Thomas Jefferson said, “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.” (1)
Can you imagine the shock that Jefferson would experience if he were to come back to life today? Just his mention of “God” and His justice would make him politically incorrect! And many of those who hold him in high esteem would incorrectly brand him as a member of the “religious right” and turn against him!
Those with a knowledge of Jefferson and what he stood for know that he would be saddened by our enormously oversized, over-budgeted government with its escalating debt. He would be disappointed in our over-reaching federal judicial system. He would listen in disbelief when we tried to explain to him that the 10 Commandments were forbidden in our courtrooms and schools because he once made reference to a “wall of separation between church and state”! And imagine the bewilderment when he would hear that the Quaran he used to learn about Mussulmen (Muslims) when he was considering going to war against some of them, was used by a Muslim when sworn into office of the United States House of Representatives!(2)
Yes, times have changed since the days of Jefferson. And if he trembled in his day at the thought that “God is just” how much more so should we tremble today?
Psalm 9:7, “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God”.
(1) Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia (Boston:David Carlisle, 1801) Query XVIII, pg. 241
(2) Congressman Keith Ellison from Minnesota
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