So . . . Munro suggests that a kingdom cannot be a kingdom without a constitution, likening, in my opinion, it’s role to something akin to a mission statement for a nation or kingdom saying this is who we are and what we believe. Whereas, in a republic, this constitution is penned and inspired by its people and their majority-rule will and desire, a kingdom’s constitution is the king’s (or queen’s) will for its people. It is a unilateral, one-sided, contract of promises to the kingdom’s people. You better hope the king is good. In God’s kingdom, that constitution is also known as the Bible. And God brought forth this type of constitution and agreement to Adam and Abraham (as examples, and in verbal form, predating written word and law, which we will get to) saying these were His promises and what they could expect if they entered into the contract (by obeying and agreeing to God’s constitution for them. Now, in case you were worried, the contract maker, the King, the Creator, God has, “plans to prosper you and not harm you … to give you a hope and a future … you will seek Me and find Me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jer 29:11-14.
There has always been law, however before the fall it was God’s natural implicit, imprinted law, God’s principles built into our hearts as a result of being created in His image. Everything in creation moved to this rhythm of God’s natural law before the fall.
Because, we have forgotten/ignored His law as a result of our falling, God commanded it be written down as His will manifest to remind us who we are, to allow us to see we cannot be made righteous by the law alone, and to see from where (God’s kingdom) we’ve fallen. So the Word is His will manifest in the Bible and in Jesus. It is God breathed (2 Tim. 3:16) and eternal (Psalm 119:89) and unchanging (Luke 16:17). God and his constitution (the Word) do not exist without one another. I can’t hope to explain that right now. However God will act in His character and do what He promises in His Word (even though it doesn’t always make perfect sense to our limited understanding).
It’s written form is a reminder to us, if our focus is on obedience to it’s Author, to direct our attention to the principles/Principal behind them. If we understand God’s implicit principles we are less inclined to depend on our own (mis)interpretation of His laws and can live and obey in such a way that God can allow us the freedom (and purpose) He created us for.
In it, we learn of God and His character through His acts and what He promises to, and expects from, us if we (by His grace) enter into this contract with Him. We see how to live in this plane as ambassadors of His kingdom in all arenas of this present life.
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