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Was the American Revolution a rebellion, as it’s often called nowadays? Were George Washington, Samuel Adams, and Thomas Jefferson just rebels wanting to overthrow the authority of the English Crown in the American colonies? Or were they re-establishing Godly authority by declaring “these colonies are, and of right, ought to be free and independent states?” Why is the Declaration of Independence almost never referred to in our courts today?
Actually the understanding of one simple principle, which our Founders understood, would answer all these questions. It is the principle of interposition. You may be asking, “What on earth does interposition mean?” I’m glad you asked. Noah Webster, in his first American Dictionary, defined interposition as being the act of “…placing or coming between; intervention.” Then he added this comment to illustrate what he meant: “The interposition of the moon between the earth and the sun occasions a solar eclipse.”
So how does the principle of interposition work in government? All governmental (civil) authority flows out of God, as Romans 13:1 says, “…the powers that be are ordained of God.” Government rulers have authority only because God has Continue reading


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