The U.S. Constitution is based on the earliest State Constitutions, which in turn, are based on documents in the early colonial era that are based on documents drawn up by the first settlers which are recognized as covenants.[12]

In the Bible all of God’s dealings with man take place with covenants: solemn agreements between God and man.[12]

“Only two nations in history have been governed by constitution — the ancient Israel and the modern America. Those are the two nations that are based on this Biblical idea of covenant contract constitution.” - Rabbi Daniel Laplin[12]

They Mayflower compact is one of 100 such documents that predated the constitution. One of the most significant forerunners was The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, written in 1639, based on a sermon by the great Puritan Minister Thomas Hooker. It was the first complete constitution written on American soil. It states, in part, “. . . We enter into combination and confederation together to maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus which we now profess . . ." In 1787, George Washington ordered that it be copied so every delegate at the Constiutional Convention could have a copy of Connecticut’s state Constitution because it was so powerfully done, so effective a document, he wanted it to be a reference work for the Federal Constitution they were about to create.[12]

The Constitution is also predicated on the Declaration of Independence which states the why of our government and calls on God’s witness as a covenant. Our Constitution is a nice tidy document with a preamble and a few articles. The framers signed the document, because according to Donald S. Lutz of the University of Houston, their Biblical roots taught them that there should be a list of names at the end of the document, because there must be parties to a covenant.[12]

"The idea of Federal government is derived from the Christian tradition. The word Federal comes from the Latin word for covenant: 'foedus.'" - Donald S. Lutz[12]

The word "election" grew out of the Calvinist doctrine of election, designed for a virtuous people to help identify who among them was the most virtuous, those who were most likely to be among the elect, those who were most likely to be saved.[12]

Our unique checks-and-balances system of government would never have been conceived through secularism. For example, the 3 Branches of Government is based on Isaiah 33:22. The separation of powers is based on Jeremiah 17:9. Tax exemption of churches is based on Ezra 7:24.[33]

"Our Constitution was written by Christian men with a Biblical world view. It cannot be traced back to the secular European Enlightenment, but rather to the Christian covenants and compacts developed by the Pilgrims and the Puritans and their spiritual descents and they looked to the Bible for guidance." - Dr. D. James Kennedy[12]

"America is the longest ongoing constitutional republic in the history of the world." - David Barton[12]