Revolution Check List

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The American Revolution had a few key incidents that were mile markers for the revolution as a whole. A recent pole reported that 29% of registered voters thought an armed revolution may be necessary to get our government back on track. We all hope that cooler heads prevail and that we can regain our freedom through the political process, but we consistently see our bill of rights being degraded to a distant memory. I see some similarities that were present in the American Revolution that are also echoed in today’s headlines.

The American Revolution began with an irate minority who were upset about taxes that were being exacted from them to pay for a tyrannical empire to fight wars they had no interest in. To protest the taxation, patriots threw a tea party.  Check. Today, we have the TEA party who are tired of shelling out their hard earned money to finance the every expanding welfare and warfare programs that have driven our country to a national debt of nearly $17 trillion dollars and the brink of financial ruin.

In the onset of The American Revolution, the city of Boston was occupied by a military police force. Check. After the recent Boston bombing, the police went house to house dragging people from their homes at gun point. America’s 4th Amendment rights were trampled to find a 19 year old kid. If you missed the video, please check it out now.

The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the Revolutionary war. The fighting began over the government’s attempt to seize guns and ammunition. While we have not had such an incident, yet, several state governments have pledged to defend the 2nd Amendment in the event of a national gun ban.

The Boston massacre escalated the rising tensions between the patriots and the government. Patriots were protesting when government soldiers open fired on the crowd. Many in the crowd were killed. This incident also has no equal today but the future is uncertain. On July 4th, Adam Kokesh intends to march on DC in a peaceful protest with loaded weapons. The potential for something to go wrong makes this a  disaster waiting to happen.

In addition, the American Revolution had men like Benjamin Franklin who said “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It also had men like Samuel Adams that said “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.” and men like Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of Independence which enumerated the tyrannic act of the government. Today we have men like Ron Paul who, while he has retired from Congress, still fights to wake up Americans to defend their freedom. We have men like Rand Paul who stand guard for our freedom and fight against waste in warfare and welfare.

We had the Black Robe Regiment  in The Revolutionary War. They were the pastors and clergy men who prayed for our country at it’s birth. Now, more than ever, we need patriots who will pray for our country. We need to pray that our fellow country men will wake up to the need for God to restore our country to her former glory. We need  to pray for leaders that will adhere to the Constitution. We need to pray that America will turn back to God so we can be blessed by Him once more.

Thank you for reading and thank you for being a patriot. Please pray for our country today.

Happy Prepping!