Getting
Right to the Point!
Are We Really
“One Nation Under God?”
When
congress added the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1955, what
meaning did they intend those added words to convey? The dictionary gives
nearly two dozen meanings for the word “under.” Are we merely saying that God
is over us, metaphorically speaking? Or, are we simply admitting that we are
inferior to God? Or, do we mean that we are subject to God’s will and
authority?
Neither
our government nor our people as a whole seem to value anything higher than the
“rights” of the individual, nor does it seem we are subject to God’s will.
Otherwise, there would no cold-blooded murder of the unborn sanctioned by our
courts, to cite but one example!
And
which “god” did congress identify as the one we are under? Was it Brahman,
Allah, Ishtar, or Zeus? There is only one true Triune God – Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit.
So,
the conclusion is obvious and inescapable: Individual believers in Jesus Christ
as Savior can certainly speak and interpret the words “under God” in a Biblical
and God-pleasing way, but sadly these words added to the pledge are really
meaningless for many Americans today, and do not make us a "Godly
nation" merely by people reciting them. And that's the point!
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