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What is the American covenant, and how does it connect to the Judeo-Christian idea of freedom? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, biblical scholar and social commentator Liel Leibovitz explains why this unique covenant sets the United States apart from other nations. He explores how America’s founding principles are rooted in biblical values, and why understanding this connection is essential to preserving liberty, national identity, and the future of the country.

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  5. Well; not entirely; you see: covenants are worthless: as they do prove to be the essence of a raw demonic deal: they don't stipulate the things you're going to be expected to do; so you really are being scammed, whenever you enter into any covenant at all; yet contracts do lay out an honest and humble approach to reality itself, making for a much more morally acceptable deal to your conscience.
    How many times has mankind entered into a convenant and wound up in Hell? EVERY SINGLE TIME it is done; that and that alone is the end result of adhering to it!
    Thing is: you are really required to know in advance all parts of it or you are positively barred from entering into it; this's stipulated in the warning in the farewell address from public service by a certain Washington, George; where he said to avoid foreign entanglements, especially those of europe.

  6. Here and here alone is why He is rejected; as is any kind of a godhead at all: His word has pushed evil be falsely called "good" even once; and that's NOT forgivable, likewise: His word has taught evil as good and taught lies as true- and this's due to His word commanding endorsement of objective evil *as if it were good*, and I mean things He has also condemned He has commanded: thus at best He is totally unreliable, morally: and if unrelialbe, completely untrustworthy; now anything that operates with the potency of a god that's also unreliable and/or uncontrollable by His followers really has to be obliterated, leaving nothing of the divine being in existence at all, only for having proven to be fickle at best- this comes straight out of His own word where it commands objective evil be done and called "good", same things He categorically condemns and specifices that under no circumstances are you or anybody to do them!

  7. VERY interesting the Hebraic name for this Constitutional Federal Republic; very interesting indeed.
    Yet oddly enough; what would be depicted is a contract that you really do not want to fail at keeping- the logic herein is that it can prove right, good, and necessary to sever forever an employment contract, even one with God Himself; especially if even tolerance of immorality becomes necessary: you end His kingdom forever at that mere instant and by doing so you do right, but you do it for all, and never ever go back- as by Him or one of His agents, any one at all that is, He has proven to be a traitor against your salvation while remaining God, and thus a false god who's at the same time the real one: that cannot be tolerated; nor can you tolerate at all any such being of power whose power has been used even once for evil, no matter the good that'd come from it! NO, you eradicate the whole entire next life instantly and simply exit it as you would post finding out it is based on or even includes any falsehood as true!

  12. Why cannot I not both believe in God and try to do right while not also acknowledging that slavery happened and it was an evil thing? Being truthful does not contradict doing both and if anything supports it.

  13. "In Hebrew, the United States of America is called… the States of the Covenant"? That's not an actual translation! You can call the United States anything you want in any language, but it's still named after Amerigo Vespucci!

  15. With all due respect, I fail to perceive the connection between the Hebrew name for The United States of America and its actual substance – Labels do not create reality. You may have some good points, but I think it would be nice if Dennis Prager were available to help you clarify and contextualize your exposition.

  16. I've got a couple questions.
    1. Were the founding fathers revolutionaries standing up a corrupt system?
    2. If Social Justice means looting then what was throwing tea in the harbor?
    3. Did MLK conduct protests, occupy public spaces, and block bridges to get the Civil Rights Act passed?
    Just curious

  18. The war in 1861 was fundamentally not a war about “liberty for some requires shackles for others”. It was about a rogue president committing treason against the Constitution of the Union of the USA to attack and conquer the concept that the USA are in a voluntary union. The “covenant” of the USA includes the fundamental cornerstone of State sovereignty as nations in a voluntary union. Without the national sovereignty of each State, there is no union. Every union is voluntary. When it ceases to be voluntary, it ceases to be a union. 
    Lincoln was a traitor who used the power of the sword, not the power of debate, law and governance based on the consent of the governed. Lincoln was the Hitler of North America. Only a propaganda loving, history erasing, federal government fellating, power hungry, treason loving, anti-liberating, ignorant person would embrace the lies of that video.

