A Covenanted Nation and Entangling Alliances

 Was America a covenanted nation?  Yes, it was.  There are signs of it.  Today, I will teach you had to read some of the signs, with an emphasis on entangling alliances.  

This has been mentioned before.  

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Ancient Israel, it was a covenanted nation.  Israel was meant to be Holy, and separate from its neighbors.  

"Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you." (Deuteronomy 7:3-4)  

 Israel was a crossroads nation.  There were armies looking to march through for war.  There were traders venturing through from all over the world.  Israel was surrounded by pagan enemies.   Israel was not to make alliances with its neighbors.  Israel would have to "Hold Tight to God."  How would an alliance be formed with a neighboring Kingdom?  Via intermarriage.  These are some themes that run through Torah.  If you are not quite following, I will list them, and you can do a Bible Study. 

• Israel was to be a Holy Nation. To be Holy means to be separate. 
• Hold Tight or Cleave Unto God.  (Genesis 2:22-24)(Deuteronomy 13:4)(Joshua 23:8-11)
• Israelites were not to intermarry with foreigners/pagans.  (Deuteronomy 7:3-4)(1 Kings 11:2)(Nehemiah 13:25)
  

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities... it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.

— George Washington's Farewell Address[6]

Given the US was a Covenanted Nation, certain stipulations towards Holiness may have been present or presented to the public.  The United States was a fledging colonial power in a precarious position for much of its early existence.  Weather someone was on the frontier, a trader dealing with barbary pirates or the British looking to impress sailors, or a diplomat looking to dodge Europe's troubles, someone may have had to Hold Tight to, be Cleaved Unto God. 

The United States went from fledgling ex-colonial power to being a superpower at the end of World War II.  Europe was decimated.  European powers were about to lose their empires.  The United States stood strong as an Economic/Industrial powerhouse.  What did the US do?  It made entangling alliances with NATO and the UN.  The US was still a covenanted nation.  A lot of Europe's potential problems became America's problems.  There are parallels between immigration issues in Europe and immigration issues in the US.  There are parallels politically between Reagan-Thatcher, and so on.   These entangling alliances, and abuse of God's Covenant, it is part of why the Covenant was annulled.  

Something to reflect and pray on.  

Addendum -  

Question:  How can a covenant be "Annulled?"  

The Song of Songs is in the Bible as a representation of God's love for Israel or the Church.  Was your Church or Nation more of a Virgin Israel or a Harlot Ezekiel 23, drinking a Harlot's Wine?  (Revelations 17)  God was "Married" to Israel.  God promised through the prophet Hosea, to never completely abandon Israel.  Hosea married a prostitute.  

During the Middle Ages, there was Christendom.  Christendom ruled for over a thousand years.  The Persians and Athenians and Spartans and Romans, they had a type of Nationalism.  That Nationalism went away, and there was Christendom.  In 1776, Christendom, as it was, it was having its death throes.  The French Revolution and Napolean were about to end Christendom, as it was.   Latin America, due to Napolean, which was mostly Catholic, it was about to have its own similar revolutions, similar but different to the United States.  This was not inspired by the Catholic Church.  It was inspired by a mostly Protestant, American Revolution, where the energy was.   This leads us towards why God may have been open towards making a Covenant.  

The American Covenant started in Valley Forge.  It was kept secret.....possibly to keep it from the Anglicans and Catholics.  A marriage done in secret is a precarious thing.  The Covenant was annulled in Fall 2014.    

Question:  Is Deuteronomy 7:3-4 relevant after Christ?  

There was Christendom.  Egypt and Syria were part of Christendom.  North Africa and Scandinavia were part of Christendom.   Spain was part of Christendom.  The Bible warns against being unequally yoked.  

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?  (2 Corinthains 6:14)  

Living in America, someone should not marry an ideologue, like a Feminist or Secular Humanist.  You are missing out on something big.  (1 Corinthains 11:3)  Faith is like a marriage.  In a marriage, a couple may grow in faith together, and be able to see and learn things about God and creation.  There is no such thing as a Second Wave, Marxist Betty Friedan-Christian.  It is a heresy. 

A Christian should not marry an atheist, a pagan, a Muslim, and so on.