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Violent protests have broken out across America; supposedly because a black man, George Floyd, was killed by a white, Minneapolis policeman. There have been killings by the demonstrators as well as the destruction of much property, owned by people of all colors of skin. If this was about fixing so-called “racial strife”, why has the property and lives of black persons also been destroyed?
Even if we do seek to avenge unlawful acts, but do it in an unlawful way, what is to keep someone else from later doing the same to us? This is what produces turbulence in a country: And this kind of anarchical activity can only ultimately result in enslavement to a dictator. The Bible says,
“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (Proverbs 14:12)
No! We can only fix injustice by restoring Biblical order. Only this will produce peace in a society!
I even heard one person try to justify all this rioting by saying our Forefathers did the same thing at the Boston Tea Party. Talk about being ignorant of our history!
Our American Founding Fathers did that “tea party” as British law required! In 1773 when the English King tried to force us to buy tea from the East India Tea Company only, our Founders said, “No way!” They knew if you gave up free competition in business you would soon be enslaved. Plus, Parliament, the English Congress, had placed a small tax on the tea. Our American colonies had no representation in Parliament. The Kings of England had agreed in our Colonial Charters to let us make our own laws by our own elected Legislatures. Parliament had no legal say in our laws. Thus, for the colonists to pay Parliament’s tax meant we would be accepting the authority of Parliament over that of our own Legislatures; which would mean the end of self-government here in America.
The test came when ships landed in Boston with the designated tea on board. If Americans paid the tax and let the tea be brought ashore, they would be accepting Parliament as their government; if they refused it being brought ashore, they would incur the King’s anger. Thus, only two courses were open to them. They could send it back to England, if they could get the King’s Royal Governor to agree; or, if no one bought the tea within twenty days, English law said they could legally seize it; then they could do with it what they wished. After many appeals to Governor Hutchinson to sign the release for it to go back to England (each of which he refused), they decided to seize it.
However, if the King knew who did it, he would have them hanged. So, after several meetings attended by thousands of Boston citizens, fifty of their men dressed up as Indians, boarded the ships, and asked the captains for the keys to the holds of the ships. They carried up 342 chests and dumped the tea into Boston harbor. Even though thousands of people watched from the wharf—for three hours—there were no loud or lawless outbreaks from the crowd during the whole time! The “Indians” then returned the keys to the captains, actually replacing (free of charge) one hasp and lock (which they’d had to force open). The whole “Boston Tea Party” was done according to Biblical order, though it’s not taught that way in today’s schools.
Thus, we must fix present injustice with Biblically ordered means; by seeking justice in the courts; and praying for honesty to reign in those courts!
Think about it; because if you don’t, someone else will do your thinking for you—and for your children! And you won’t like what that brings to you. I’m Don Pinson; this has been Think About It.