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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 354
to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the
States respectively, or to the people.” The states have the power to make their own laws in
regards to all matters which are not specifically delegated to the federal government by the
constitution. And one of the most important parts of a constitution is its permanency. A
constitution would be of little effect if it could be easily eliminated or modified. In order to even
propose an amendment of the US Constitution, Article V requires 67 percent of both houses of
congress to agree that an amendment is necessary or a convention can be called by 67 percent of
the states. For an amendment to take effect, it must be approved by 75 percent of the states.
The Founders of the US had witnessed the oppressive powers of kings and czars and they
were determined that such power would never be granted to any one man in the United States.
They remained steadfast in their determination to limit the power of the presidency of the United
States and that they did. The Constitution does not give the President the power to make laws but
rather it his duty to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
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When it comes to law
making the president only has the power to approve or veto legislation approved by Congress.
The Congress has the power to over ride a presidential veto of legislation but the President has
no power to override Congress or make any laws.
Since the United States was formed history has witnessed time and again the oppression,
misery and death that accompanies any man who is given dictatorial powers over a nation. This
can be observed the world over but most notably in Russia, China, Germany, Japan, Cambodia,
Pakistan, Yugoslavia and recently in North Korea, and Iraq. Some of the most notable men are
Vladimir Illich Lenin and Joseph Stalin of Russia, Adolph Hitler of Germany, Mao Tse'tung of
China, Emperor Tojo Hideki of Japan, Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia, Yahya Khan of Pakistan,
Idi Amin of Uganda, Kim Il-sung of North Korea and Saddam Hussein of Iraq.
According to R.J. Rummel in his book Death By Government, in the twentieth century
more people were killed by their own governments than were killed in battle. The top “fifteen
megamurderers have wiped out over 151 million people.” The top nine megamurders, mostly
communist leaders, were responsible for the killing of over 124 million people, or over 80
percent of the total.
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When one man, even a good man, is given dictatorial powers and the people are not
represented, the people of that nation will pay a price, they will loose freedoms and most likely
suffer oppression, misery and death. Rummel says:
Power kills; absolute power kills absolutely…. The more power a
government has, the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires
of the elite, and the more it will make war on others and murder its foreign and
domestic subjects. The more constrained the power of governments, the more
power is diffused, checked, and balanced, the less it will aggress on others and
commit democide (mass murder)….
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This was true even in ancient Israel. Israel wanted a King and God granted their desire
but he warned them against it. God told them that if they had a King, he would repress them, he
would make servants of their sons and daughters, he would wage war and he would oppressively
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