By: Bernard Quayson (Mr Gelisem)

Democracy

You may be a student of the Bible or an employer, or you work with the children’s department or the youth area, or you may like to become an employer and help your country grow; this white paper about democracy is for all of you.

This manuscript is focused on teaching you some ideas that you know about very well but never understood. It’s possible to know something that you don’t understand. And the problem with life; is you can never apply something that you don’t understand. This is why it is biblical that; “in all thy getting, get understanding” (proverbs 4:7). It didn’t say get knowledge, because you can have information that you don’t understand. This is why this manuscript is focused on giving you the most significant power on earth, which is the power of understanding.

4 TENETS OF DEMOCRACY

Every democratic system is built on four tenets. The first tenet is built on the power of people’s rights. Simply, the power of the people and their rights. The second tenet that democracy is built on is the power of private ownership and the third is the power of personal pursuit.  The second tenet gave birth to the third tenet; which means democracy is built on the idea that everyone must pursue their own success even sometimes at the expense of other people. In other words; hurt people to get what you want to get. This is why the third world countries have been ripped. They are being ripped by democratic people – and they call it capitalism.

Capitalism is simply capitalising on the poor to become rich. That is why poor people are good for democracy. Capitalism cannot exist without poor people, because capitalism needs cheap labour to be successful. So it is not in the best interest of a capitalist society to make you rich. So democracy, therefore, breeds poverty.

And the last tenet is the idea that the government is of the people, by the people, and for the people. In other words, the people govern themselves through other people.

Now, these four tenets are very dangerous and very serious, and they are not biblical. And you can never understand the bible if you do not understand these defects in democracy. The last tenet also means that the majority controls the future, even if they are wrong. Don’t ever tell people that in a democracy, the voice of the people is the voice of God. That is not true. Because, God, more than any other time disagreed with the majority according to theological records.

So, here we are with a defective ideology that they are selling to us and it contradicts your belief in the bible. If you are going to live the way God expects you to live and experience what He expects you to experience, then you have to come to terms with the fact that democracy is not from God.

Democracy, even though it is the best form of ideological government thinking ever developed by the Greeks, who then sold it to the Romans, and then adopted by the colonial powers; who then invaded our territory to sell it- that system is defective. Democracy focuses on the individual. In other words, make yourself rich and leave the others poor- I call it, “agenda look out for yourself“. When you look at that list, that is exactly what is happening to every democratic society- only 4% wealthy and 96% poor and they think it is working.

The best form of government created by man is democracy. Do you know why? Because it protects us from ourselves. It allows you to get rid of people you don’t trust, and that includes all the folks around you. injustice, unfairness, oppression, abuse, segregation, apathy, racism, separation, frustration, etc. and they call it democracy. And Jesus came to correct that, so He came as a king (a sovereign ruler).

Democracy was created by the Greeks and not by the bible, so don’t you ever try to make the bible a democratic book.

classic statue of Plato from side close up, academy of Athens
“ancient Greek philosopher. This is his statue, located in Aristotle`s park, Stagira, Halkidiki, Greece”
Ancient marble statue of the great Greek philosopher Socrates on background the blue sky, Athens, Greece

Democracy was invented by Plato, developed by Aristotle, and confirmed by Socrates. They invented the word “Demokratia”, which was coined from demos (“people”) and Kratos (“rule”) in the middle of the 5th-century BCE to denote the political systems that existed in some Greek city-states, notably Athens. So this means, the world is still ruled by dead Greeks. They are selling us dead men’s ideas to run our country. It is the best form they could sell because it protects us against dictatorship.

Democracy is the best form of government for corrupt humans. Democracy was created to protect humans from themselves because it was designed based on distrust. This is why it has branches that don’t trust each other.

Executive – executes, enforces, and administers the law. Judicial – interprets the law and settles disputes. These powers are often outlined in a constitution (a body of fundamental laws). The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation. Why who exercises these powers is determined by what type of government is in place.

They have a branch called “The Executive” (The president, or Prime minister). They have another branch called “The Parliament” or “The Congress”- that’s the branch that doesn’t trust the President. Then they have a branch called “The Senate”- that’s the branch that doesn’t trust the congress. And they also have “The Judiciary”; that’s the branch who don’t trust nobody- and they call that democracy. It was created to produce what they call “balance of power”. This means no one has ultimate authority in democracy – because they don’t trust anyone.

