PROMOTING JUSTICE: ONE OF THE SEVEN LAWS OF NOAH By R. James Scott Trimm JUSTICE AND HUMAN GOVERNMENT Following the great flood G-d made a covenant with Noah and all of his decendants known as the Noahdic Covenant (see Gen. 9.) This Noahdic Covenant included what is called in Judaism "The Seven Laws of Noah." These are seven laws which can be drawn from the opening portion of Genesis prior to the calling out of Abraham and his decendants (the Jews), as a result these seven Laws apply to all mankind (Jews and Gentiles.) These Seven Laws of Noah are: 1. Against idolatry. 2. Against fornication. 3. Against murder. 4. Against blasphemy. 5. Against theft. 6. Against eating the limb of a living animal. 7. To promote justice. The requirement for justice found in this list is derived from Gen. 9:5-6 where man is commanded to institute capitol punishment. Thus man was empowered to establish human government. For this reason Dispinsationalist Christians recognize this as the beginning of what they call "the Age of Human Government." In Judaism this justice commandment is recognized as an obligation on the part of man to establish courts and governments to enforce the other six laws of Noah. In this way G-d empowered man to govern himself. FREEWILL AND LIBERTY Any nation which seeks to govern itself in accordance with G-d's law, must understand one of G-d's most basic principles, man's freewill. The omnipotent G-d has created man with a freewill. Man has the awsome power to resist the omnipotent G-d (see Acts 7:51), this means that G-d himself will not interfere in man's freewill. Since G-d has empowered man to establish government solely for the purpose of enforcing G-d's Law, and since G-d himself will not interfere with man's freewill, we may conclude that man is at liberty where G-d's Law is silent. The founding fathers of the United States of America understood this principle of liberty well, as the Declaration of Independence reads: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government... And as the Constitution reads: We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, ESTABLISH JUSTICE, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America. Thus the United States of America was originally intended to govern in accordance with G-d's Law and respect man's G-d given liberty. THE TRIBULATION, THE ANTICHRIST AND GLOBALISM Now anyone who apreciates liberty and desires to live in a government which respects their G-d given liberty should pay particular heed to a serious threat to liberty. The New Scriptures forewarn us of a time at which a lawless dictator would dominate the entire earth, bringing all the world under a single rule (see Rev. 13; 2Thes. 2:1-12). Now you may have been told that the Church will not endure this tribulation but read again (2Thes. 2:1-12) don't believe the "peace and safty" teachers (see 1Thes. 5:1-4.) Now with the very real threat of one world totalitarianism ending the very liberty which the United States of America was created to protect, we should take a much more critical view of "Globalism" and take this threat very seriously. For more information on government, freedom and Globalism, just write: The American Republic Agenda Examiner c/o Other Options 312 Las Brisas Arlington, TX 76006 For more information on the Noahdic Covenant, freewill and the tribulation write: Nazarene Judaism PO Box 471 Hurst, TX 76053