Removing the Landmarks that our Fathers Set
How modern American leaders are rewriting our History and altering our future, and what Believers should do
Published: June 2005
The Bible says it clearly:
"Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers have set." Prov 22:28 (NKJV)
"Do not remove the ancient landmark, nor enter the fields of the fatherless..." Prov 23:10 (NKJV)
"You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess." Deut 19:14 (NKJV)
"Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'" Deut 27:17 (NKJV)
Many of today's modern leaders of culture are interpreting both law and history from their own vantage point and influenced by their own godless prejudice. They are rendering ancient moral precepts into altered and liberal opinions. They are removing landmarks which our fathers have set- not only the fathers of America, but also the fathers of the faith.
Can we envision what the Apostles of the early church would think of an American culture that is systematically rejecting references to Christ or the true God? Can any of us imagine the founding fathers of America siding with contemporary Judges who think some might be offended by the Ten Commandments in public places?
Nevertheless the issue of the laws of God being posted on government property is not what should trouble us. These are only symptoms of an inward disease. While some should shrewdly contend against such foolishness, it is not the responsibility or biblical charge of the believer to worry over such trivial matters. They are trivial only because the larger issues are not. The slow deterioration of moral truth and its application in our culture is the greater concern.
It has taken many years but the faith of generations of God fearing people is slowly being undermined. We have lost prayer in our schools, unborn children from our wombs, and now commandments from our places of justice. Many other such decisions have added to the slide toward a secular, Diety-absent society.
The desire to be tolerant and neutral creates a godless vacuum where intolerance gains a foothold and neutrality is a cloak for anti-Christ bias. Openness to all truths becomes no truth- no absolutes- as any truth that might offend is quietly set aside and shut up in a cultural closet of propriety and correctness. What we are left with are weak and watered down principles that can neither change lives nor defend us against deception and destruction.
We are left with handfuls of sand since we have rejected solid rock. Bits of wisdom and cute quotations line our walls and our textbooks, but truth is absent, and the heart of man feels empty in the wake of it's departure. Positive thinking or empty principles will not solve the sin problem in the spirit of mankind. Lightweight proverbs will not change the hearts of evil men and corrupt kingdoms.
Removing the landmarks which our fathers set creates a generation that doesn't know where they came from and has no idea where they are going. What is happening is that we can no longer trust government in this culture (or any) to give us spiritual or moral guidance. Perhaps the best we can hope for is order and fundamental law.
We certainly need new judges and those who rule in the fear of God, but that is not where our trust should be. Rather our trust must be in the Judge of the whole earth who sits in the heavens and dispenses ultimate judgment. The greater responsibility for both the preservation of and the proclamation of morality and truth is laid squarely on the shoulders of the church and the next generation of Christian leaders.
The Bible says,
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." 2 Chron 7:14 (NKJV)
God is looking to His people to make the difference. Yes, we can speak up. We can pray. We can act. We can vote. We can get involved. But we can also quit pointing fingers at officials and look instead inside our own hearts. According to God's Word, we are the ones who need to change, repent, pray, turn, and seek His face. We have the divine promise that if we do, then He will hear, forgive and heal our land!
Please pray for the next Supreme Court Justice to be a person of integrity, true justice and one who fears God
"The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: 'He who rules over men must be just, Ruling in the fear of God." 2 Sam 23:3 (NKJV)