The Majesty of God's Law

This month I had the great honor of reading The Majesty of God's Law by Cleon Skousen. And did I learn from this book.

Many people do not know this, but the Founders researched politics, history, philosophy, and past governments while determining how the U.S. government should be set up. They got 34% of their ideas from the Bible. So, for the people that say that the Founders were athiest, or that they did not think that religion was an important part of our country, those people are dead wrong.

This book begins with an overview of where the founders got their information. It then begins with the ancient Israelites and how the 10 Conmmandments/Law of Moses are the basis of our government. He also goes in depth into the Greek and Roman civilizations and the philosophies of many of them. He progresses trough the Dark Ages, and what happened with the loss of the Gospel of Christ caused by Augustine and many others. He discusses the Anglo-Saxons and the fact that they are likely a remnant of the lost tribes. Thomas Jefferson did immense research on the Anglo Saxons and that is where a lot of his ideas come from. There are many other philosophers whose ideas were considered and included in the set up of the U.S. government. John Locke, Cicero, Hume, Aristotle, to name a few. Skousen also details what worked and didn't work with the early pilgrms (i.e. socialism), and finally arrives to the events immediately preceding the Declaration of Independance and the war with Britian.

This is a very brief summary of the book, and all in all, does not even come near to doing the book justice. I learned so much from this book and beyond reaffirming my belief that the United States was blessed by the hand of Providence, it has also rekindled my interest in the Bible which I plan to read really soon.