When Justice Is Aborted

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WHEN JUSTICE
IS ABORTED
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WHEN JUSTICE
IS ABORTED
Biblical Standards for
Non-Violent Resistance
Gary North
Dominion Press
FortWorth, Texas
WhenJusticeIs Aborted: BiblicalStandardsfor
Non-ViolentResistance
Copyright © 1989 by Gary North
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Appendix Breprinted with permissionfrom GrandIllusions:
ThelegacyofPlannedParenthood, by George Grant. (Wol
gemuth and Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.)
1jpesettingbyNhung PhamNguyen
Printed in the United States ofAmerica
ISBN 1-55926-124-2
This book is dedicated to
JoanAndrews
whowas the victim ofinjustice
because shewas not accompanied by
a sufficient numberofdedicated,
risk-taking peers.

TABLEOFCONTENTS
Preface . ix
Introduction. . . 1
1. The Author of All Authority . 17
2. The Voice of Lawful Authority. . . 40
3. HonoringGod's Lawby
Disobeying Evil Humanist Laws. . 61
4. Whose Sanctions Will Prevail? . . 84
5. Covenant-Breaking and Social Discontinuity. . . 103
Conclusion. '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 120
AppeJ1dix A - Are Operation Rescue's Critics Self-Serving?. 133
Appendix B - Resources (by George Grant). .' . . . . .. 161
Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 165
Scripture Index. . .. . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . .. 171
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Our Nation cannot continue down the path of abortion, so
radically atodds with our history, our heritage, and our concepts
ofjustice. This sacred legacy, and the well-being and the future of
our country, demand that protection of the innocents must be
guaranteed and that thepersonhoodoftheunborn bedeclared and
defended throughout our land. In legislation introduced at my
request in the First Session ofthe lOOth Congress, I have asked
the Legislative branch to declare the "humanity of the unborn
child and the compellinginterestoftheseveralstates to protectthe
life of each person before birth." This duty to declare on so
fundamental a matterfalls to the Executiveas well. By this Procla
mation I hereby do so.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of
the United States ofAmerica, by virtue ofthe authority vested in
me by the Constitution and laws ofthe United States, do hereby
proclaim and declare the unalienable personhood ofevery Ameri
can, from the moment ofconception until natural death, and I do
proclaim, ordain,.and declare thatI will take care that the Consti
tution and laws ofthe United States are faithfully executed for the
protection ofAmerica's unborn children. Upon this act, sincerely
believed to be an act ofjustice, warranted by the Constitution, I
invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious
favor ofAlmighty God. I also proclaim Sunday,January 17, 1988,
as National Sanctity ofHuman Life Day. I call upon the citizens
ofthis blessed land togatheron thatdayin their homes and places
of worship to give thanks for the gift of life they enjoy and to
reaffirm their commitment to the dignity of every human being
and the sanctityofevery human life.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourteenth day ofJanuary, in the year ofour Lord nineteen hun
dred and eighty-eight, and of the Independence of the United
States ofAmerica the two hundred and twelfth.
Ronald Reagan
PREFACE
Be strong andofagood courage: for unto this people shalt thou
dividefor an inheritance the land, which I sware unto theirftthers to
give them. Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest
observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant
commanded thee: turn notfrom it to the right handor to the left, that
thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. This book ofthe law
shall not depart out ofthy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day
andnight, thatthou mayestobserveto do accordingto allthatiswritten
therein: fOr then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalthavegoodsuccess. Have not I commandedthee?Bestrong andof
agoodcourage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: fOr the LORD
thy Godis with thee whithersoeverthougoest(Joshua 1:6-9).
This passage is a familiar one. God was sending the second
generationofliberated Israelitesintoa seven-yearmilitaryconflict,
the war for the Promised Land. The first generation had died in
the wilderness, except forJoshua and Caleb, and nowJoshua was
about to lead Israel into battle. The first generation had refused
'tofight, and had been ready to stoneJoshua and Calebfor saying
that God would give them the victory (Numbers 14). God had
killed themfor theirlackoffaith, as He had promised almostforty
years earlier.
Sayunto them, As trulyas I live,saith theLORD,asyehavespoken
in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this
wilderness; and all that were numbered ofyou, according to your
whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have
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murmured against me. Doubtless ye shall not come into the land,
concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb
the son ofJephunneh, andJoshua the son ofNun. But your little
ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and
they shall know the land which ye have despised. But as·for you,
yourcarcases, theyshallfall inthiswilderness (Numbers 14:28-32).
God had imposed His national negativesanctionsagainst them for
their personal and corporate cowardice and lack offaith in Him.
NowJoshua was the new national leader. His claim almost forty
years earlierwas about to bevindicated by God.
Notice the five major points of God's instruction to Joshua.
First, God, the sovereign Lord of history, is commanding them.
Heis presentwith them. Second,Herefers to Moses, Hisrepresen
tativeand nationalleaderoverIsrael,inHisinstructions toJoshua,
His new representativeand national leader. Third, He tellsJoshua
to honor and obey the law ofGod. Fourth, He tells him that ifhe
and the people obey this law, they will prosper. Fifth, He tells him
that they will inherit the land.
This is the Bible's five-point covenant model. God reminded
Joshua ofall five points before He led them into battle. It was on
the basis ofthis covenant and its promises that Joshua was ex
pected to have courage.
When Christiansface a corporate challenge to theirfaith, they
must exercise corporate responsibility. Today, Christians are in a
war, a waragainstsecularhumanism. Theleaders ofthe humanist
camp are far more self-conscious about this war than most Chris
tians are. This is why they have an initial advantage. But that
advantage can and will be overcome as Christians rediscover their
heritage ofsuccessful resistance to tyranny. The recovery of this
heritagemustbeginwith an understandingofthebiblicalcovenant
model.
Faithful Christians should no longer ignore the comprehensive
nature of this war. The enemy's army is advancipg toward us
whetherwe acknowledgeitornot. It has been advancingsince the
day thatSatanentered thegarden. Letus notbesofoolish ornaive