Vol. 42, No. 07
07/01/2026
How Christian History Paved the Way for U.S. Independence
AT A GLANCE
• Key historical milestones over millennia paved the way for the establishment of the United States of America.
• These providential events were inextricably intertwined with the spread of biblical truths throughout Europe and the world.
• Without these developments, there would be no “land of the free” based on the biblical notion of God-given rights.
On the 250th anniversary of their country’s independence, Americans must remember that the Declaration of Independence signed on July 4, 1776 was the product of thousands of years of history. The Founders were indeed brilliant men. But the Declaration they crafted was no mere political manifesto born of Enlightenment abstractions or secular grievances. They certainly did not invent the ideas.
Rather, the Declaration was the climax of the outworking of centuries of biblical truths spreading throughout the world. This expansion shaped laws, governments, and the very conscience of a people determined to live under God’s authority rather than the whims of tyrants. Despite the absence of these facts from modern-day “history” books, the historical record and the Founders themselves are clear.
From Genesis to Revelation, God shows that He is sovereign, that people are made in His likeness and image, and that He created moral laws to govern men as surely as He ordained physical laws to govern the universe. The principles embodied in the Holy Scriptures echoed throughout history and directly shaped the thinking of America’s Founders and the early settlers who laid the foundation for their historic declaration.
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