Sunday.....Christianity.....Release Barabbas?

All four Gospels mention the story of Barabbas. Essentially, the people would decide the fate of Jesus of Nazareth. The state (Pilate) refused to prosecute to the full extent demanded by the people. The rulers stirred up the people who followed in lockstep and demanded that a criminal be released as part of the yearly custom at Passover in releasing one prisoner on request of those people. The state refused to defend an innocent man. The state then said that it would not take responsibility for the sentence and turned Jesus over to the mob. We have a similar situation today in America, although infinitely distant in importance. The debate is "what is to be released to the American people, the freedom of religion or the freedom from religion?" Our Constitution finds no fault in Christianity. The people, who once embraced it, are under full assault from the elite rulers of society, to reject the Gospel and legitimize removing God from, not only anything remotely related to government, but from anything where there is anyone connected to it who might be indignant, in other words...just about everything in our society. The law is behind, even proclaims, freedom of religion but the customs of the day tire easily of laws enacted by men who are no longer here to defend their thinking. The absence of law is chaos but chaos is not easily detected in a society that thrives on it.  Law has become too restrictive and if criminals also benefit from deconstructing law, so be it. The ruling elites simply cannot have their way in a culture whose people hold, not only to law, but a higher law and a higher authority, and if given their way, by golly, will enact laws to see that this does not happen and will supply their own higher authority! Our state is a Constitutional Republic and is now asking us again  through the electoral process, what we want released...constitutional law or rule by the elites. We will either have order or mob rule, precision or abstraction. A friend has a bumper sticker that says G. O. P. does not spell God. This is absolutely true and I thank him for the reminder, but  t..y..r..a..n..n..y still spells tyranny, D..a..r..w..i..n still spells Darwin and i..d..o..l..a..t..r..y still spells idolatry. Our vote should reflect  freedom "of" religion and our proclamation Soli Deo Gloria...To God Alone Be Glory!