Any student of the Scriptures cannot help but be impressed by the numerous accounts of God’s hand in the wars of the Old Testament. God promised Israel that He would give them the land of Canaan and drive out the nations before them. It was not the mere shout of the people that caused the walls of Jericho to collapse, or the strength of Gideon’s 300 that defeated Midian. It was only after Samson asked the Lord to strengthen him that he dislocated the pillars that supported the Philistine temple. Time after time the Scriptures speak of God delivering Israel’s enemies into their hands. There were times that God made exception to the laws of nature that He had established at the time of creation. He sent the great flood because of the wickedness of humanity. The Red Sea divided and the water stood as walls on either side of the dry pathway while Israel passed through the sea. He destroyed Pharaoh’s army in the sea and the army of the Amorites with hailstones. He sent miraculous plagues and droughts. A shadow moved backward in the days of Hezekiah. The sun stood still in the midst of the heaven in the days of Joshua. God used both good and evil rulers to fulfill His divine will. A paramount example of this was in the case of Cyrus king of Persia who granted the Jews permission to return to their homeland. Decades before Cyrus was even born Isaiah had prophesied concerning this man, even by name, and Ezra 1 tells us that the Lord stirred the spirit of Cyrus and used him.

Repeatedly the Scriptures tells us that “The Most High rules in the kingdom of men” (Daniel 4:17, 25. 32, 5:21) and that “He removes kings and raises up kings” (Daniel 2:21).

Did not those men of the Constitutional Convention seek the guidance of God in forming our Constitution and government? James Madison’s idea of our three branches of government was from Isaiah 33:22 and principles of the Bible were considered in the formation of our laws.

We know that in times past God has used nations to chastise and punish a nation for its sins, sometimes using a nation more evil that the one being punished. With the morals of our society sinking to abortion, homosexuality, gambling, adultery and every other vice and sin, things which God has warned will bring His righteous wrath, is there no fear of God? Is there no realization that our nation is in danger? “Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all nations that forget God” (Psalms 9:10).