How can something be perfect, if it’s built on distrust?

I want you to understand that the Bible has nothing to do with democracy.  The bible is about a king, a kingdom, and a royal family. The bible is about; a colonisation of a planet by a kingdom called Heaven. That is what the bible is about. This is why Jesus was never a President or Prime Minister – they called him king. This means you can never vote Him into power. As a matter of fact, a kingdom is completely opposite to a democracy. In a democracy, you vote the leader into power. But in a kingdom, the king votes for the citizens. The question is:

  1. Why did God choose to be a king and not a President or Prime minister?
  2. Why did God choose to have a kingdom and not a democracy?

The inability to understand this revelation means you can never understand the bible. Jesus was never a religious man, He was a politician. He was king – a sovereign ruler, completely opposite to democracy.

The Curse of Ownership

Remember that the foundation of democracy is private ownership. The list below is the reason why ownership is a curse;

  1. The spirit of ownership creates limitations.
  2. The spirit of ownership creates frustration.
  3. The spirit of ownership creates depression
  4. The spirit of ownership creates contention
  5. The spirit of ownership creates lack
  6. the spirit of ownership creates stealing.
  7. The spirit of ownership creates scarcity
  8. The spirit of ownership creates poverty.

That is why there are more poor people in the world because folks who don’t need it are piling up – this is mine, they say…

Some time ago, in Adaho, (northwestern U.S. state), millions of potatoes were being destroyed. Do you know why they did that? the price of potatoes was so cheap because there were too many on the market. They were destroying them to depress the supply so that the value can go up and they can get more money for that. Meanwhile, some parts of the world (especially Africa) are looking for food and the other side of the continent is crushing (destroying) them just to keep the price up. As I told you, the spirit of ownership produces poverty. There’s no poverty in the world; absolutely none, there is simply greed.

Do you know why your oil prices fluctuate?

Because there are a group of people who meet secretly and decide how much oil they will release every year to keep prices where they want it. There’s no lack of fuel in the world, there’s is just a bunch of greed.

Why did God choose a Kingdom?

Firstly, a kingdom is a nation or territory ruled or governed by a benevolent king. The key to living in a kingdom is the concept called commonwealth – that is why God chose a kingdom. The kingdom of God is a kingdom, and only kingdoms have commonwealth. When the British expanded themselves to Africa, they called all the colonies commonwealth. They lied, but they at least called it that, because they were kingdoms. They intended for it to be a commonwealth, but when they came to the territories and they saw the resources, their kingdom became corrupt and instead of making the wealth common, they abused the natives and stole the resources. And wealth was only common among them. The bible calls those kingdoms, “the unrighteous kingdoms”, and the kings, “the unjust kings”. They are kings who prey on the people rather than pray for the people – kings who abuse the poor rather than help the poor.

In a kingdom, wealth is supposed to be common. so when Jesus said in His first public statement “repent for the kingdom of God has come to earth,” he was talking about a government ruled by a king coming back to earth. Because you can never be a king without a territory or a property. That is why God created the earth. He wanted to have territory for His children to rule so that they can become kings of a territory. We are supposed to be kings of the earth’s territory, and He is supposed to be king of all. That’s why He calls Himself the King of kings.

A true king is benevolent. Benevolent means; a king who loves his citizens. Anyone who claims to be a king and does not love his citizens is a dictator. There is a thin line between a king and a dictator, the only difference is love.

That is why whatever we (citizens) do, God constantly shows us, love. Because he is a king.

Summary

The main purpose of creation is the extension of God’s heavenly kingdom on a physical planet called earth. So He created kings to establish His kingdoms (not democratic society) on earth and the Greeks also invented democracy based on distrust and the fear of dictatorship. Democracy has produced poverty and stress due to the spirit of private ownership as its foundation, since its invention by the Greeks. That is why Jesus came to correct it. He said it in His first public statement, He said; “repent (change the way you think) for the kingdom of God has come back to earth.”

Democracy is completely opposite to a kingdom. In a kingdom, wealth is common with no stress. the word for stress in the Bible is: “worry.”

And so He said; why worry about what you will eat, drink, and wear, seek ye the kingdom first and other things shall be added to it.