WHEN JUSTICE IS ABORTED Other books b~ Gary North Marx-3 Religwn~ ofl?evolutwn, 1968 [1988] An Introduction ~ Chn!.stian Economia, 1973 Unconditional &@ender, 1981 Success-1 Investing in an Age of Envj, 1981 The Dominion Couenant: Gti, 1982 Gouernment B y hmergengj 1983 Tb Last Train Out, 1983 Backward, Chri&m Soldim?, 1984 75 Bible Qustw~ Y&r Instnutirs Pray h Won’t Ask, 1984 Coined Freedom:; Gold in& Age of the Bureaucrats, 1984 Moses and Pharaoh: Dominion Religion Vhw.s Power Reli~”on, 1985 Negatrends, 198~ % Sinai Strate~, 1986 Conspiray: A Biblical View, 1986 Unho~ Spirits: @x&rn and Niw Age Humanism, 1986 Honest Moruy, 1986 Fighting Chancej 1986 [with Arthur Robinson] Dominwn and Common Grace, 1987 Inherit th Earthj 1987 Th Pirate Econ@y, 1987 Liberating Plamd Earth, 1987 ‘ Healer of the Nations, 1987 Is the World Ru&ing Down.>, 1988 Puritan EconomiJ Experinumts, 1988 Politica( Po@he@: 11.e Myth of Pluralism, 1989 I%ol-s ofDominwn: ?h Case Laws of Exodus, 1989 Pollut&: A Bib~tial l&w, 1989 “ - Slavery: A Bibhqal View, 1989 Victim Rights: A Biblical View, 1989 Tres@wing f o r D e a r L@, 1989 Books edited by Gary North Foundatwru of ChrNian Scholarship, 1976 Tactics of Chr&ti& Resistance, 1983 Th Thobgy of ~hristian Resistance, 1983 Editor, Journal of Chr&ian Reconstnution (~ 974-1981) WHEN JUSTICE IS ABORTED Biblical Standards for Non-Violent Resistance Gary North Dominion Press Fort Worth, Texas When Justice Is Aborted: Biblical Standards for Non-Violent Resistance Copyright 01989 by Gary North All rights rese~d. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in a re~eval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, except $m brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the pri~, written permission of the publisher. For infor- mation address! Dominion Press, Publishers, Post Office Box 8204, , Fort Worth, T&as 76124. Appendix B reprinted with permission from Grand Illusions: The Legacy 0$ Planned Parenthood, by George Grant. (Wol- gemuth and Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.) i’jpesetting ~ N&ng Pham Nguyen Printed in the united States of America ISBN 1-55926 -124-2 This book is dedicated to Joan Andrews who was the victim of injustice because she was not accompanied by a sufficient number of dedicated, risk-taking peers. TMLE OF CONTENTS ix Prefiice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inmxluction.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 l. The Author of All Authority, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. The Voice of LawM Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 ‘3. Honoring God’s Law by Disobeying Evil Humanist Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . 61 4.’ Whose Sanctions Will Prevail?. . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 5. Covenant-Breaking and Social Discontinuity. . . . . . 103 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...120 Appendix A – Are Operation RawuJ3’s Critics Self-Serving?. . 133 Appendix B – Resources (by George Grant). . . . . . . . 161 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Scripture Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...171 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...175 vii Our Nation cannot continue down the path of abortion, so radically at oddb with our history, our heritage, and our concepts of justice. This sacred legacy, and the well-being and the future of our country, demand that protection of the innocents must be guaranteed and tiat the personhood of the unborn be declared and defended throughout our land. In legislation introduced at my request in the First Session of the 100th Congress, I have asked the Legislative branch to declare the “humanity of the unborn child and the compelling interest of the several states to protect the life of each pekon before birth.” This duty to declare on so fundamental a matter falls to the Executive as well. By this Procla- mation I hereb~ do so. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United Stat~ of America, by virtue of the authority vested in ‘ me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare the unalienable personhood of every Ameri- can, from the nioment of conception until natural death, and I do proclaim, ordai~, and declare that I will take care that the Consti- tution and laws ~of the United States are faithfully executed for the protection of America’s unborn children. Upon this act, sincerely believed to be dn act of justice, warmnted by the Constitution, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almigh& God. I also proclaim Sunday, January 17, 1988, as National Sa~ctity of Humari Life Day. I call upon the citizens of this blessed land to gather on that day in their homes and places of worship to give thanks for the gift of life they enjoy and to reaffh-m their commitment to the dignity of every human being and the sanctity of every human life. IN WITN~SS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day +f January, in the year of our Lord nineteen hun- dred and eightj+eight, and of the Independence of the United States of Ameri6a the two hundred and twelfth. Ronald Reagan PREFACE Be strong and of a good courage: for unto thti people shalt thou diuitk for an inheritance the land, which Z sware unto their fathers to p-w them. Only be thou strong and vay courageous, that thou mayest obseme to do according to all the law, which Moses my semant c~mmanded t/we: turn not j?om it to the right hand 07 to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. Thti book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day ad night, that thou mapst observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and km thou shalt haue good success. Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not ajaid, neither be thou din-nayed: @r the LORD thy God k with the whithersoever thou goest (Joshua 1:6-9). This passage is a familiar one. God was sending the second generation of liberated Israelites into a seven-year military conflict, the war for the Promised Land. The first generation had died in the wilderness, except for Joshua and Caleb, and now Joshua was about to lead Israel into battle. The first generation had refused to fight, and had been ready to stone Joshua and Caleb for saying that God would give them the victory (Numbers 14). God had killed them for their lack of ftith, as He had promised almost forty years earlier. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fhll in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have ix x I V%enJustice Is Abotid murmured a~ainst me. Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. But your little ones, which ~e said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall knhw the land which ye have despised. But as for you, your carcases~ they shall fdl in this wilderness (Numbers 14:28-32). God had impo<ed His national negative sanctions against them for their personal and corporate cowardice and lack of ftith in Him. Now Joshua W* the new national leader. His claim almost forty years earlier w+ about to be vindicated by God. Notice the ~five major points of God’s instruction to Joshua. First, God, the sovereign Lord of history, is commanding them. He is present w$th them. Second, He refers to Moses, His represen- tative and natiqnal leader over Israel, in His instructions to Joshua, His new repres~tative and national leader. Third, He tells Joshua to honor and obey the law of God. Fourth, He tells him that if he and the people ~obey this law, they will prosper. Fifti, He tells him that they will i~herit the land. This is the Bible’s five-point ecwenant model. God reminded Joshua of all fi~e points before He led them into battle. It was on the basis of th~ covenant and its promises that Joshua was ex- pected to have ~ourage. When Christians face a corporate challenge to their faith, they must exercise ~orporate responsibility. Today, Christians are in a war, a war against secular humanism. The leaders of the humanist camp are far more self-conscious about this war than most Chris- tians are. Thls~ is why they have an initial advantage. But that advantage can @nd will be overcome as Christians rediscover their heritage of successful resistance to tyranny. The recovery of this heritage must ~egin with an understanding of the biblical covenant model. ! Faithful Christians should no longer ignore the comprehensive nature of this war. The enemy’s army is advancing toward us whether we acl&owledge it or not. It has been advahcing since the day that Satan entered the garden. Let us not be so foolish or naive Preface xi as Eve was when the first shots of this ethical and judicial war were fired. But let us also not forget that this enemy army is now governed by a new strategy, a strategy of counter-attack. Jesus Christ at Calvary inflicted a mortal head wound on the enemy commander, as predicted by God (Genesis 3:15). Satan’s forces are now fighting a defensive battle, like Germany at the Battle of the Bulge in late 19~. This battle looks like an offensive campaign, but it is really defensive. When Christians at last realize the full implications of the resurrection and ascension of Christ to heaven, and the sending of the” Holy Spirit to His people, they will launch a series of offensive campaigns in every battlefield of life. They will “mop- up” the enemy. Until Christians do begin to take the resurrection seriously, they will find themselves on the defensive. But these defensive battles can be won. Let me give you an example. The Nebraska School War, 1981-84 In 1982, Pastor Everett Sileven of the Faith Baptist Church of Louisville, Nebraska was thrown in jail. What was his crime? Refusing to hire state-licensed teachers and use a state-authorized curriculum in his church’s school. As headmaster, he had refused to comply with state regulations for several years. In 1982, the Sheriff of Cass County walked into a Sunday School class one Sunday morning and served him with a subpoena. The war had gone to stage two. Fortunately, the church had purchased a videotape camera arql recorded this and a whole series of outrages that were to follow. These media-compelling segments received national atten- ti~n through television, although primarily on secular television reports. The “Eyewitness News” crowd cannot resist “hot” vide- otapes of live action, since eyewitness news is so seldom actually eyewitness news. As it turned out, this videotape camera was crucial to the church’s remarkable victory in Nebraska. Anyone who fails to recognize the power of this simple tool in a media war