The Shocking Origin of the Federal Government
compiled by Jim Jester
Is America a country with a government, or are we a Government with a country? The initiation of President Lincoln’s War in 1861 began a drastic change in American politics. His Gettysburg Address strongly hinted at this change (See article, Lincoln’s War against the Declaration), so much so that some have called his Address a “new constitution.” Ten years later, the Act of 1871 was passed.

troops that Israel had, they would vaunt themselves against their God, saying, “Mine own hand hath saved me” (Judges 7:2). So God instructed Gideon to eliminate 31,700 of the 32,000 troops: Israel only had 300 soldiers left to fight the battle against the Midianites and Amalekites (Judges 7:6). That is lowering the number of Israel’s army by over 99%!
The soldiers of Gideon, which included men (no women) from the tribes of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, Naphtali and later Ephraim pursued after the Midianites and destroyed the enemy leaders named Zebah and Zalmunna and over 135,000 soldiers of the Midianites. He was so successful that the “men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also; for thou hast delivered us, from the hand of Midian” (Judges 8:22). Gideon answered: “I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you” (Judges 8:23).

