Title: Let Freedom Ring
Scripture: Leviticus 25:10
Author: Robert Dawson
This is an important week in the life of our nation. It is a time we have set aside to celebrate our independence as a nation, the birth of our nation.
"On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain. Two days afterwards - July 4th - the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed, albeit by only two individuals at that time: John Hancock, President of Congress, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. Four days later, on July 8, members of Congress took that document and read it aloud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, after which the Liberty Bell was rung. The inscription around the top of that bell, taken from Leviticus 25:10, was most appropriate for the occasion. It says, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof" (David Barton).
The Declaration of Independence has been described as...
-Our national birth certificate. As a nation, we continue to be the longest on-going Constitutional Republic in the history of the world.
-One of the greatest break-up letters ever written.
It was, as the name implies, a declaration of freedom, freedom from a smothering and oppressive British Government who refused to acknowledge our rights or allow us representation in the governmental decisions that affected the lives of those in the new world.
That document was a reminder to everyone why so many risked so much to come to this new land...freedom.
Despite the endless efforts to ignore and rewrite history, people originally came, not looking for riches but freedom and in particular, freedom of religion. They wanted the right to practice their faith according to the bible and their own conscious and not the state's. Our nation was founded by religious dissidents.
-It was a haven for Christian refugees and not only for the Pilgrims and Puritans who f ...
Scripture: Leviticus 25:10
Author: Robert Dawson
This is an important week in the life of our nation. It is a time we have set aside to celebrate our independence as a nation, the birth of our nation.
"On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain. Two days afterwards - July 4th - the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed, albeit by only two individuals at that time: John Hancock, President of Congress, and Charles Thompson, Secretary of Congress. Four days later, on July 8, members of Congress took that document and read it aloud from the steps of Independence Hall, proclaiming it to the city of Philadelphia, after which the Liberty Bell was rung. The inscription around the top of that bell, taken from Leviticus 25:10, was most appropriate for the occasion. It says, "Proclaim liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof" (David Barton).
The Declaration of Independence has been described as...
-Our national birth certificate. As a nation, we continue to be the longest on-going Constitutional Republic in the history of the world.
-One of the greatest break-up letters ever written.
It was, as the name implies, a declaration of freedom, freedom from a smothering and oppressive British Government who refused to acknowledge our rights or allow us representation in the governmental decisions that affected the lives of those in the new world.
That document was a reminder to everyone why so many risked so much to come to this new land...freedom.
Despite the endless efforts to ignore and rewrite history, people originally came, not looking for riches but freedom and in particular, freedom of religion. They wanted the right to practice their faith according to the bible and their own conscious and not the state's. Our nation was founded by religious dissidents.
-It was a haven for Christian refugees and not only for the Pilgrims and Puritans who f ...
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