Slaves Are Issued Weapons; Free People Own Them

The excerpt below is from a very good article posted on the American Thinker and written by William A. Levinson. It gives a very good and detailed overview of how ownership of weapons versus being issued a weapon are very different and how the former points toward an individual's accepted sovereignty while a slave or servant is issued a weapon with the intention that it would be later returned and the slave would return to their rank and file.

"We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects."


http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/slaves_are_issued_weapons_free_people_own_them.html


This statement relates to Queen Elizabeth I as she responded to threats of being apprehended by armed guards.


Please read over and share this article. The concept of owning a firearm or some sort of means of self defense as well as a tool for food gathering is what seperates a free person from a servant. Throughout Holy Scripture I have never found a place where God clearly came out and said that as His children we are to never be armed. I have not found a place where God said it was a commandment to walk the earth leaving ourselves at the mercy of armed opponents. I have on the other hand read where God has said it is a sin to commit murder, a cold-blooded, calculated plan to bring another person to their demise. One instance that stands out for me is in Genesis where Moses sees an Egyptian guard beating a Hebrew. Moses looked for someone to come along and stop the abuse and possible death of this man but there was no one else around. Out of compassion for the slave, Moses found something for a weapon and struck the guard thus killing him as a result. Did Moses set out that morning to kill an Egyptian? We are not told that but at the same time it does not fit his character and behavior. Also, I noticed that God never spoke to Moses about the killing, God said nothing and in fact summoned Moses to His presence. When Moses arrived God did not say anything like, "Moses why are you covered with the blood of another?" God did not chastise Moses for what Moses did clearly in self defense of the slave. I am not saying that God did not care that a man was dead but I am saying that a man was being beaten to death and Moses sought to stop the beating in the only way he had at his disposal and the death of the guard was an unfortunate outcome but Moses only sought mercy on the slave.


We too can have it in mind that life is precious and is a gift from God and that what is formed by God, given by God and blessed by God is something to cherish. You my friend, who are reading this and wondering what I am trying to justify, I am not trying to justify but rather posing the argument that you are preciously made in God's sight and like each and every creation of God's hand is to be cherished and honored because it is a creation of God's own hand. This is where we see each of us has an intrinsic value to our life. People, including myself, at one time or another will ask the big question, "why am I here and what is my life's purpose?" It has come to me over years of seeking the answer that I am here out of God's good pleasure and my purpose is to live, love, grow and experience life as God intended so that I will feel free to express myself and show the world what sort of creation God made when He formed me. Will the world accept me? Will the world put out the red carpet for me? Hasn't happened yet but who knows, what I do know is that God makes wondrous and beautiful things and the same is said of what He forms out of the mud and breathes into their nostrils. I am going far and wide with this because life is treated so cheaply these days and for some, when they say that others should not be allowed to carry weapons, should not be allowed to raise a defense against hostility but that my wife or myself should allow ourselves to be abused or even killed so that violence will stop with me and not go on further, my spirit screams out that I am Holy made and I am Holy inspired and therefore the world needs me. The world needs Holy inspired people of all walks of life and all cultures and societies because we can be a reflection of God's love in this world. If you want to change the world you can start right where you are by being all that God intends for you to be. When you are doing that you will truly be a mirror of God 's love in your part of the world.


You will be like a precious pearl or a gift of great price that is worth piles of gold and tons if silver because you present the spirit of life to the dying in this world. You are not cheap my friend and you are not easily replaced by another face or another name, don't lose sight of your worth and protect what God is doing in your heart and life. Defense of your life is defending a creation of God. It is about defense and you have a right to it.