FREEDOM AND LIBERTY IN THE KINGDOM, Chapter 2 of Kingdom of God volume 2

FREEDOM AND LIBERTY IN THE KINGDOM, Chapter 2 of Kingdom of God volume 2

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Freedom was not easily won, and it is not easy to keep. There have been only two kinds of people on the earth—those who were free and those who were not. Of all the millions who have lived, only about 3 per cent have known freedom. (Our Heritage of Faith, 1:2)

The great and mighty nations of the world have made slaves out of their captives and also of their own citizens.

If you had been born an Assyrian 15 centuries before Christ, you would have lived under cruel, blood-thirsty kings who were continually seeking new conquests and the riches of other nations. You probably would have served in the army which required you to fight until a battle was over, and then to march on to another battle and fight until you were dead. You would never have known freedom—only marching, fighting and killing.

If you had been an Egyptian, you would have believed that your pharaoh ruled by divine right and divine birth, that he was a god who could do no wrong. You would have lived in a little mud house, watching thousands of slaves work under the taskmaster’s lash. You would have probably worked in the quarries or the mines, plowed the lands or served in the army. All the land as well as its riches were the property of the pharaoh. Chances were that you would have lived, worked and died as a slave.

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