It’s about what you cherish, your intentions, the use of power

Any C19th pastor could tell you that a man-made system, however good, with fine precepts et al, e.g. the US Constitution and Amendments, can still be corrupted beyond redemption by legalistic sophistry and erosion by people with bad intentions, plus the Bible, despite constant corruptions and detail lost in translation, plus all the revisionism, though still solid in its core precepts, is also susceptible once flawed men and women get to it to “revise”.

I’d suggest that both the Bible and Constitution are fine for their core ideas, e.g. the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, Matthew Chs 5-7 … these hold up, Leviticus still holds up … plus the USCn plus Amendments are fine … they all work, provided people are still interested in them working.

The problem is, and always has been, those with no love for the rule of law in which both the responsibilities and protections for the common man, woman and child are clearly set out, where there’s a spirit permeating the documents, a spirit the writers clearly felt and which framed their intentions, summed up in Matthew 22:37-39.

It’s always been tyrants and tyranny versus the freedom to live and work in a decent and dignified way which have been the issue.  You know very well the great hymns of the past, such as Abide With Me and O Come O Come Emmanuel … and lines such as:

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free
Thine own from Satan's tyranny;
From depths of hell Thy people save,
And give them victory o'er the grave.

It’s as clear as day that we’re fighting tyranny, whether it’s satan’s tyranny or that of the communists, fanatics, evilmongers in high places, myrmidons, karens down through society … those with black hearts, with the clear intention to subvert the spirit of the idea, either through legalistic sophistry or through all out abuse, protecting themselves by projecting.

It was never the intention for one’s political opponent to be pursued, persecuted and stopped by force, it was never the intention of the writers to provide for erosion of freedom from tyranny … quite the opposite. It was never the intention in the US Constitution and Amendments to give govt levers to oppress those below but rather to offer people protection from govt, forcing it to back off.

But in order to have the wherewithal to ensure that, it requires a people to be au fait with the history of such documents, with their spirit, with their intention, not to indulge in sophistry ultimately designed by evil muvvers to debase, deteriorate and ultimately destroy those provisions. And that requires parents and schools to teach it down through the ages.

In short, documents, treaties, agreements … all are only ever as good as the various parties agreeing to the provisions. Otherwise it’s lawless powermongering and certainly displays no love whatever for humans as a species … quite the opposite in fact.

Is the spirit to meekly capitulate and comply with tyranny? Not according to Ephesians 6:11-15 … that’s quite warrior-like in its tone, in its spirit … it suggests an ongoing, ancient war for the heart and soul.

And shorn of its Christian terminology, looking for example at Sunak and Khan, looking at the communist Demrats across the pond … same spirit, same war in different terminology.

Oppose tyranny … simple.