Covenant, Corporation, and Constitution

     Under precedent dating back to Israel’s covenant with God at Mount Sinai, corporations (assemblies, congregations of people) – be they public, private, for- or non-profit, or national – are formed by two-part written covenants. The first part, commonly called the articles, summarizes the basic beliefs, principles, and purposes for which the corporation is founded. (At Mount Sinai, this was the Ten Commandments.) The second and longer part, the bylaws, states how these founding agreements will be carried out. (At Mount Sinai, this was the Law of Moses.)

     Articles of incorporation are rarely ever changed. Whereas bylaws are commonly amended from time to time as the circumstances of the corporate body change, both internally and externally. When Christ came, he changed the bylaws of Moses, but not the principles of YHWH’s Covenant, “the ten debarim/principles/commandments.” Exodus 34:28

     The Constitution is the corporate bylaws of the United States of America. However, it is the articles – that is, the Declaration of Independence – that proclaim this nation’s founding beliefs, principles, and purposes: its reason for existence. The Declaration unequivocally states that our nation, our corporate body of people, owes its rights, allegiance, and existence to the Creator.

     A majority of our nation’s courts, legislatures, and people have been ignoring and/or rejecting the Godly principles of our founding Declaration. This is a violation of the very essence of our national covenant: it is lawlessness. As a natural result of this, our nation is imploding into lawlessness. “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” Psalm 11:3

     The Declaration concludes with these words: “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” This is a blood-oath covenant with God, with all that implies. And, as ancient Israel found out, God takes his covenants very seriously.