One U.S. presidential hopeful proposed that the Constitution needed to be amended so it’s in God’s standards.
Mike Huckabee, the former Southern Baptist minister who was running for President of the United States, recently made this comment: “I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution…. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do—to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.” 1
One wonders which parts of the U.S. Constitution he would change if he were to become President. And what does he believe are God’s standards? That would undoubtedly include the Ten Commandments. While campaigning in Atlanta, Huckabee told his audience that “the logic that each of the states can come up with their own definition of how to respect human life is the logic of the Civil War.” In other words, he would use the power of the Federal Government to impose anti-abortion laws. Another example of this penchant to impose his beliefs at the federal level is his support for a federal ban on smoking in public places; although, in fairness, he backed away from this position slightly by saying he would sign congressional legislation if it came to him.
While many of us would certainly support him in such moral and temperance initiatives, there is a darker, more dangerous side to amending the Constitution according to “God’s standards.” How would Huckabee relate to the first amendment that guarantees religious liberty?
If Huckabee intends to impose God’s Ten Commandments on the United States Constitution, what would he do about the fourth commandment? Would he attempt to impose Sunday laws, which would agree with his view of the fourth commandment, or would he prefer to impose the Saturday Sabbath, as the fourth commandment actually teaches? Neither would be appropriate or acceptable under the first amendment, which prevents the establishment of any religion nor religious law on the nation, but allows each citizen the freedom to practice his religion as he sees fit.
Though it does not appear at this time that Huckabee will gain the Republican nomination, he garnered a lot of support among religious conservatives. It suggests that there are a significant number of people who would like to impose religious laws on the American people.
Prophecy is being compellingly fulfilled at the very moment when God’s people seem to be sound asleep. Like the ten virgins, they may awaken awfully close to the coming of Christ, some prepared and some unprepared.
Now more than ever, we must watch and pray as the seconds on the prophetic clock tick away.
