Thomas Jefferson

 Thomas Jefferson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Thomas Jefferson was one of the writers of the Constitution that was able to describe how all individuals are created equal. We learn that the Constitution of the United States was written in 1776 in response to the oppression of England that was imposing taxes without representation. We learn that the writers of the Constitution described that they had autonomy and liberty to decide if taxes were to be imposed and the amount that was imposed. We learn that England wanted to tax without representation meaning that they were creating tax hikes without the American citizens agreeing to the tax hikes.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence that described how individuals are created by their Creator. Thomas Jefferson along with other rational individuals that founded the United States in 1776 described how there is a Creator that gives human rights to individuals. We learn that Jefferson learned from the Scriptures and understood the concepts of autonomy, freedom, industriousness, and human rights. We learn that the Sacred Scriptures describe the importance of human rights in obeying the commandments of Moses. Thomas Jefferson described how the citizens of America had a right to decide if they wanted to be taxed compared to arbitrary tax hikes.

We learn that while Thomas Jefferson owned slaves that describes a clear discrepancy, we learn that honest and faithful Abraham Lincoln would free the slaves in 1865 describing the ideals of true equality. Dwight D. Eisenhower also fought for equality rights in the 1950s. We learn that Dr. Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy fought for civil rights of minorities in the 1960s while racism attempted to prevent African-Americans and Hispanic individuals from obtaining equality in employment and education opportunities. We learn that regardless, the ideals and values of human rights are true. We learn that the American revolutionaries were able to fight against England and obtain their sovereignty. We learn that along with George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson would describe the ideals of a republic that did not accept arbitrariness and fought for values. We learn that the United States was able to obtain freedom after defeating England. We learn that the Constitution and Bill of Rights are important seeing how in the Soviet Union there were no Bill of Rights. This allows us to have gratitude for knowing the importance of autonomy and freedom that are represented in the United States.

We learn that the nation of the United States prospered because of the values described in Christianity, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights. We learn that individuals have a right to freedom of religion that prevents the government from abridging the rights of citizens. This describes that Christianity is able to be preached first and foremost because King Jesus Christ gives us authority to preach and also because the Bill of Rights describes that government can not abridge rights of freedom of religion. This means that Christianity is preached and keeps on being preached in the end times consistent with the words of King Jesus Christ.