these rights, governments are instituted among
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men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the
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governed; that whenever any form of government becomes
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destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people
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to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new
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government...
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And as the Constitution reads:
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We the people of the United States, in order to form a
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more perfect union, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, insure domestic
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tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the
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general welfare, and SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO
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OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, do ordain and establish this
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Constitution of the United States of America.
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Thus the United States of America was originally intended to
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govern in accordance with G-d's Law and respect man's G-d
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given liberty.
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THE TRIBULATION, THE ANTICHRIST AND GLOBALISM
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Now anyone who apreciates liberty and desires to live in
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a government which respects their G-d given liberty should pay
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particular heed to a serious threat to liberty. The New
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Scriptures forewarn us of a time at which a lawless dictator
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would dominate the entire earth, bringing all the world under
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a single rule (see Rev. 13; 2Thes. 2:1-12). Now you may have
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been told that the Church will not endure this tribulation but
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read again (2Thes. 2:1-12) don't believe the "peace and
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safty" teachers (see 1Thes. 5:1-4.)
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Now with the very real threat of one world
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totalitarianism ending the very liberty which the United
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States of America was created to protect, we should take a
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much more critical view of "Globalism" and take this threat
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very seriously.
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For more information on government, freedom and Globalism,
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just write:
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The American Republic Agenda Examiner
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c/o Other Options
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312 Las Brisas
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Arlington, TX 76006
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For more information on the Noahdic Covenant, freewill and the
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tribulation write:
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Nazarene Judaism
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PO Box 471
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Hurst, TX 76053
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