Observations©
By Donald
S. Conkey
Date: October 8, 2009 - # 9941 - Title: Columbus opened the door for the restoration of liberty …
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How many will remember that
Monday will be another national holiday, a holiday to commemorate the 517th anniversary of Columbus’ landing,
on October 12, 1492, in the Bahamas, thus discovering America, and opening up the America’s to European colonization
by those seeking both economic and religious freedom from Europe’s tyrannical governments? In 1492
all people were ‘subjects’ of their governments.
Other than
those few state, federal and bank employees who will not have to go to work few will remember. And likely many of those will
not understand why Columbus has been immortalized. How sad! And why will they not remember? Because Columbus claimed to have been inspired and led by Almighty God
to discover America. And as we know today, living under a Constitution created by “wise men” who too claimed they were ‘inspired
of God’ to ‘restore freedom and liberty’ in a tyrannical world, anything that mentions God is forbidden
by those ‘unwise men and women’ often referred as Supreme Court Justices.
It is of particular interest to me that of all the explorers who ‘discovered America’ prior to 1492 only Columbus has been immortalized
as the great discoverer of America. Why? Because there are dots that connect Columbus and his God to the God of those who colonized the Americas,
and to the God of America’s Founding Fathers who referred to Him in their foundational documents as the source of their
“Laws of Nature’s God,” and their “Creator” and “Supreme Judge of the World.” And
these connecting dots show clearly how America’s Supreme Judge answered the prayers of all those involved in restoring freedom and liberty
to a world then governed by tyranny.
And that, I believe, is why those who
have hi-jacked America’s educational and judicial systems can not allow this story of Columbus’ involvement in America’s freedom to be taught in our
schools. And that is sad, real sad! And this, I also firmly believe, is the cause of the social unrest in America today. There is a vast majority of
Americans who believe in God and they see the “changes” being made today by their new president, in the name of
‘social justice,’ destroying the very foundation of their freedom and liberty. And they, like the Patriots of
1775 and 1776, are mad and are doing something about it. And they, with the help of Glenn Beck, are beginning to connect the
dots and understand that Obama’s proposed “changes” are not what God had in mind when He spoke by the “Holy
Ghost” to Columbus; to the Pilgrims; to Thomas Jefferson as he drafted America’s Declaration of Independence;
to Washington as he led his rag-tag army that ‘could not possibly defeat the largest and strongest army in the world,’
but did; to Lincoln as he drafted and signed his Emancipation Proclamation; to Gandhi while leading the Indian nation to break
their bondage, also, ironically, with England; to Dr. Martin Luther King who, following Gandhi’s lead, led his people
out of bondage, and “changed” America, for the better; and to you and me as we seek to sooth our fears and find
the answers to those perplexing problems America faces today.
And it is the
same God of freedom connecting those dots. And in addition to He being the same God there are two other things we should be
aware of. The first thing is that each individual along that line of dots ‘sought after their God’ and that He,
standing “at the door” opened it and invited them in, and revealed to them that what they must do. And then He
led them, as Columbus said, by the “Holy Ghost.” The second thing is that after speaking to those individuals by the “Holy
Ghost” He sent them out to accomplish His will, giving advice, and comfort, as asked for and needed, to those laboring
in His cause, as they struggled to overcome the opposition to build America as a free nation – for all mankind.
Wouldn’t it be nice if every child in America’s schools today could understand how those dotes connecting
Columbus to America, the Pilgrims, the Founding Fathers, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Gandhi and King has led to their
freedom and liberty? Hopefully these children would then see that their freedoms and liberties have been purchased by the
faith in God, hard work, and blood shed by those Patriots who treasured their freedom and liberties above the false promises
of tyrants whose sole interest was, and is today, in their own self-glory and personnel power, not the Glory of God whose
sole desire is for freedom and liberty be made available for all mankind - worldwide.
Columbus
opened the door for the restoration of liberty for all mankind. It is now up to us to keep those doors of liberty open. And
it will require faith in God, an educated populace, and hard work, even sacrifice, to keep those doors of liberty open.
