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The
Framework of the US Constitution - Revealed
Debra J.M. Smith
The
Constitution of the United States of America is accurately written
in all points. There is nothing in it that is not there for a
reason, that is not written intelligently, that is not precisely
presented. So why is it that numerous laws and court rulings have
been based upon claims of penumbras (gray
areas) existing in our Constitution?
How much easier it would be to hold our government to
the true contextual meanings of the contents of our Constitution if
our founding fathers had declared a framework for it! Yes, it surely
would be if such were still acknowledged. As it turns out, there is
a framework to our Constitution; it simply has been ‘overlooked’ for
some time.
In
the closing paragraph just before the signatures, the US
Constitution states, “Done
in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the
seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-seven and of the independence of the United
States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto
subscribed our names.”
Notice
the prepositional phrase of the independence of the
United States of America the twelfth. When a prepositional
phrase is joined to the rest of the sentence with the conjunction
and,
the little word and
does
an amazing thing. It joins that prepositional phrase with
another prepositional phrase within the sentence, making it of equal
value contextually and parallel to the other phrase in the
writing.
When I broke the first sentence up into
two complete thoughts, which it holds, I was then able to
see both clearly. Just read the highlighted part of the closing
paragraph and you will see the truth of our
great nation, revealed. You will see the prepositional phrase,
of the independence of the United States of America the
twelfth, in its “full thought.” Then go back and read the
entire paragraph to see how it fits together in the full
contextual meaning of the
sentence.
“Done
in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the
seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven and of the
independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.”
---- We
were in the 12th year of our independence.
The
prepositional phrase is joined with the calendar year. This makes it
of equal value contextually and parallel to the calendar year in the
Constitution. With such, please consider the following:
1) The
calendar date of the signing shows the time span of the contract.
The Constitution has a “beginning date”; there is no “ending date.”
----In the year of the independence of the United States of
America the twelfth shows another specific time frame that is
specified on the contract with a “beginning date” and no “ending
date.”
2) In
the year of our Lord
specifies a time that 1787 is in; and it holds foundational
beliefs and truths of that time, which we are still in. ---- In
the year of the
independence of the United States of America
specifies
a time that the twelfth is in; and it holds foundational
beliefs and truths of that time, which we are still
in.
Let’s
look at the parallelism of these two phrases:
The closing paragraph has contained within it two phrases. To be
read grammatically correctly, the reader needs to see them equal in
contextual value and parallel to one-another. The latter phrase was
not needed on a contract to make the contract legal; but,
because of where it was placed, it became equal in worth to the
contract as the first, making it also of equal legal binding worth.
(A contract is not legally binding without a calendar
date.)
The phrase in the year of our Lord is a time of a
covenant between The Lord and the church*, a time that The Lord’s
church is in; it holds truths that her people (the church’s people)
live by and are to adhere to, which are found in The Word of God.
Hence, the phrase in the year of the
independence of the United States of America is
a time of a covenant between the United States of America and
Americans, a time that America is in; it holds truths that her
people live by and are to adhere to, which are found in The
Declaration of Independence.
Yes, there is a framework to the US Constitution that all laws in
America are subject to, a framework that gives specific boundaries
to: a) her laws and b) to the interpretations of those laws. That
framework is the truths found in The Declaration of Independence.
And our nation needs to respect that framework, as well as all that
which is within it, and keep it in high regard. We call this
patriotism.
“…Every
kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house
divided against a house falleth.”
It is time that our government stops overlooking the framework of
our Constitution or The United States of America will surely
fall.
© Copyright Debra J.M. Smith
Original Date -- June 27,
2006
*The church is made up of all true born again biblical
believers. Though the Gregorian Calendar originated by a Roman
Catholic, the "Lord" who is spoken of is the Jesus Christ of
the Bible.
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