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A few
generations ago in 1948, after the second world war, an
attempt was made to answer the question: Do all human
beings have basic human rights? The answer then was in the
affirmative.
Miraculously, the United Nations General Assembly voted
almost unanimously to declare that human beings do, in
fact, have basic human rights and they actually took it
upon themselves to state what those rights were. (No
nation voted against the proposition although there were
eight abstentions and two not present for the vote.) The
document they adopted is called the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Every country that signed the Declaration,
the United States among them, promised to teach and inform
all its citizens of the rights and obligations enumerated
therein and to strive to see to it that the Declaration's
goals and aspirations would be achieved.
Today the United States and its citizens are reneging on
its obligations and commitments. Our government hasn't
formally stated as much, but actions speak louder than
words. Today the United States is no longer making an
honest attempt to adhere to the Declaration's basic
principles in either its national or foreign policies.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is THE road map
to peace, freedom, and security for every nation and every
human being. It obligates each of us to insist that our
culture come into alignment with the rule of law, and that
the rule of law come into alignment with the promises that
were made when the Declaration was signed.
This is the roadmap for peace for all nations and all
peoples. It should be the true platform of any politician
we vote for. It should be the measuring stick against
which all legislation and government initiatives are
measured. It is the set of values that can bring us
together as a nation. And it is the set of values that can
eventually bring all peoples together as one family.
I say, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights is, in fact, the revealed
true word of God.
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