A Puritan lawyer by the name of John Winthrop who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony wrote an outline in 1630 for the future governance of the newly discovered lands of North America. It was entitled "A Model of Christian Charity". It was to serve as the framework for both a civil and ecclesiastical system of governance for the new colony of religious refugees. This American compact, amongst others, would serve to recognize and acknowledge that the destiny of the 17th century arrivals of religious refugees to America was to be similar to the divine plans for God's prototypical, covenantal Hebrew people. The new settlers went out of their way to voluntarily obligate themselves to be accountable and subject to the same moral standards of righteousness established for the Hebrew people as delineated in the Bible's first testament.

Moral and civic promises made to God were voluntarily linked by the new arrivals to their destinies and land acquisition. Their dedication of the newly discovered lands to the Kingdom of God was tied to their choice of God's moral law to be the foundational basis for their governmental operations. God's blessings which would produce both their spiritual and material success, were dependent on their abiding by the same terms and conditions pre-existing in the covenants between the God of Israel and the Hebrew people.  

Did this covenant between the settlers and God run with the land for later generations?

A Puritan lawyer by the name of John Winthrop who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony wrote an outline in 1630 for the future governance of the newly discovered lands of North America. It was entitled "A Model of Christian Charity". It was to serve as the framework for both a civil and ecclesiastical system of governance for the new colony of religious refugees. This American compact, amongst others, would serve to recognize and acknowledge that the destiny of the 17th century arrivals of religious refugees to America was to be similar to the divine plans for God's prototypical, covenantal Hebrew people. The new settlers went out of their way to voluntarily obligate themselves to be accountable and subject to the same moral standards of righteousness established for the Hebrew people as delineated in the Bible's first testament.
Moral and civic promises made to God were voluntarily linked by the new arrivals to their destinies and land acquisition. Their dedication of the newly discovered lands to the Kingdom of God was tied to their choice of God's moral law to be the foundational basis for their governmental operations. God's blessings which would produce both their spiritual and material success, were dependent on their abiding by the same terms and conditions pre-existing in the covenants between the God of Israel and the Hebrew people.  
Did this covenant between the settlers and God run with the land for later generations?

A show which challenges church tradition, not with hostility, but with a view to assessing the Biblical validity and viability of what is taught and lived.

Rev. Earl Clampett is a retired attorney, Administrative Law Judge, and Spanish-Speaking Jail Chaplain with the San Diego County Sheriff Dept. He is an ordained minister with a B.A. Degree in Theology, Magna Cum Laude, from Life Bible College. He has authored 3 books: “God’s Got a Problem on His Hands”, “The Blueprint: Is God’s Bible Design Linear or Circular?”, and “Homecoming: How the New Covenant Brings Both Jew and Gentile back to Abba Father.” He recently co-authored and released a 2021 field manual entitled: “Kingdom Calling: A Field Manual for Believers”.

A show which challenges church tradition, not with hostility, but with a view to assessing the Biblical validity and viability of what is taught and lived.
Rev. Earl Clampett is a retired attorney, Administrative Law Judge, and Spanish-Speaking Jail Chaplain with the San Diego County Sheriff Dept. He is an ordained minister with a B.A. Degree in Theology, Magna Cum Laude, from Life Bible College. He has authored 3 books: “God’s Got a Problem on His Hands”, “The Blueprint: Is God’s Bible Design Linear or Circular?”, and “Homecoming: How the New Covenant Brings Both Jew and Gentile back to Abba Father.” He recently co-authored and released a 2021 field manual entitled: “Kingdom Calling: A Field Manual for Believers”.

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