  20. I agree it's time for a renewing of our country and and end of lawlessness and a renewing of our founding principles, but it's hard to do that with such a lawless administration in the executive branch.
    There are so many proud traditions they are throwing away:
    0. Right to free speech (Mahmoud Khalil, and many others)
    1. Ending the right to due process as we know it
    2. Ignoring Judicial oversight / balance of powers
    3. Sending captors to slave camps (CECOT)
    4. No longer punishing corruption, but encouraging it (look at all the pardons)
    5. Peaceful transition of power (Jan 6, 2021)
    6. Showing favoritism towards some companies and countries but not others (with tariffs and others)
    7. And many, many more things I can't list them all here

  23. He did make a covenant with America. If we are true to Him here, we will prosper. If not, we will be destroyed. That's what I believe.

    Unfortunately everywhere there are people who think they are fighting for freedom and doing the right thing, but the civil discourse is so murky it's like a mud fight where everyone's uniforms have already become covered with mud. Some very good people are on both "sides," and I wish we didn't need to even look at things that way in the first place.

  24. America is founded in Sin – in your three branches of power. They are your source of Sin, the seat of Sin, and the means of Sin(in the mold of the three temptations of Christ)
    A covenant has to be made in blood.

    Heb 9:16 For where a covenant is, the death of him covenanting must be offered.

  31. For most of you that commented on this video, please pray for dennis and all his employees that still don't believe in Jesus. They still hold fast to jud@ism. 😞

    Ask christ into your heart so you may spend eternity with God!

  32. A covenant with God is a sacred promise of loyalty and trust. God chose Abraham because he was trustworthy and loyal. God knew he would teach and lead his household to do what's right. He called Abraham His friend. Comp PragerU kids on true friendship. Jesus said we're His friends if we keep His commandments. Nations lose God's help and blessings when they break that covenant, and that is their downfall. But if we turn our hearts and nation to God, like King Hezekiah and King Josiah, but avoid their mistakes (showing off what we have, and allying with the wrong powers) we will have God on our side.

  33. Jewish propoganda, if any american christians think that israel or jews are your friend please look up what goyim means and please read the talmud and specifically what it says about Jesus. They spit on jews in Israel and routinely desecrate the church of the holy sepulchure, not to mention bombing Palestinian christians, and stealing your money in America. Jews are not your friend.

  41. Here’s a simple breakdown of the separation of church and state in the U.S.:

    It comes from the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says:
    “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”

    This means the government can’t promote or favor any religion, and can’t interfere with people practicing their faith.

    The term “separation of church and state” isn’t in the Constitution, but it was popularized by Thomas Jefferson, who used it in an 1802 letter to explain this principle.

    So basically, the government should stay out of religion, and religion should stay out of government laws and decisions.

  42. Prager U publishes some excellent videos, but this is the worst I have seen. Mr Leibovitz gets almost everything wrong.

    1. He bases his case on what God is alleged to have done or do. He offers not a shred of proof that God exists.

    2. He emphasizes that America is a society of a Covenant, which can be adapted to changing conditions; but makes no reference to the central question of free-will signing. Does a newborn baby choose to agree to its terms? – how, exactly? Or is everyone living here forced to comply, and if so how can it validly be called a "covenant"?

    3. He contrasts this with destroyers, and flashes the "A" anarchist symbol – twice. I'm an anarchist, on rational and peaceful grounds, and have NO wish to destroy anyone's property. Evidently he has no idea what true anarchism is about.

    4. He lauds Abraham Lincoln for forcibly preventing secession of the Southern States, and portrays that destructive war as having been fought to free the slaves. ITS WAS NOT. It did result in an end to slavery, but by sudden force instead of natural evolution; result, a further century+ of discord.

    This one is fit only for the trash can.

  43. The only type of government endorced by the Bible is an absolute theocratic monarchy. A constitutional democratic republis goes against it. The political system of the American Republic has more in common with that of the Roman Republic. And so-called "Judeo-Christian" values goes against the concept of freedom, as it would demand that everyone worships only the god of Abraham, and either persecutes or limit the rights of anyone who doesn't fit their criteria of a desirable person. The best progress humanity has made have often been independent of or in spite of what religion teaches us, such as ending slavery, granting religious freedom for all religious and non-religious groups, equality for women and queer-folk, and scientific progress, which religions tend to be against. Only in recent time have religious people accepted most of the progresses we've made, and have since tried to claim credit for the things they were originally against, and re-write history to fit such narratives.